I also ended up going with the Blackheart. All the reviews I read on them were good.. I'll post a review of my own in the gear review section after I get it. I looked at the Conford, and it was... just a wee bit out of my price range. (About a grand or so.) I'll probably ask more questions when I actually attempt the pickup swap here in a few weeks...
Oh, and I'm gonna go find that South Park episode, Ren!! :)
Thanks again, guys. I think the full forum access alone is worth the subscription to this site! People keep asking me how I know all this random guitar stuff, and I tell them it's from piddlefarting around on the GT forums at work! Ha. :D
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