Wiring replacement pickups

[ZMAN]

I have a '58 historic with Burstbuckers. Some days I love 'em but a lot of days I hate 'em. They're awfully bright to me.
I have a few other PL's. One is a '91 Custom from the custom shop. For a long time I loved the way it played but it just wasn't very versatile by using the pots. I figured I needed to change out the pups. I got a WCR American Steel set and one of Jim's wiring kits. They sounded great. About a year later I read a thread somewhere about how much some guy loved his stock Gibson pups. It intrigued me so just for fun I popped the stock pups back in. WoW!
Did they ever sound great. I think the wiring kit I got made all the difference. When I installed the kit, I wired it up 50's style which I have been enjoying a lot too. I ended up selling the WCR pups and kept the stock ones in there. So I guess what I trying to get at it here is that it might be a good idea to swap out the pots and caps and see what you've got with the stock pups. Even if you get the Burstbuckers you might not get the most out of them with the wiring in your guitar at present.

Yes I am thinking about getting the RS Guitarworks kit. I have been told that the 300k pots in the classic and the ceramic caps hold the guitars tone way back.
Your 91 custom, did it have the 490/498 set? I have them in a Standard and an Epi Elitist Custom, they do sound really good. In the Gold Top Classic it has the Ceramic 496/500 set and they are pretty high output especially in a chambered body. I am hoping they will give it a more vintage tone.
Still in the process of gathering bits and pieces, and waiting for replies.
What caps were in the kit you purchased. RS uses a .015, and .022 bumblebee repops that they contracted Jensen to make.
Update:
I talked to the seller and he has the bumble bees. The pickups came out of a 57 historic Les Paul. He installed Lollars and an RS guitar works kit. So all I need is some 500K Pots and we are off to the races.