I had an old Gibson Firebird once with a melted Super Distortion in it. I think they potted it and heated it up too much. It sounded great until it didn't....Whatever you do, DON'T! The pickup needs to be loaded down by a pot, or else it will melt from added heat of the power it's generating!
Or, you will get a bit more highs due to the resonant peak not being loaded down, which also will be perceived as more output. I forget which one it is.
Lol it won't melt. But you might not like the tone.OMG!!! It will melt?????? This I have to see!
Haha...yeah I did it once with an DiMarzio evo. My soldering gun broke and I just wanted to play it. I actually cut and stripped the end of a guitar cord and just twisted the wires direct... including the claw ground of course. Played it for at least a week like that. Lol
Warning .. it may sound like this