Epiphone Riviera Custom P93: Vintage Vibe Guitar Pickups and Compton Bridge

I recently had Vintage Vibe Guitar pickups made for my Epiphone Riviera Custom P93 Limited Edition guitar.  We also installed a Compton Compensated solid brass bridge made for my guitar.  These guitars are built in the China Epiphone Custom Shop and are a limited run edition.  They come with 3 Alnico V P90's, although the sound is muted to a degree in the stock versions.  It has a wonderful warm, tube sound, but it is hard to get them bright enough to play a solo over the band.  Not with these pick ups!  These Vintage Vibe Guitar pickups made for my guitar based on the pro guitar tech's specs he gave them, are comprised of dog-eared P90's with Alnico V, 50's style under-wound magnets.   Included were Alnico II, III and IV magnets, if the player wants to try different combinations. 

The mid-pup is reversed to provide noise reduction for the neck, or visa versa.  The bridge is a blade style P90 and provides a hotter signal for leads.  I played this guitar live on the platform at church, with a full band and was able to clearly hear the clarity and resonance of the notes as I played a lead solo.  I didn't have to crank the guitar or amplifier up, but rather just the clarity of the pickups and sustain of the Compton brass bridge brought the tone and punch I needed out of my guitar. 

I was very pleased.  I also have a new push-pull volume for the mid-PUP, which allows me more tonal flexibility and various combinations of the three pick ups.  A new Switchcraft three position switch was also installed.  All in all, a great improvement.  Cost for parts was $275 for the three P90's and $65 for the Compton bridge.  Not bad for such a great improvement!  Thanks, also, to the professional that did the great work.  -- Guitar Man