for the electric guitarist

[JoeM]

I learned that many years ago when I bought a cheapo Fender Jazz Bass for around $275 and replaced the pickups with Seymour Duncans, then recorded it and my brother's original 1965 Jazz Bass.

After 56 years of playing and recording my feeling is player+pickup+pickup height+string gauge primarily determines guitar sound. The rest is icing or generally inconsequential.