Looks like a fun gig either way.
As for the muddy pickup. Have you tried messing around with the height Mark? My Deusenberg's neck pick up sounded like a blanket was put over the amp until I moved it closer to the strings then it started to sing.
Yeah...Tele911 suggested it a few days ago and that helped but not completely fixed the problem.
Sweet. Just remembered the place I'm karaokeing tonight has an in house system so all I need to take are some pens and request slips