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This is my first post. I've been reading info about the different pickups for a while and finally took the plunge into SD heaven. Thanks to this forum.
I bought a few Agile guitars online for a very low price. One is a 335 clone with gold hardware (as-820) and the other was an SG style copy (valkyrie).
The pickups were cheap ceramic humbuckers with a drab dull sound. I decided since i really like the guitars and they seem to be built pretty good to put in some SD sets.
I bought a set of Gold cover 59s and put them in my 335 clone. I also wanted to get a nice bright sound so i also replaced the volume pots with 1mg WD pots. .022 caps.
Boy does this guitar sing now. Nice and bright and then i can turn the tone pots down and mellow it right out. But it definately made this a great guitar to play.
For my SG copy, I decided to go with the JB/JAZZ set. I also replaced the volumes with 1mg pots. same caps and pots as my 335 clone.
Now it screams and wails just like it should. I can't seem to sit the guitars down for very long without picking them up and trying some other styles. The jazz pup mellows out with a tone pot adjustment. great for jazz chording
I haven't even got into the "series/split/parallel" push/pull pots yet.
oh yeah.....my setup?.....wait till you hear this...
how bout an old Digitech RP-1 into a 1978 vibro-champ mic'd with an sm57 beta. The amp is still stock except for replacing the tubes. This setup really is a nice for recording.
I've been so use to bright twangy guitars like tele/strat style. i even used barden tele pups for years and they dont come much brighter or hotter. i never was into the whole humbucker sound because i'm more country pickin' and twang. but after playing these pups, i'm starting to convert
I bought a few Agile guitars online for a very low price. One is a 335 clone with gold hardware (as-820) and the other was an SG style copy (valkyrie).
The pickups were cheap ceramic humbuckers with a drab dull sound. I decided since i really like the guitars and they seem to be built pretty good to put in some SD sets.
I bought a set of Gold cover 59s and put them in my 335 clone. I also wanted to get a nice bright sound so i also replaced the volume pots with 1mg WD pots. .022 caps.
Boy does this guitar sing now. Nice and bright and then i can turn the tone pots down and mellow it right out. But it definately made this a great guitar to play.
For my SG copy, I decided to go with the JB/JAZZ set. I also replaced the volumes with 1mg pots. same caps and pots as my 335 clone.
Now it screams and wails just like it should. I can't seem to sit the guitars down for very long without picking them up and trying some other styles. The jazz pup mellows out with a tone pot adjustment. great for jazz chording
I haven't even got into the "series/split/parallel" push/pull pots yet.
oh yeah.....my setup?.....wait till you hear this...
how bout an old Digitech RP-1 into a 1978 vibro-champ mic'd with an sm57 beta. The amp is still stock except for replacing the tubes. This setup really is a nice for recording.
I've been so use to bright twangy guitars like tele/strat style. i even used barden tele pups for years and they dont come much brighter or hotter. i never was into the whole humbucker sound because i'm more country pickin' and twang. but after playing these pups, i'm starting to convert
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