So I finally got my first "real" Les Paul at the store the other day, a 2015 Epi Joe Bonamassa. I was playing around with the 2016 model, but asked the guy working if they had any similar models, but without a Bigsby. He said they had the 2015 model which was in the back, which was the same except for the bridge and color. He also said it hadn't been setup yet.
I decided I'd buy it given that it had a pretty decent factory setup, except the neck pickup was a bit too close to the strings. I messed around with it yesterday day evening and today, but haven't been able to get it to sound nearly as good as it did at the store, even playing through the same amp and cab combo I used when I picked it out.
I like where the bridge pickup is set (3/32" on bass and 1/16" on treble) but I can't for the life of me figure out where to set the neck to get the middle positon to be roughly equal in volume and the neck position not a boomy mess. The pickups in question are Burstbuckers 2 and 3. I don't want to do any mag swaps or pole piece modifications just yet either. For people who have Burstbuckers (or 57 classics are close enough) how far are they set from the strings?
I decided I'd buy it given that it had a pretty decent factory setup, except the neck pickup was a bit too close to the strings. I messed around with it yesterday day evening and today, but haven't been able to get it to sound nearly as good as it did at the store, even playing through the same amp and cab combo I used when I picked it out.
I like where the bridge pickup is set (3/32" on bass and 1/16" on treble) but I can't for the life of me figure out where to set the neck to get the middle positon to be roughly equal in volume and the neck position not a boomy mess. The pickups in question are Burstbuckers 2 and 3. I don't want to do any mag swaps or pole piece modifications just yet either. For people who have Burstbuckers (or 57 classics are close enough) how far are they set from the strings?
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