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One other thing I have personally noticed is how much the sound changes with pickup height adjustment. I have a 'boutique' guitar that I bought used, and I honestly thought I had made a mistake when I played it the first time. After I spent a day or so tweaking pickup height the guitar finally became wonderful sounding, and it is one of my favorite guitar to play now.