Fubar Pickups

[Devon8822]

I just got these old single cpoils out of an old kramer from the 80s, decide to pot them before putting themin my strat. So I put them in my strat and they sound uber bright and shitty tone. I cant get them to sound half decent, I have changed the pups height to every possible height. I dont know what is going on, can anyone figure it out? What did I do?

[modman]

and they are not installed out of phase?

did you respect neck mid and bridge position?

that's the only other thing I could think of. did you ever hear those pickups in the Kramer? Maybe the type of wood and other physical characteristics justify such pickups, but still?

How many ohms do they measure?

j