you took his guitar and amp? wow... well what should happen if he one day got the money, brought it to you, and asked for his guitar and amp back? but you'd already replaced the pickups? lol. I guess it's none of my business about that... but if money is tight, you could just replace one of the pickups, so if you want a heavy sound you could replace only the bridge pickup with a semi-expensive pickup... just a thought on a way to half your price...