NGD: Gibson Kirk Hammett Les Paul Greeny

[Rex_Rocker]

You could just switch the wires on the neck and keep rockin'

Would that not cause any issues? I remember I had my 500T's wires wired backwards at some point. It had the phase flipped, but it sounded good... unless I touched something metal. I don't remember if it was when I touched the metal or when I wasn't touching it. But as soon as I reversed the phase, that ground buzz went away. I got that advise from someone in this forum, actually.

[Mikelamury]

Hey everyone it took me a minute because I got pretty sick (chronic pancreatitis) but I did get my mods done on my Greeny. Just replaced the Greenybuckers with a Duncan custom/jazz neck set and put on some locking grovers but opted to keep the original tuner tips that came on it. Matched the knobs and replaced the output jack and jack plate.
That's all I did I definitely get along better with these pickups and this just feels better than my other faded 50's standard for some reason...

[Mikelamury]

Forgot the pics ..

[Leon Of Late]

Glad you got it updated the way that YOU like it and that makes sense to you. If you are satisfied then that’s all that matters.

Happy for you.

[Rex_Rocker]

I would turn the neck pickup the right way around, but that's just me, LOL.

But killer guitar, man.

[ArtieToo]

Nice. Although, I liked the "Bonamassa" knobs. But matched is sweet too.

[Mikelamury]

Thanks for the compliments guys. I left the neck pickup turned around to pay tribute to greeny but I just don't like out of phase tones and I use the middle position 95% of the time for rhythm so with the Duncan custom/jazz neck set in there this is a very versatile and heavy sounding guitar.

[marcello252]

left the neck pickup turned around to pay tribute to greeny but I just don't like out of phase tones

mmh, the orientation doesn't affect the phase, it could affect the sound sometimes however, given the fact the coil with the screws sits In a different location

[GuitarStv]

mmh, the orientation doesn't affect the phase, it could affect the sound sometimes however, given the fact the coil with the screws sits In a different location

Most SD pickups are wound with the same wire and resistance on the bobbin on both sides, aren't they? I know that Dimarzio does different winds on quite a few models, so there might be sound differences when flipping them.

[Rex_Rocker]

Most SD pickups are wound with the same wire and resistance on the bobbin on both sides, aren't they? I know that Dimarzio does different winds on quite a few models, so there might be sound differences when flipping them.

Yes. But the amount of metal and the geometry of the magnetic field is slightly different on the slug coil vs. the screw coil, so there ought to be a small difference in how both sound.

[eclecticsynergy]

Pretty axe. I dig the darl mahog and especially the dark rosewood.

[beaubrummels]

Would that not cause any issues? I remember I had my 500T's wires wired backwards at some point. It had the phase flipped, but it sounded good... unless I touched something metal. I don't remember if it was when I touched the metal or when I wasn't touching it. But as soon as I reversed the phase, that ground buzz went away. I got that advise from someone in this forum, actually.

If you have 2-conductor and flipped the wires, then you would need to ground the baseplate. If it's 4-conductor, you leave bare to ground and flip the hot/ground wires. Wasn't thinking, I suppose Greeny is 2-conductor, so you'd have to do a little extra work.