what's the difference between flipping the polarity of the magnets and flipping the phase by swapping the wires around? Absolutely nothing. Flipping the magnet has to be done anyway sometimes with a mismatched hummer set when you want the wiring color codes to work. You'll find some guys on TGP who...
The vox is the clear winner here - it has the best models of any you listed and will probably be loud enough to do rehearsals or act as a spare if you need it.
I KNOW, RIGHT? It's 75 effects, which is about fifty less then the higher end BOSS stuff, but I think the quality is better and the switching is certainly easier.
I really want one, but I have a feeling it's going to be about $600.
There might be an issue if you're powering many pedals (especially the high-draw digital ones) with the same power supply, as in maybe the available voltage drops. This used to happen when I had a digital delay daisy chained off an unregulated power supply. For starters, there's a super-simple 2 res...
There's a common Tele mod which uses a 4-position blade switch to get the three normal options plus series - I think that would give you the most features while keeping it simple. I've tried a switch for straight to output - I didn't find it all that useful and especially with lipsticks you'll alway...
The GFS PUPs use different magnets then vintage lipsticks - alnico II instead of VI. They still sound great, but it's a factor to consider.
The Seymour Duncans are closer, but about $70 each. Are you going to do pickups in series or parallel?