After a 32 year layoff, I randomly decided to pick up guitar again. Honestly it's been gnawing at me for years and it was finally my son's piano lessons that pushed me over the edge.
So I picked up an Ibanez AS73 - their ES335 knockoff if you aren't familiar with their model designations.
32 years ago Ibanez was very decent guitar at a value price and that much apparently hasn't changed. It is certainly a better instrument than I am a player.
Given all my years of rust and general cluelessness, I should probably just leave it alone and play the dang thing, but I'm tempted to replace the bridge pickup. I do not like a thin, tinny-sounding bridge pickup. The Ibanez is not a real offender in this regard, but I do somewhat prefer what I hear from some of the Seymour Duncan sound samples - particularly the 59/custom, the Seth Lover, and the Saturday night special.
Would any of those choices be a particularly good or bad idea?
Would I run into something undesirable by replacing only the bridge pickup?
I haven't heard of anyone using a tapped pickup to get a single coil sound on a semihollow - is that a viable option?
Also I keep hearing about people replacing all the pots in their Ibanez semihollows - is that something I should consider? If so, replace them with what?
So I picked up an Ibanez AS73 - their ES335 knockoff if you aren't familiar with their model designations.
32 years ago Ibanez was very decent guitar at a value price and that much apparently hasn't changed. It is certainly a better instrument than I am a player.
Given all my years of rust and general cluelessness, I should probably just leave it alone and play the dang thing, but I'm tempted to replace the bridge pickup. I do not like a thin, tinny-sounding bridge pickup. The Ibanez is not a real offender in this regard, but I do somewhat prefer what I hear from some of the Seymour Duncan sound samples - particularly the 59/custom, the Seth Lover, and the Saturday night special.
Would any of those choices be a particularly good or bad idea?
Would I run into something undesirable by replacing only the bridge pickup?
I haven't heard of anyone using a tapped pickup to get a single coil sound on a semihollow - is that a viable option?
Also I keep hearing about people replacing all the pots in their Ibanez semihollows - is that something I should consider? If so, replace them with what?
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