re: Been out of the game a while. Help with my guitar.

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You can compensate for the shortcomings of splits with a compressor and/or a noise gate respectively, or you can just deal with it. I say wire the splits in, because even high quality push-pull pots are very affordable. Even if you rarely use the split sounds, they are there in case you want or need them.

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So I can essentially turn my humbuckers into single coils? Am I understanding that correctly? Are there any particular push-pull pots you'd recommend? If they're cheap enough I may go ahead and give them a try. I've always played on dual humbuckers full output, but maybe I'll discover a sound that I like from splitting. If I don't like it I can always go back to traditional 500k pots. Or I guess I could just leave the humbuckers in full output.

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Custom 5 (Alnico V mag)

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This is what I currently have on my bridge. My neck pickup is whatever came with the guitar. And I'm not sure if the humbucker doesn't work, or if there is an electronic issue. That's why I figured I'd rewire with new pots first.

Thanks for the reply.