Frets99

Before you swap pups, make sure the intonation is set properly on the guitar. If the intonation is off, the guitar may sound sour, especially with distortion. Next, try backing off the volume a bit. Adjust the tone knobs on the guitar. Also, try adjusting the pickup height. If none of those things work, it could be that these pickups require less gain to sound their best. I find that pickups which have a lot of chime tend to sound poor with a lot of gain. But, when you back off the gain, they have a creamy sweet spot. Finally, if you can't get the pickups to sound the way you want, swap them out. If it were me, I wouldn't want to put GFS pickups in a really nice guitar. They sound ok, but are missing a lot of the extra character and nuance that I hear in hand wound pickups. Still, if GFS is all that you can afford and you're certain they will get you closer to the sound you want, maybe it would be a good temporary measure for you. But, I would recommend that you save some money and tell Bryan at BG Pups what kind of sound you want. He'll make you some killer pickups with personal service that beats all the big names and a sound that's as good as the best pups out there. I agree with you and perhaps I was thinking that the OP had tried these measures already. It is a stretch for me to think that you can't get the sound you want from that setup as I mentioned earlier but you never know. And I personaly think the Dream 180's are dreamy.

Wow. New tactic started by HC to run members off? EG Is it impossible to see that you have made your point? That I not only made an opposing point but embraced the nexus of your point as well. Or is the only answer black or white? BTW - When I discuss something with someone, I expect the my points to stand on their own merits. I don't look for something to obfuscate the discussion.

Yes, you do. The man obviously wanted top shelf gear or he would not have bought a Duesenberg. I don't see too many people rushing to yank the motor out of their Porsche to replace it with a small block chevy. EG I think you made your point adequately. You not only got the first word in but are also intent on getting the last word. But as long as we're tossing tired old cliches out. I may not know art but I sure know what I like.

You get what you pay for. They may be different but nobody is going to convince me that a $35 pickup is going to be better, in terms of quality of sound reproduction, than SCN and Burstbucker. He may want something different but going cheap won't improve things. EG You pay for what you want.

Honestly, I have no idea what sound the OP is after. And I would like to believe that particular guitar with those pickups ought to be able to take somebody where they want to go. But if it doesn't do it for the OP and the GFS pups take him to the promised land, go for it. It's silly and rather shortsighted not to simply because they are less expensive.

I got nothing against GFS but I don't see how they could be considered an upgrade in a duesenberg. EG I disagree. If you get the sound you like by changing the pickups to something else, what difference does price make?

I can't get these things to sound good especially when playing chords with distortion. It just doesn't sound right, and although I'm not a great player I have two other guitars and the pickups sound great playing the same stuff. Those pickups are Samarian Cobalt Noisless and Burstbucker Pros, so they are not cheap, But you would think a $1,500 guitar would have good pickups. Does anyone else hear what I am hearing from these pickups? Is it crazy to swap them out for GFS Dream 180s? I gotta go cheap I'm poor these days plus the gold pearl will look increbible on the Starplayer outlaw which has mock alligator tolex with aged yellow binding around the whole thing. If anything it will be a real expensive decoration! No.

It's cool..I have black friends who have David Duke Dicks also.

Comes in handy when I need my heroin NOW!!!!

That's just as beautiful a guitar as I've ever seen. Schecter can make as excellent an instrument as anybody out there!

Come on Frets you should know that you don't spend that kind of money for nice frets...you spend it for the incredible tone. The fact that you need to set it up properly afterwards is just their way of helping you learn how to do setups and fret dressings..as a bonus for spending that kind of coin I'm serious though bro!! I picked that guitar up played a lick followed by squealing like a girl!! ayiiiiiiiiiii!!!!

It's not terribly surprising. EBMM uses an oil finish on the neck and fretboard. It's cold in New England, and the store's heat has dried out the air. Dry air means dry fretboard means fret sprout. The good news is that if you file your fret ends when the fretboard is dry like it is now, you'll probably never have that problem again. It does suck for trying out guitars this time of year though. Exactly. Those are really nice guitars but I just don't feel the love when I play them.

funny, my Korean Peavey, Chinese First Act, an "sweat shop" Corts all have great frets... There you have it. For years people have pooh poohed lower end guitars because of sharp fret ends. Looks like it's not just a low end guitar problem and in fact, you can get lots of inexpensive guitars without sharp fret ends. I also don't think it's a problem to fix myself anyway.

Sharp fret ends don't mean {censored}!!! I guess GC is becoming a Music Man guitar dealer. I picked up three of them to test. They were close to $2000 each. I swear, the fret ends made me bleed. I've never even felt fret ends that bad on Squiers!!! Nice guitars, though. Not my cup of tea.

Thanks for not helping jump start our stalled economy!!

Damn you're fast Mazi! I was in the process of bannination and you swooped in before I was done!!!!

Yeah.... some of us got no place else to go..... I was banned from another forum just for talking about shims.....

Yes. I carry it with me all the time. Easy to tune up guitars in stores and I like it's accuracy. You can see it anywhere and you don't have to be able to hear the guitar. Very cool.

I know one i don't want. Oh, I went there. I've always thought these were cool looking and I definitely love the wood. Might be why I got this one...

She's a beauty! I love versatility in a guitar as well!! She's all strat!!!

Am I only the only one that finds Santana's latest tone annoying? He needs to turn his treble knob up, it sounds too muffled. I liked his old pre-PRS tone better. He's doing woman with a deep voice tone.

I just find nothing remarkable about them. They just seem like a tight bar band that made it big. Good enough for me!!! Beats the tits off the competition!!

I've always thought they were pretty alright. I like his playing on La Bamba better than Santana's... I think Henry is a monster. As good an all round player as you're gonna find anywhere with great soulful technique in his soloing and I love the singing!

Darn "Taxxachucetts" liberals, watching your "funded by my stolen tax dollars" PBS! Turn to darn channel over to FOX--that Glen Beck plays a mean slide guitar, which he bought the old fashion way: buy selling commercial-time! Oh, uh, wrong forum--my bad. That's all right. An honest mistake... I hear Glen makes his guitar weep... and then he does too...

Man... These guys are soulful, energetic, talented... damn... [YOUTUBE]0aDKAmnLUw0&feature=related[/YOUTUBE]