[NickGretsch]

Originally Posted by Lizardkinged

How are you going to compare the stock wiring when you swapped out the pickups entierly.

You probably are only noticing the difference in pickup. Common sense would allude this... but what do I know...

Honestly w/ pots, unless your changing the type of taper, the value, or the pot was bad in the first place, you wont notice much difference at all. Same thing w/ the caps. and "cotton thin wiring" capacitance is capacitance, if you thought about the amount of current that even goes through a passive circuit like this, unless they have like 5 feet of excess wiring, you wont notice much difference.

The only benefit to upgraded wire is that it has more or less memory (in terms of how it flexes) and the individual strands might be thinner or of a softer copper for the solder to stick on easier. Or you can choose your color, or use vintage push back or do w/e for aesthetics, cause thats one of the biggest benefits.

If its not broken dont fix it basically. Yeah if one of the pots is bad, swap it, if your getting a hum from a cold solder do something about it. But realistically to say that you should just swap the junk immediately is a little silly in many cases (not all of course)

Just keep in mind, we hear what we want to hear. and "Better" generally just means "different". Unless it actually sounds worse, any human being will assert that its better, even if its just different rather than better. (not to mention its a subjective argument blah blah blah)

Thank you Lizardkinged for your down to earth comments. What you've said makes a lot of sense, it's much appreciated. Cheers.