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It shouldn’t be hard. As @ped says, if you can’t get a tone you like from a flat eq, you’re probably on a hiding to nothing. Is there a passive option? If there is, how do the pickups sound to you unprocessed (or for a value of unprocessed)? If you don’t like the core tone of the pickups, they may not be for you.

There’s no ‘import tax’ as I understand it. However, you will have to pay 20% VAT if it’s over £135 (otherwise it’s added by the seller at source) and a lot of EU companies seem to be charging an additional admin fee to cover the extra paperwork they are now required to complete. You may also find yourself waiting for it to be delivered for longer than you expect (although some stuff seems to get through quickly).

His playing on 17-11-70 is amazing, as is his tone.

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka - The Gap Band

Tiny Dancer - EJ

Every Woman I Know Is Crazy About An Automobile - Ry Cooder Love that song, the guitar work is stunning.

Hi Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck

Git Along Little Dogies - Roy Rogers

One of my all time favourites.

If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me - The Bellamy Brothers

During my deliberations/investigations into my eventual Fender JMJ Mustang purchase, I came across these two videos. These pretty much sealed the deal for me tonally.

Not Far Enough - Sonnder (nicely covering both title and band. YMMV 😁)

I eat through gold hardware very quickly (fortunately, I’m not keen on it aesthetically) and don’t have the best reaction to poorly cured nitro (yes, I’m looking at you Gibson and PRS). It seems I have the ‘right’ sweat for Cobalts - score!

Down Under - Men At Work

I’ve been using them since they were released, I’ve never experienced this. My very last set had the spotting issue on one of the strings but, as they were free, I didn’t complain.

Wow! They’re not normally so weighty.

Downside Up - Peter Gabriel

Fear of the Dark - Maiden

Why Does It Hurt When I Pee - Frank Zappa

A Crash Course In Brain Surgery - Budgie

Fly Me To The Moon - Insert name of crooner here

Billy Don’t Be A Hero - Paper Lace

Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks

First CUT Is The Deepest - Rod the Mod and others. London road reference.

Behind Blue Eyes - The Who (again).