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If you have Tune-o-Matic and through-body stringing, change the bar magnet in each humbucker. ‘59 to Alnico 4. JB/TB to Alnico 2.
Edit: Also what Funkfingers said about the magnet swap.
Change to 250k pots ?
Or put a 1nF (AKA .001uF or 1000pF) cap across the volume pot from hot to ground.
This is roughly what the PRS ‘sweet switch’ on the original models did, although a bit more complex since it was a capacitive/inductive network if I remember rightly, but the purpose was to simulate a specific long cable.
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I've never ever soldered a pot in under 30 minutes, probably not even that. Every time i have done so it's been a harrowing experience. I'm just shit at soldering.
In fairness I've got a JB in a Strat with 250k pots, and it does sound good. But it's not just the JB that is the problem, the 59 is like an ice pick to the eardrum. Which makes me think that trying to make pickups that are bright to begin with work in a bright guitar is a bit of a waste of time.
The problem is likely to be the inherent tone of the guitar. 250K pots would probably help - and I wasn't joking about fitting a small-value cap to the overall output, that's likely to be the simplest and most effective. Some Reverend guitars are fitted with one, in fact - maybe they found them too bright without it.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
If you really want to change pickups and you love the Dimarzio pairing then try that. They are but microphones after all albeit voiced differently.
Hope it helps
In my experience that's usually down to a shit iron rather than a lack of skill. I bought an adjustable temperature soldering station off Amazon for about £25 a few months ago. It saw use for the first time last month, taking a pair of Duncan Slash pickups out of a Vintage AFD and replacing them with original spec Wilkinsons. Much, much easier than my old, and even cheaper, iron.
Pickup height is a pretty fundamental part of setting up your guitar. You may want to adjust the individual polepieces too.