yeah it really doesn't matter, it's always gonna be personal preference of course, if it works for you it works for you who cares what your guitar is made of. i do know i love the pickups in this guitar
btw, drop c you're using CFBEGC ? i'd like to give that a shot and go from C to B on the top string for lazy one finger chords.
pickups:
it's all stickered up now, i think i will take off the smurfs sticker it's retarded.
i had a look and turns out i still have a pack of 12-52 lying around.
about pickups, this guitar may be a piece of crap in wood but those pickups make you forget that, it's so good with dirt. very bassy but lots of defenition.
with my mustang it always sounds a bit 'boxed'. this one sounds much more open and lots more harmonics happening. the feel of the mustang feels more quality but hondo feels comfy too, i love the neck on it. never liked the thin sg style bodies but i got this because i thought it looked cool and it was cheap. glad i did.