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My 2004 555 has HRW’s. I even got a black dot on my pickup selector switch!!

This might be a little off course, but if you are looking for low output style PAFs, check out the Duncan Jazz pickup in both neck and bridge, I was taken a back at how good these pickups sounded. A realsleeper set! I liked them better than the Seths and 59's! Great clarity in the neck, and the bridge was perfect for on the edge of distortion sounds with a great mid honk. Here's a set plugged right into my Marshall...

You're right about the dot. I've put HRWs in my guitars a couple of times and did this. Clever guys!

They put those on all guitars that left the factory with HRWs. It's a side fretboard marker dot. Ren told me that was Marv Lamb's idea, so any time someone would see a Heritage with that marker, on TV, live, etc, they would know it had HRWs in it.

Me too! It’s a black switch though…

We've gone down this path.

I had spoken with Rem about what he calls "rocking torque" It pressure the studs on the bridge to bend toward the tailpiece, but when the strings only touch the saddle tops it creates to most downward force to the body.

@tsp17...Looks like you've found the pickup-amplifier 'sweet spot' for your new Eagle. Awesome! It's interesting that your increasing the midrange on the amp helped bring out the tone you were chasing. Your jazz heroes of the 50's and early 60's mostly played through amps with a mid-hump (i.e. Fender 5e3, Gibson GA models in particular). Then in the mid 60's Fender introduced its blackface, mid-scooped blckface rigs. That sonic change was evident in Kenny Burrell, George Benson and many other jazz guitarist albums of that era. I find myself boosting the mids a bit when playing archtops vs. semi or solid body guitars. Have fun!