To A2P, or not A2P, which is the pickup?

[Aceman]

Again - no mastering for YT vs SC

Straight in and up.

[CaptainWhizz]

Again - no mastering for YT vs SC

Straight in and up.

In other words, no foreplay?

[EmiAba]

150 views and only 4 takers on which is what?

OK....let's pull back a little bit of the curtain. The pickups are, in no particular order:

An A2P - in a Dean Cadillac
A Pearly Gates - in a Dean Cadillac
A 79 Gibson T-Top in a Les Paul

So - what do you think now???

Stil thinking the A2P si the second sample. And the PGn is the tihird

[CaptainWhizz]

I’ve watched the video once, but only through my phone’s speaker. I could hear the differences, but not enough to pick a favourite/ guess which is which.

[Hsb]

I think the A2P is #2

[dressed2kill]

Listened on both YT and SC, for what my poor ears hear A is the T-Top, B is PG and C is the A2P. C sounded bang on for me.

[gsammo79]

I'm a little surprised now that I see an A5 t-top was included. I didnt hear *that* through my phone like I thought I would.

[Aceman]

I'm a little surprised now that I see an A5 t-top was included. I didnt hear *that* through my phone like I thought I would.

Remember - it has the tone on zero....so there is that.

[gsammo79]

Listened on both YT and SC, for what my poor ears hear A is the T-Top, B is PG and C is the A2P. C sounded bang on for me.

This is what I heard too. #3 sounded closer than the others. Close call though

[PFDarkside]

I thought #1 was A2P, #3 was PG and #2 was other.

I’m curious what #2 is, it sounds different from the other 2. I’d be very happy with 1 or 3! And probably just a mild tweak to be happy with 2 also.

[Aceman]

I am researching possible differences on #2. It's been mentioned a lot....

[Aceman]

Update:

I was wondering if the issue was pickup height differences. So I checked. Interestingly enough I will say:

Pup A is the closest - a little closer than standard neck distance.
Pup B & C are about the same distance, about 2-3mm (typical neck distance 3/32ish), but further than pup A

[Aceman]

And now for the big reveal!

Pickup A: Duncan Pearly Gates, that is a little closer to the strings than the other two

Pickup B: An A2P

Pickup C: A Gibson 1979 T-Top

I would be just fine playing Sweet Child on any of them. I do it most often/Always on the PG, and I think I like the overall tone of that the best. Bias note: I love a PG in the neck! I like the sound of the T-Top next best. It is in a darkish Les Paul, so there is that. I have always really liked that pickup in the neck of that guitar. As I have said (look it up) That pickup can out Slash Slash". I may simply have the longest history with that guitar and pickup, so am the most comfortable. I like the A2P, but am not overwhelmed by it. I may try raising it up just a touch and see what happens. I will say that I like them better than the stock Dean pickups (Generic Koreans). Again - I think the A2P is a solid overall pickup. I just generally like a more biting tone.

Thank you all for playing!

I hope you enjoyed, and continue discussion. Why did you guess what you did? Were you surprised.

I know the little sound blast as the phone picked up the SPL from the cabinet was a little distracting. And for those of you wondering....yes - this IS part of me gearing up the JB showdown.

[gsammo79]

At the time i guessed, i would've put money on my answer.

After hearing about the dark guitar the T-top is in i can see how it's more A2P-like. It does a bada$$ Slash tone, no doubt about it. I'm surprised how well all *three* neck pickups did covering GnR.

[PFDarkside]

Excellent Ace.

I will now work on my guitar playing instead of tone chasing. Literally any of the three would work fantastically.

And thinking more about it, to me the output sounded like 3 was the strongest, followed by 1, followed by 2, which I guess matches up with the results? Still, my takeaway is get some decent pickups in the guitar and spend more time playing, less time reading.