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I thought I would post my recent opinions regarding a few magnet swaps.
Custom with a Polished Alnico 8 - I tried this first as I have a RCA8 in a 59/Custom and love it. But here the A8 seemed to give it more midrange, close to the midrange that a JB produces, which what I was trying to avoid. Nice but not quite what I was looking for. I think I preferred the stock A5 compared to this.
Custom with a Roughcast UOA5 - Really nice. It took away the sound of it sounding really hot like a JB. It smoothed out the top end sizzle and it seems to generally feel fuller and blended mids with nothing spiking. Bass is still quite chunky. Generally well rounded. Staying in a Les Paul for now.
Saturday Night Special - I thought I would have liked this pickup having 42AWG plain enamel and being hot at 9.75k. I feel 43 and 44 to my ears give too much high end sizzle to pups that cant be EQd. I swapped for a Stock polished A5 and it sucked. Really bad. It went from having this really pronounced midrange to sounding flabby/hollow. I gave up at this point. Put the A4 back in and onto the marketplace. Was not really my cup of tea.
59 - I didn't bother! This would have to be one of the best stock sounding pickups ever produced. It definitely has that vintage rock vibe but handles more gain for harder rock really well. I keep going back to this guitar since installing it. Can't get enough.
At this stage I have Bridge wise
Les Paul - 59
Les Paul - Custom w/ RUOA5
SG - 59/Custom w/ RA8
Custom with a Polished Alnico 8 - I tried this first as I have a RCA8 in a 59/Custom and love it. But here the A8 seemed to give it more midrange, close to the midrange that a JB produces, which what I was trying to avoid. Nice but not quite what I was looking for. I think I preferred the stock A5 compared to this.
Custom with a Roughcast UOA5 - Really nice. It took away the sound of it sounding really hot like a JB. It smoothed out the top end sizzle and it seems to generally feel fuller and blended mids with nothing spiking. Bass is still quite chunky. Generally well rounded. Staying in a Les Paul for now.
Saturday Night Special - I thought I would have liked this pickup having 42AWG plain enamel and being hot at 9.75k. I feel 43 and 44 to my ears give too much high end sizzle to pups that cant be EQd. I swapped for a Stock polished A5 and it sucked. Really bad. It went from having this really pronounced midrange to sounding flabby/hollow. I gave up at this point. Put the A4 back in and onto the marketplace. Was not really my cup of tea.
59 - I didn't bother! This would have to be one of the best stock sounding pickups ever produced. It definitely has that vintage rock vibe but handles more gain for harder rock really well. I keep going back to this guitar since installing it. Can't get enough.
At this stage I have Bridge wise
Les Paul - 59
Les Paul - Custom w/ RUOA5
SG - 59/Custom w/ RA8
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