Electronics for the "Latest Thing"

When it came to electronics for my "Latest Thing" I knew I wasn't going the active route ala EMG. I've used EMG's on previous builds and I like them a lot, low noise, nice sound. EMG's sound slightly different and I wanted more bite that's associated with conventional pickups. I've used Dimarzios and Duncans and they're alright but a bit pricey. I also wanted some hot rod features. I've used Acme on an earlier Telecaster build to pre wire Fender Texas Specials but I waited weeks for them. Acme offers a wiring plan that doesn't have a high frequency roll off when the volume knob is maxed out, nice but not worth a month wait. When I was looking into building an amp and looking for parts for my Band-Master I came across Torres Engineering of San Mateo Ca. http://www.torresengineering.com/ they offered prewire pickup packages at a reasonable price with some neat features:

"The BluesKaster DELUXE includes: New volume pot plus Torres Volume kit installed, new 5 way switch, the very cool SUPER MIDRANGE AND TONE control (a push pull pot that changes from a Super Midrange to a tone control) and the Torres "BLENDER" pot - this allows you to "blend" the bridge and neck pickups together to get lots of new sounds not available on a strat - such as: the bridge and neck together (like a Telecaster), and ALL THREE PICKUPS at once - cool!! Still just 3 knobs too."

Plus the pick ups are hand wound, the wiring and soldering are impeccable plus the package was here in a week. The proof is in the pudding, once all these components are brought together I'll figure out way to show you.