Lil 59 bridge in neck slot....

[GregJr]

Is it do-able?? Difference is only 2K or so. 11.78 for bridge vs 9.86 for neck.
Will it be too hot , muddy??
Anyone tried this??

Thx.

[Laughing Kookaburra]

Re: Lil 59 bridge in neck slot....

The Seymour Duncan Everything Axe set uses a lil 59 in the neck (JB Jr bridge), so I will assume that it is suitable for the neck. I've only used it in the bridge.

I think you'll be fine in terms of the K rating. Playing with the pickup heights should get you to where you want to be.

[hareek]

Re: Lil 59 bridge in neck slot....

The Seymour Duncan Everything Axe set uses a lil 59 in the neck (JB Jr bridge), so I will assume that it is suitable for the neck. I've only used it in the bridge.

I think you'll be fine in terms of the K rating. Playing with the pickup heights should get you to where you want to be.

The Lil '59 comes in a bridge version and a neck/middle version. The everything Axe set uses a Lil' 59 neck version in the neck position. This poster is asking about using a Lil '59 bridge version in the neck position.


To the OP, I'm not sure how it will sound. I have a Lil '59 neck version at the neck and love it. It can get muddy but I tweak the tone knob on the guitar and tweak the amp settings to adjust accordingly. I would think the bridge version would be brighter in the neck position than the neck version but maybe I'm wrong.

[jeremy]

Re: Lil 59 bridge in neck slot....

lol yes you are wrong.

the bridge version in the neck will be darker than the neck version

[Rand-O-Monium]

Re: Lil 59 bridge in neck slot....

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[Laughing Kookaburra]

Re: Lil 59 bridge in neck slot....

Careful....the Lil '59 comes in a bridge version and a neck/middle version. The everything Axe set uses a Lil' 59 neck version in the neck position. This poster is asking about using a Lil '59 bridge version in the neck position.

Ah, good point, thanks for the catch!

[hareek]

Re: Lil 59 bridge in neck slot....

the bridge version in the neck will be darker than the neck version

I always thought bridge pickups are made to be brighter than neck pickups but I'm guessing where I'm wrong is neck pickups are made to be brighter to compensate for the naturally darker tones of that pickup position, and vice versa for the bridge position?

Ah, good point, thanks for the catch!

No problem. And I just want to point out I didn't mean to sound like I was attacking you with that post. I just meant to clarify the question as I understood it. Not saying you took it the wrong way, but reading back through it myself it seems I was a little harsh in my response.

[Laughing Kookaburra]

Re: Lil 59 bridge in neck slot....

Na, you were fine!

[jumble jumble]

Re: Lil 59 bridge in neck slot....

All I would say is to be sure use 500K pots, and it should be fine.

[hareek]

Re: Lil 59 bridge in neck slot....

All I would say is to be sure use 500K pots, and it should be fine.

The Lil '59 is designed to work with 250k pots though. And again correct me if I'm wrong, a 500k pot wont make the sound any brighter as a tone knob turned to 10 produces the same sound whether it's a 500k or a 250k pot. It's the low end that changes as you dial the knob back to 1.

[jumble jumble]

Re: Lil 59 bridge in neck slot....

The Lil '59 is designed to work with 250k pots though.

This particular Little 59 is designed to go in the bridge position too though, so we're obviously prepared to think outside the box a little here.

[hareek]

Re: Lil 59 bridge in neck slot....

This particular Little 59 is designed to go in the bridge position too though, so we're obviously prepared to think outside the box a little here.

True. But see my edited post above. Am I missing something?

[hareek]

Re: Lil 59 bridge in neck slot....

Am I confusing the function of pots with the function of capacitors?

EDIT: Yes I am. my bad.

[jumble jumble]

Re: Lil 59 bridge in neck slot....

The Lil '59 is designed to work with 250k pots though. And again correct me if I'm wrong, a 500k pot wont make the sound any brighter as a tone knob turned to 10 produces the same sound whether it's a 500k or a 250k pot. It's the low end that changes as you dial the knob back to 1.

A 500K volume pot will obviously make the sound a bit brighter.

A 500K tone control will too: when the tone is turned to 10 then the full resistive strip in the pot is what's stopping the treble being bled out. So a 500K pot will stop more treble getting out than a 250K pot will. If this is difficult imagine replacing the pot with a resistor. Obviously putting a truly massive resistance in there will block more treble than say putting in a 0.5K resistor.

The exception to this is no-load tone pots which cut the connection completely when they're turned to 10.

[Edgecrusher]

Re: Lil 59 bridge in neck slot....

So a 500K pot will stop more treble getting out than a 250K pot will. .

Isnt this backwards? A 250k will cut off more highs than a 500k will.