I have never changed a pickup in a guitar until now. I own an Ibanez AG75 Artcore and I love the feel of it but the pickups aren't great, everyone else's Jazz guitar sounded way better than mine. Rather than buy a new guitar, (Which I considered) I tried changing just the neck pickup for this Lollar Novel CC. It fitted right in with no mods required and I can't believe the difference. It sounds amazing, so much richer, more depth. I think that my cheap guitar now sounds like a really expensive one. I bought this on a recommendation from a friend in the USA who had done the same mod on exactly the same guitar. Super impressed and super happy with my purchase!