There’s another remake called Predecessor. It’s ok but it still has a way to go. It’s more similar to later Paragon (especially the map) but without the shitty card system. It’ll be free to play eventually with the option to grind to unlock characters or pay for immediate unlocks.
Did you leave some polishing compound on after you were done? They should just feel smooth
This post has instructions to stop getting the pop up: https://lemmy.world/post/6671823
Are you sure you need 2 dummy coils? They’re usually not magnetic so RWRP shouldn’t matter. There are diagrams out there for that.
Also, make sure it’s the 60 cycle hum you are trying to get rid of and not something that better shielding could handle.
I just looked them up, apparently the pickups are made so that they can sound like single coils, P90s, or humbuckers by changing the active magnets and because the different configurations have different numbers of windings. The voicing is controlled by the two extra 3 way switches
Seymour Duncan makes a hot filtertron. You can also just search for filtertron sized pickups and find some options. Some of the sets will probably cost more than the guitar did though.
You can also try raising your current pickups to get a little more output if you have the space for it.
I don’t think anyone has recommended to give the frets and neck some love. Cheap Squiers can have fret sprout, less than level frets, and gloss necks (this is more preference but roughing down to satin with a dish scrub pad or very fine sandpaper feels great to me). I would definitely recommend doing these and making sure your truss rod is properly adjusted so it becomes a guitar you actually want to play rather than a guitar with great electronics that plays terribly.
I made this change to a Squier Affinity Strat recently. Well worth it to have tone control on the bridge pup and it only took about 10 minutes.
I used to be a destiny addict as well. I quit almost 10 months ago now and I’m happier for it. Games that aren’t live service feel more fun to me. I’ve been playing a bunch of different games now after just playing the one for so long. (Satisfactory, Gunfire Reborn, Deep Rock Galactic, Risk of Rain 2, and Fortnite no build or overwatch when I want to shoot real digital people )
I haven’t read Artemis but I’ve seen multiple people say that it is his weakest work. There is no teenage angst in this one.