I'm working on the guitar I pictured above again. Can't go to the community woodworking shop right now to start the projects I want to do. I took out the jazzmaster pickup from the bridge because its just too shrill for my taste. Put in a TV Jones humbucker. It's an odd bird now. Neck sounds really woody and the bridge sounds kind of brass horn like. Much to my surprise, when you select both it the jazzmaster pickup that you hear the most.
So as usual, looking for advise from the veterans on the page.
*Instead of the humbucker or jazzmaster pickup in the bridge maybe a _______________. Mixing the two sound unique, but any other ideas? Maybe a telecaster bridge?
*I'm not happy with the jazzmaster pickup volume on the E,A,D strings. Even with the amp lows turned up this just isn't doing it. I've read about two methods of fixing this. One is to add a little metal to the top of the pole pieces to raise them closer to the string. The other is to heat the pickup and push the poles up higher if need be..... but this is risky on the E.
*Making a Blend Pot- can you do this with just a normal pot? I was thinking, what if you just put each pickup on the outside lugs and the swiper on the output? I've seen specialty pots for this, but wondering if it is really needed.