I can see the point of the originality and would have to agree. Iknow guys that if there are
any disturbed solder joints, they dont want anything to do with it. They want an untouched all original guitar I get it.
These days I have been going for guitars thats are keepers. slowly but surely. So Im not worried about the ones that I have swapped out.
Although I keep them, I dont ever plan on selling the guitar.
I supposed I have an oversensitive ear. I have sat in my studio with some colleagues and I tried to remove out the frequencies
that I didnt like in the burst buckers. When I did the track sounded great.
This is a personal preference.
So ask yourself.
How much is your guitar worth?
Are you keeping it?
Will you swap out the electronics and or pickups?
To each their own.
I have a historic with a boutique set of pafs. This guitar has never sounded this good ever.
I would never take out this set of pickups in this guitar. It sounds magical.
I have had close friends trying to convince me, dont change the pups.
They are voiced for that guitar, and you should never change them.
Then I let them hear in my recording what I hear.
There response?
I get it.