Excellent!Ok, I finally got my Historic up and running with the new set of Dr. Vintage pups. They are EVERYTHING everyone has been saying and more! I was pretty sure I'd probably hear a difference, but this was a drastic difference. They really made this guitar come to life.
It was funny reading the part of your post that I quoted above - on Sunday after the show I stopped by the house of forum member Chris (skip62). He lives in the same town as long-time forum member and good friend EdR. I won a Marshall 4x12 in his ebay auction, and it was all serendipity. Since I was in Carrollton, TX a few times that weekend anyway, it was easy to stop by Chris' house and throw the cab in the back of my car for the drive home.
Chris had been wanting to try out some Dr. Vintage pickups... and I just happened to have two guitars with me that are so-equipped. What luck. :hee When I first went into his house, he said that he liked his neck pickup and was only looking for a bridge pickup.
That lasted only about 5 minutes. After much A-B'ing, he couldn't believe the difference between the stock pickups in his Historic and these pickups either. The look on his face was priceless! :hee (Hi, Chris! :salude)