Last year, I added DiMarzio PAF Pro on the bridge and Virtual Vintage Heavy Blues 2 on the neck and middle. I can't really tell if the sound is right or not because at the time I don't have a "true amp". But now with my AMT preamp and my other effects, I can tell that it really has some nice tone. However, it was proven that 500k volume pot was a bit too bright for my pickups, even for the PAF Pro.
So I decided to go with Fender 250k Pot for the volume pot. It was not too pricey and there are some good reviews of the pot. Got it installed and I instantly get warmer sounds from all pickups. The PAF Pro doesn't bite with too much treble anymore and it balances perfectly with the new pot. The single coils are now getting warmer as well without losing the glassiness.
However, at this point I was still struggling to add presence to the guitar. So I asked a technician to put 330k resistor and a lower value capacitor in parallel on the volume pot to boost the presence a little bit. It worked and now I don't have to tweak the EQ too much to get that super high crystal pristine presence that I was looking for.
Visual
I also changed the pickguard to a homemade white acrylic based pickguard. It was a bit heavier and thicker than your standard 3 ply plastic pickguard, but it worked. It adds more resonant to the guitar acoustically but it doesn't affect the tone too much when the guitar is plugged in.
Overall result
This makes the guitar sound even better than it was before. I was quite happy with the "Stratocaster sound" that I got last year, but this mod significantly adds more to the overall tone AND to the visual quality. Check out some of the audio clips below and hear it for yourself.
Neck Clean
Neck + Middle Clean
Middle + Bridge Wet
Bridge Wet
Thanks for checking this post out. More posts on their way, cheers and God bless :)
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