Soooooo much better.
Unless you were particularly looking for Jazzy cleans I have no idea why you would use 300k's with these pickups.
Still got the same bottom end thump and plenty of mids just really opened them up. Mine are pretty low output too. I think it was around 7.5 neck and 8on the bridge.
These are a fantastic classic rock to hard rock (if pushed) pickups. Excellent vintage tone and reacts so well with picking dinamics etc.
The neck pickup with standard Gibson pots and caps was dark and really squashed. It sings now when playing lead. The bridge just rocks out
Being low output I found I really had to work them if that makes any sense. It was great fun squeezing the tones out of them, making them work for me.
The 57 Classics came out of my 08 Traditional. I had the pickups taken out of my 01 Standard that had 500k pots and PIO caps and thought I really should try the Classics out in the Standard whilst I can. Sure glad I did.
The only thing I would say is that I would love to try another 57classic plus that was wound just a fraction hotter, say around 8.5 to 9 just to hit the amp a fraction harder. I was boosting my Lionheart for the harder stuff with an Xotic BB preamp. I did found that this did compress the tone a bit too much. Would love to try and Xotic RC booster to see how that worked.
I should get a new set of pots and caps from Mr Jonesy in the next couple of weeks so am going to put the Classics back in my Gold Top. I might even remove the covers and pickguard as well for a new look.
And no I'm not a slash fanboy, I just like the look of GT's with open coils and no guard.
Anyways, I'm pretty happy and really looking forward to working with these a bit more.