Why not replace the pickups with new potted ones?
Replacement pickups can cost $200 or more. Enough said! I had a newer model Epiphone™ and potted the pickups and an astonishing thing happened – they actually sounded really good. Potting your existing pickups costs very little and can save you a lot of money if you like their sound. Many people are happy with the tone of one or more of their stock pickups and may not want to replace them. If you later sell the guitar, many potential buyers would rather have the “correct” pickups. Instructions for potting a pickup • Make a sketch of your wiring before you remove your pickups so that you can use it as a guideline to put your pickups back in later. • Remove your pickup(s) from the guitar. • Mark the pickups with a piece of tape on the wire if you cannot easily tell what position in the guitar each was removed from.  (Remember that markings on the bottom of the pickup may be difficult to see after the pickup has been potted.) Put the tape near the loose end of the wire, not ne
