Spent the day swapping out pu's in a couple of cheap axes yesterday. First up: I swapped out the bridge humbucker in my KADENCE walnut/alder h-s-s for a cheap Chinese "Oripure" A5 pup that cost $30 . Build quality on these is top notch they don't look or sound cheap at all (easily on par with my Duncan's). Wiring code is the same as stock Ibanez p'up's so an easy install.
I think they sound great. Pretty nice (not over-bright) glassy top, full-sounding 3D mids and a very pleasant/mildly spongy low end that stays tight for rhythm. It's a cool pickup with really sweet tone.
I also swapped out the stock pup's in my cheap H-H Cort that I bought mainly for it's Manilla Road kinda paint job (but it turned out to be a player too). This time a set of "Oripure" A2 pup's went in and they're pretty excellent too. Plus they're zebra and go really well with the graphic finish, better than the stock black one's. But more on those later...
Here's the A5 bridge PU over a looped riff (lead only)...
Used my (Mooer GE300's) "tone capture" profile of my AMT Stonehead amp for this. It's just the amp profile ....no pre/post production..
I think they sound great. Pretty nice (not over-bright) glassy top, full-sounding 3D mids and a very pleasant/mildly spongy low end that stays tight for rhythm. It's a cool pickup with really sweet tone.
I also swapped out the stock pup's in my cheap H-H Cort that I bought mainly for it's Manilla Road kinda paint job (but it turned out to be a player too). This time a set of "Oripure" A2 pup's went in and they're pretty excellent too. Plus they're zebra and go really well with the graphic finish, better than the stock black one's. But more on those later...
Here's the A5 bridge PU over a looped riff (lead only)...
Used my (Mooer GE300's) "tone capture" profile of my AMT Stonehead amp for this. It's just the amp profile ....no pre/post production..
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