Hi All,
I'm building a Les Paul copy and I'm planning which pickups I should get. I narrowed my choice down to a SD 59 for the neck and JB or Duncan Distortion. I have the Duncan Distortion already in another guitar (Charvel copy) I put together, and was steered away from the JB by a buddy of mine. I don't have any issues with the Duncan Distortion but I'm always wondering what the JB would have sounded like.
Anyway, the Les Paul I'm building will need gold hardware and I recently saw a gold pair of Gibson pickups, 490r & 498t. I've read on this forum that it's easy to swap magnets on pickups so I figured I might give it a try and instead of purchasing new SD pickups, I can just buy used 490r & 498t and swap magnets, and save some money.
The users here suggest swapping the 490r magnet for a A5 magnet to get it close to a SD 59, and swap the 498t for a A8 magnet to get it close to a SD C8 pickup.
What swap would I do to make the 498t sound close to a JB or Duncan Distortion? I'm still not fixed on by bridge pickup, but I'm leaning towards a JB, unless someone can swade me otherwise.
Also, where do you guys recommend I buy the magnets from? And of course I'll need some tutorials...
Thanks, and sorry for the long post.
dinky,
I'm building a Les Paul copy and I'm planning which pickups I should get. I narrowed my choice down to a SD 59 for the neck and JB or Duncan Distortion. I have the Duncan Distortion already in another guitar (Charvel copy) I put together, and was steered away from the JB by a buddy of mine. I don't have any issues with the Duncan Distortion but I'm always wondering what the JB would have sounded like.
Anyway, the Les Paul I'm building will need gold hardware and I recently saw a gold pair of Gibson pickups, 490r & 498t. I've read on this forum that it's easy to swap magnets on pickups so I figured I might give it a try and instead of purchasing new SD pickups, I can just buy used 490r & 498t and swap magnets, and save some money.
The users here suggest swapping the 490r magnet for a A5 magnet to get it close to a SD 59, and swap the 498t for a A8 magnet to get it close to a SD C8 pickup.
What swap would I do to make the 498t sound close to a JB or Duncan Distortion? I'm still not fixed on by bridge pickup, but I'm leaning towards a JB, unless someone can swade me otherwise.
Also, where do you guys recommend I buy the magnets from? And of course I'll need some tutorials...
Thanks, and sorry for the long post.
dinky,
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