Members 3 Headed Moses Posted December 22, 2012 Members Share Posted December 22, 2012 PAF's are often low-output, and sound sorta "spanky." May not be the sound you're looking for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cliff Fiscal Posted December 22, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 22, 2012 sounded pretty bright, put the stock ones back in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dparr Posted December 22, 2012 Members Share Posted December 22, 2012 A P-90 works best, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted December 22, 2012 Members Share Posted December 22, 2012 p90s, minis, pafs, super distortion, etc; they all work. I wouldnt put tele or strat pickups in one but filtertrons or mosrite pickups would be cool. maybe even a jazzmaster pickup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 3 Headed Moses Posted December 22, 2012 Members Share Posted December 22, 2012 Originally Posted by dparr A P-90 works best, IMO. ^ yup. GFS makes the Dream-90 which are prob my fav pickup for SG's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted December 22, 2012 Members Share Posted December 22, 2012 Originally Posted by Cliff Fiscal it has the stock pickups. sounds muffly.it sounds great unplugged. have you adjusted them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Angry Tele Posted December 22, 2012 Members Share Posted December 22, 2012 what pots? try 500k if they are 300K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cliff Fiscal Posted December 22, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 22, 2012 Stock pots. Stock everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 Originally Posted by Cliff Fiscal Stock pots. Stock everything. are they 300 or 500K? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cliff Fiscal Posted December 23, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 I don't. Know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 What style of music do you want to mostly play with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members burton4snow Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 I put Gibson 57s in my Epi 400 and I think it sounds great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cliff Fiscal Posted December 23, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 Originally Posted by GAS Man What style of music do you want to mostly play with it? band plays heavy punkmetal.I like lighter rock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 Originally Posted by Cliff Fiscal band plays heavy punkmetal.I like lighter rock so which style do you want the guitar to work best with? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bro Blue Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 I have Gibson Classics in mine. Fantastic pickups. I would not try a JB, probably too bright and brittle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 Originally Posted by Bro Blue I have Gibson Classics in mine. Fantastic pickups. I would not try a JB, probably too bright and brittle. yep, that was the first one I thought to avoid in a naturally bright guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rushtallica Posted December 23, 2012 Members Share Posted December 23, 2012 I had a Duncan Distortion in mine and it sounded tighter than a gnat's ass and way too thin, though the guitar is an Epi Goth SG. I replaced the Distortion with a DiMarzio Tone Zone last night in the hopes of beefing up the sound but quickly discovered I need to get a drill bit to enlarge the holes for new CTS volume pots I'm putting in, so I haven't checked it out yet. I'm thinking it'll be an improvement, but I noticed you might be looking for something that'll work as well for lower-gain rock tones as well as some heavier and are probably prefer something else. I think lower-output humbuckers often tend to be brighter, though. Maybe that Dream 90 or similar pickup would be a good one to try for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chad Posted December 24, 2012 Members Share Posted December 24, 2012 Originally Posted by rushtallica ...but quickly discovered I need to get a drill bit to enlarge the holes for new CTS volume pots I'm putting in... OT, but the tool you need is a tapered reamer. A drill bit would work, but not really the proper way to go about it with a good chance of messing up the finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GAS Man Posted December 24, 2012 Members Share Posted December 24, 2012 Originally Posted by Cliff Fiscal band plays heavy punkmetal.I like lighter rock Well, sometimes the Gibson 496R/500T can do amazing things for a guitar. They never sound muddy, and they don't tend to sound uber bright either. They can tame some of the ills that guitars often have. I have to say my perception of those pickups changed, from thinking they were purely metal, to realizing that in some guitars they sound quite chimey and vibey.First time I had them in a guitar was a '76 RI Explorer. They didn't do much for me in that guitar unless I cranked on the gain and then they gave me a big grin. But then I bought myself an Explorer Pro (also with the same p'ups) and for some reason in that slightly smaller Explorer they covered a lot more territory. I have a Yamaha SG700S, tossed the original p'ups for a SD '59 and PG. The '59 sounded very muddy in that guitar, but too thin when split, and the PG sounded like an ice-pick. Next try was the 496/500. The definition was now there in the neck and the bridge EQ was now more flat and pleasing. One thing I've learned about p'ups is that its hard to judge them just by the name. They do take on their own characteristics depending upon the guitar you plop them into, so seriously YMMV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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