Re: Reviews of the Alnico 2 Pro and Pearly Gates Humbuckers
a few notes of interest about this pickup i should make wile Ime thinking about it. first off- i have never played this pickup in a les paul so i cannot vouch for how it will sound in a les paul. second- i liked it so much i shuved one in a fender strat-maple neck-floyde rose tremelo equiped guitar (in the bridge) and it sounded to thin and trebley becouse a floyde rose tremelo will rob volumn and base tone from any pickup so i would recomend a stronger pickup for a floyde rose equiped guitar ( a medium output or hotter pickup) like a screamin demon wich with the floyd rose tremelo sounds fantastic in my opinion but remember i dont like scooped pickups so keep that in mind. tone sounds i can get with this pick up-amp combo- distortion wise- vanhalen 1 and 2 easily, dokken tooth and nail, zz top lagrange, tush, any hard rock like zep and so on. blues sounds are very taisty and easy to get but remember, thats with an american fender strat-maple neck-vintage trem thru a mesa boogie recto verb amp-useing eather a 2/12 vintage celestion 30's cab or 4/12 vintage celestion 30's cab. hope this helps somebody. also remember this is the pearly gates plus pickup- not regular pearly gates wich is still a great pickup-the pearly plus has a alnico 5 mag-so I am told on this forum-and is wound hotter than a regular pearly gates. some say thru a small speaker it has to much gain and bite. In my opinion this pickup is not the perfect pickup for drop d tuneing thrash, but realy shines for regular tuneing blues, hard rock, some metal, and searing lead tones with high gain amps and 12 inch celestion speakers.
a few notes of interest about this pickup i should make wile Ime thinking about it. first off- i have never played this pickup in a les paul so i cannot vouch for how it will sound in a les paul. second- i liked it so much i shuved one in a fender strat-maple neck-floyde rose tremelo equiped guitar (in the bridge) and it sounded to thin and trebley becouse a floyde rose tremelo will rob volumn and base tone from any pickup so i would recomend a stronger pickup for a floyde rose equiped guitar ( a medium output or hotter pickup) like a screamin demon wich with the floyd rose tremelo sounds fantastic in my opinion but remember i dont like scooped pickups so keep that in mind. tone sounds i can get with this pick up-amp combo- distortion wise- vanhalen 1 and 2 easily, dokken tooth and nail, zz top lagrange, tush, any hard rock like zep and so on. blues sounds are very taisty and easy to get but remember, thats with an american fender strat-maple neck-vintage trem thru a mesa boogie recto verb amp-useing eather a 2/12 vintage celestion 30's cab or 4/12 vintage celestion 30's cab. hope this helps somebody. also remember this is the pearly gates plus pickup- not regular pearly gates wich is still a great pickup-the pearly plus has a alnico 5 mag-so I am told on this forum-and is wound hotter than a regular pearly gates. some say thru a small speaker it has to much gain and bite. In my opinion this pickup is not the perfect pickup for drop d tuneing thrash, but realy shines for regular tuneing blues, hard rock, some metal, and searing lead tones with high gain amps and 12 inch celestion speakers.
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