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You could lower the height of the bridge pickup and thus reduce its output. You could always use it as a trade in against something new. However, I’d keep it, sort the output and buy something different to compliment it. I might be wrong, but it still may be free to advertise here. As to delivery, that’d be for you or the purchaser to organise via a courier of some sort, if it’s not possible for a pick up or a meeting somewhere.

On the P90 front, however… https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/191216352622008--epiphone-sg-special-p-90-sparkling-burgundy

Ah, P90s, my favourite pickup. IMO, with a P90 equipped guitar you can cover anything. There is a P90 Revstar, but it’s further up the range and more expensive. In all honesty, with good EQ and gain settings, you can reproduce a massive range of tones from any decent pickup (although a tapped humbucker makes it much easier). Listen to John Fogarty with Creedence Clearwater Revival and you’d swear he’s playing a Tele, but it’s a Les Paul. Whatever you go for, it must be something that you’ll want to pick up all the time, something that inspires. You can always add another guitar down the line, but get comfortable with one to start with would be my advice. After that you’ll have a better idea of what you’re looking for in another guitar, if it even proves necessary.

I always say that you can’t go wrong with a Yamaha at any price point. Therefore, im going to suggest something a bit left field with their Revstar range. It has a switching system on the pickups, that they refer to as a dry switch, but in reality is going to be something like a coil tap, giving a wide range of tones. https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/220222381756008--yamaha-revstar-rse20-vintage-white Amp wise, it seems that you can’t go wrong although a Boss Katana these days. The 50w version should cover all your needs and bring you in under budget. https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/190923348960008--boss-katana-50w-mkii-1x12-combo For all this, you can’t beat going to a shop and trying stuff in person. As the UK’s biggest guitar store, Guitar Guitar in Epsom would be a good place to have a day trip to, dependent how deep in Kent you are of course. I have always found the staff there to be very helpful and not at all pushy. Of course, other shops are available.

Great to see Richie Kotzen getting some love. An often overlooked player and what a voice too.

That finish is disgusting - I love it!

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Great little amps and phenomenally loud. The current choice of Robben Ford when he can’t use his own amps.

Sometimes, original pickups are just as good as premium replacements. I once had a PRS SE singlecut and swapped the pickups for a set of Seymour Duncans and then a set of Bareknuckles, neither were better than originals, which I put back in. However, in your case you have a set of good sounding pickups in one guitar that sound bad in another. Whilst construction may alter the tone slightly, having them fall off a cliff seems improbable. More likely is that the wiring loom is very cheap and nasty, with one of more components being faulty and therein lies the seat of the problem for both the SDs and the original pickups.

Jeff Beck at the Hammersmith Odeon on the There & Back tour in the early ‘80s, with the Climax Blues Band in support. The JB ensemble of himself, Tony Hymas on keys, Mo Foster on bass and Simon Phillips on drums were so on their game that night. Mo broke a string, something I’ve seen since or before, Si’s drum solo was literally jaw dropping, where he got the energy from to maintain that intensity for so long, I don’t know. Tony did his job of bringing it al, together and Jeff was Jeff, brilliant in every way. After seeing the Climax Blues Band, you could have gone home well satisfied, but to have them followed by Jeff & Co was a sight to see. Never bettered. From my own annals, the moment that sticks with me most is one of slight embarrassment. I was playing the Crystal Palace Bowl, which has a huge stage. Going for my ‘Woodstock moment’ I ran across the stage (as you do) only to hear a ‘pop!’ as I pulled my lead out of the amp . Fortunately, I managed to get back to my amp and plug in again just in time to play the lead riff of the song. There is a recording of the event and you can hear what happened quite clearly .

Artec or Wilkinson are a good place to start as they're not expensive. However, they most likely won't be calibrated for 3 pickup style guitar and you'll need to buy either 2 bridge or 2 neck pickups and sort out the output later. https://www.northwestguitars.co.uk/p90-pickups/

Tune to the chord of your choice (major or minor) and then if you barre anywhere on the neck, you have that mode of chord at a different pitch. For instance, tune your guitar so that it plays an E major (E B E G# B E), then barre at the 3rd fret and you have a G major and so on. Keith Richards is well known for taking off the 6th string and tuning to open G (G B D B D), although you can leave the 6th on and tune it to D. Play a straight barre anywhere, then play a Amin7 shape and then release it; instant Stones and great for slide.

I'd leave them alone. It is not uncommon to have rusty or discoloured pole pieces. Unless it's shedding rust onto the pick guard and into the pickup housing, it's just aesthetics. Adds a bit of mojo to the look for me. I'd be more into rubbing those frets over with some 1000 - 2000 grit paper and a micro mesh cloth.

My go to position on the first steps of guitar acquisition is always, you can't go wrong with Yamaha at any price point. They always seem to be of good quality and not just for the price point. Either electric or acoustic, it's normally just a matter of seeing what is available for your budget and deciding on aesthetics. As Soledad says above, this really is the golden age of 'budget' guitars. Gone are the days of the the unplayable, finger shredders, it seems that the manufacturers realise that there is no future in making bad instruments, because you won't buy their brand again. The best way forward, as ever, is decide your budget and get out, if possible, and try some. Even at the early stages of playing, you'll have an inkling as to what feels and sounds right, although this will keep on developing as you progress.

Tried a Jensen speaker in my Super Champ, with the same outcome.

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Thoughts on your set up? Seems fine, not too loud and a versatile guitar, should bang on for home use. Strings are a personal thing, it’s all a matter of what feels right for you. However. FWIW, I’ve long been a fan of D’Addario XL 10-46.

DiMarzio Area T Hot. Very much a P90 in a Tele, bridge pickup housing. Humbucking too.

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Locking tuners are only part of the system, the saddles, nut slots and trem spring consistency are potential areas of instability. I had Sperzels on Gretsch, they were fine, the Bigsby at the other end was where the problems lay, however. But I love Bigsbys, so I came up with ways to ensure a reasonably reliant return to pitch: lubricated nut slots; roller saddles and a little up pull on the bar when things slipped. On classic trem designs, I tended to use 4 springs and have it flat loaded for downwards movement only, but not always.

Yes, move it behind you and raise it on a crate, or something similar, before getting an angled stand.

What kind of amp is it and how powerful is it? Raising the amp will help and you can get stands that also put it at an angle, which helps even more. Can the guitar be heard out in the audience area is the important thing. If it can’t, than miking it up and putting it through the PA is the way to go as you can then choose to also have it in the monitors, or in a set of in-ears.

My Tele is (or should I say was, I've made numerous changes) a Classic Vibe. Even before messing about with it, it was a great Tele and not just for the money, just great. The neck was the winner for me and still remains unchanged. A 2nd hand MiM is a solid choice, given the resale values as pointed out above, sell the Ebow on and spend that on things you need.