my favourite headache generator has given me what I hope to be a last hurrah of headache, taking out the neck pickup.

the fucking two pieces of spring foam for the neck pickup had become a single, rock-solid piece of moldy ex-foam, with a previous owner's Ontario Social Assistance cheque (i dont actually know the full name, this program has been defunct since the 00s and was replaced with ODSP and Ontario Works) being used to shim up one side of the pickup, presumably to wring the last little bit of springiness out of this foam as it was already not expanding anymore when this would've been put in.

I know there's going to be something painworth under the bridge and the bridge pickup but I'm not replacing the bridge pickup for now and the bridge... I hope there's nothing under there. I Really Hope There's Nothing Concerning Under The Bridge.