Quote Originally Posted by Commodore 64 View Post
You can also do that exact same thing with Ken at Rose Pickups and Dave at D. Allen, and be into the PUP for about half the cost of a Fralin. I'm not surprised that when you talked to a boutique guitar tech, he recommended boutique PUPs. It's your money.

Allow me to say that I too, am dreading the PUP swap in a hollow/semi-hollow guitar, which is the main reason I haven't tackled my Ibanez (which has a scratchy pot and switch that de-oxit has not rectified).
I don't know if you saw my post a while back about a "Cheater" way to swap pickups in a semi. My tech told me about it. Rather than go fishing, you just pull the pickup, clip the wires and solder the new pickup wires to the old wires, They are already hooked up to the pots etc. He said it does not make any difference sound wise.
It also makes it a lot easier if you decide that you don't like the new ones.
If you are going to change all the pots etc. then you will be pulling everything anyway, so you can do it properly.
Just a thought!