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Wow! I just installed the Whole Lotta Humbucker set (no covers) into my Les Paul. I don't play it much because I've never found a pickup combo that gives me "THE" Les Paul sound I've been looking for for decades. The 59 combo is close, but both the Les Paul and the 59's have a fat bottom end and a bright top, so it sounds unbalanced to me. The Seth Lovers are great but they almost overemphasize the honky mids, which balances the highs and Bottom end of the Les Paul, but they don't sound like A5's. I usually end up using the Custom or Super Distortion bridge, both of which I find a bit cold/harsh, and a Seth or Dimarzio PAF Neck, which doesn't balance perfectly.
The Whole Lotta Humbuckers are perfectly balanced. They have A5 character, but more mids than the 59's. The highs are thicker and less brittle than the 59's and have a lot of bite. The bass is not overemphasized and a Les Paul fills them out well. The neck may be hot as far as the specs are concerned, but it is in no way muddy. The bridge has quite a bit more power than the 59 bridge. Both neck and bridge have a lot of chime. They nail the Jimmy Page; Heartbreaker, Since I've Been Loving You, Good Time Bad Times, Rock and Roll tones. It also does a great Randy Rhoads, Boston, Early Clapton thing.
The best thing about the set may be the middle position. I've never found a middle position with any pickup set that I like more than the two individual pickups by themselves, but this one is fantastic. Most of the time the neck dominates the bridge when they are combined and you have to play the volume knob game to balance them in the middle position. These somehow produce an sound that is just a more tame version of the bridge pickup, almost like you have a middle pickup.
I finally have the classic Les Paul tone that has been stuck in my head since the early 80's. I'm really glad Seymour decided to give us vintage tone lovers such a great classic PAF set in this age of Chugga Chugga Heavy Metal mania.
I do wonder what the split tone sound like. Has anyone wired them to a push-pull yet?
The Whole Lotta Humbuckers are perfectly balanced. They have A5 character, but more mids than the 59's. The highs are thicker and less brittle than the 59's and have a lot of bite. The bass is not overemphasized and a Les Paul fills them out well. The neck may be hot as far as the specs are concerned, but it is in no way muddy. The bridge has quite a bit more power than the 59 bridge. Both neck and bridge have a lot of chime. They nail the Jimmy Page; Heartbreaker, Since I've Been Loving You, Good Time Bad Times, Rock and Roll tones. It also does a great Randy Rhoads, Boston, Early Clapton thing.
The best thing about the set may be the middle position. I've never found a middle position with any pickup set that I like more than the two individual pickups by themselves, but this one is fantastic. Most of the time the neck dominates the bridge when they are combined and you have to play the volume knob game to balance them in the middle position. These somehow produce an sound that is just a more tame version of the bridge pickup, almost like you have a middle pickup.
I finally have the classic Les Paul tone that has been stuck in my head since the early 80's. I'm really glad Seymour decided to give us vintage tone lovers such a great classic PAF set in this age of Chugga Chugga Heavy Metal mania.
I do wonder what the split tone sound like. Has anyone wired them to a push-pull yet?
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