So how do you like that custom wound KA pickup in her? Did it make a noticeable difference?
Hi Mikey,
It’s really night and day. Kent did a great job. The new pickup has clear separation of the strings and great response.
Since I play a couple solo gigs per week I really like the guitar to have a lot of different options in the tone and volume knobs.
I play most standards with no pick so I need to be able to pop out that bassline and this pickup has the definition I need to create that percussive drive of an upright bass.
I use a Wes Montgomery inspired down stroke with my thumb and some upstrokes with my first finger when soloing. This pickup captures all the different tones the AA is singing.
Not to mention the teardrop pickguard forced the old pickup lower towards the bridge. The new stairstep allows the pickup to be settled right at the base of the fingerboard and the difference is amazing.
