cdiaz said:
I'm thinking of replacing pickups on my 2000 Starfire IV. Maybe some SD 59 PAFs. I love the Guild pickups covers though. Will replacements pups fit in the old covers?
No - The pole spacings are not the same.
Unless your audience is a bunch of Guild Guy's no one is going to care and your Starfire will sound great. I spoke to Lollar some months back and they were willing to rewind my Fender pickups - bring money and patience.
I kept my Fender pickups and may have them rewound at some point (I love the covers also) but the SD's (Pearly Gates) I put in are just sweet and on several occasions someone has said "hey - if you ever want to sell that Guild, let me know". No one yet has said "hey those aren't stock Guild pickups - What were you thinking?"
I always felt like the Fender pickups were harsh. I never could get it to sound harmonically rich.