Quote (MyExitEmergency @ Tue, Jul 21 2009, 07:02pm)
Most cheap guitars, including the bronze warlocks pickup cavity is like a big ...what I always called a swimming pool cavity, for some reason when you see a guitar where the cavity is shaped in such a manner it destroys the tone from even the best pickups a lot of times people fill them in in one manner or another to help, plus its most likely made out of a cheap basswood which doesn't really resonate very well, and therefore does not really bode well for the overall tone of the guitar, its why you can't put fender american single coils in a squire bullet and expect it to sound like an american strat. sometimes fixing up guitars is a money pit, unless you plan on playing that guitar for like ever its not worth it. For the same price as a pair of emg's and w/e you payed for that guitar you probably could have bought a much nicer all around guitar, that would be worth fixing up. I spend a lot of time fixing my own, and other peoples guitars. While I am not an expert luthier, just from experience with hundreds of guitars I have learned the ins and outs.............regardless.... its probably not a good idea spending a crap load of money on a guitar like that. Just get it set up, all the minor electrical repairs done, and call it good, and save up for a nice guitar bro.. something you won't want to sell or trade away later on.
I have no idea what you are talking about with the cavity, you just need to shield it and use components that cost more than $1 each when you buy single parts. The tone of good pickups will sound fine if you shield the cavity and replace the pots/jack/switch with decent quality components.