I put a Pearly Gates/ Antiquities hybrid Bridge pickup in the neck of my Flying V. It reads 8.04 resistance. Its sounds great except its a Bassy, but its plenty bright, in a good way.
I am having trouble finding a bridge pickup to match though. Im about to go to an Invader type pickup , which is something I really dont wanna do in this guitar,for most output, casue all the other high output pickups Ive tried ( Ive tired 5-6 including Brobucker,SuperD,Breed, Custom8/5)just dont match up, which is weird, but I might have to, casuie I really want to keep that neck pickup; it sounds great.
Now I know Gibson didnt really wind Bridge and Neck specific Humbucker back in the day. From what I know, the PAf's were all over the place in output, and some guitars did have pickups wound full and hotter in the neck, and others less so, and those that happened to have less output generally made for a better sound, or at least a better balance X bridge and neck.
Anyone shed some light on my situation?
I might try a real bassy bridge pickup with a lot of output first, and maybe have the Duncan Custom shop wind me something eventually.
In the meantime I may do the resistance cap in series trick, but I do kind of like that bassy sound of the hot bridge PAF in the neck sometimes.
I am having trouble finding a bridge pickup to match though. Im about to go to an Invader type pickup , which is something I really dont wanna do in this guitar,for most output, casue all the other high output pickups Ive tried ( Ive tired 5-6 including Brobucker,SuperD,Breed, Custom8/5)just dont match up, which is weird, but I might have to, casuie I really want to keep that neck pickup; it sounds great.
Now I know Gibson didnt really wind Bridge and Neck specific Humbucker back in the day. From what I know, the PAf's were all over the place in output, and some guitars did have pickups wound full and hotter in the neck, and others less so, and those that happened to have less output generally made for a better sound, or at least a better balance X bridge and neck.
Anyone shed some light on my situation?
I might try a real bassy bridge pickup with a lot of output first, and maybe have the Duncan Custom shop wind me something eventually.
In the meantime I may do the resistance cap in series trick, but I do kind of like that bassy sound of the hot bridge PAF in the neck sometimes.
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