Recent content by Gooch

I have a 2017 LP Classic with the 57s and they're ok for me, but the neck is especially boomy. Dropped the height and that helped, but I want something that hands rock, hard rock, 90s grunge well and in the neck is not so boomy. I play Friedman amps and some other modded-marshall types and...

My tech installed treble bleeds on my Les Paul, for both humbuckers. It works as expressed: stays clear and clean when rolling back the volume. But, I feel like the bridge humbucker especially lost some overall bass and power when on 10. Can treble bleeds contribute to some power loss? I feel...

Like the Title says, I'm looking for a humbucker that doesn't get muddy in the neck in an alder HH guitar. Will match with a Custom 8 in the bridge. Doesn't have to be super high output, just enough to be clear, articulate, and maybe have that kind of Slash-y single coilish tone and will split...

I was looking at the QP in the neck of my strat,which I'd make into an HS (from HSS). I LOVE Demartini's neck tone and I use a Custom8 in the bridge already with a 500k volume and 250k tone. However, I remembered hearing really good things about the Stag-Mag. I've heard the Demartini is...

I have an HSS and I'm going to an HS. I play a strat with a C8 Humbucker and to Van Zandt Blues single coils. I wanna use my 500K and the Van Zandt's don't take the 500k that well and I never use all 5 tones. I really use the Humbucker and the Neck the most. So I'm goin to go down to a three...

I've narrowed it down to these two pickups to replace my WLH in my LP Trad Pro, which is on the heavy and sometimes bright side depending on the amp and speakers. I have both the regular Custom SH-5 and the Custom 8; here are my experiences below... --I have a Custom in a Schecter PT Tele...

I have a LP Trad Pro, and it's heavy and can be bright. I'm looking to replace the WLH, which NAILS the Jimmy Page tone, but I'm not digging it for what I do. I play high gain amps ala Splawn, BFG modded Egnater Seminar head, and I don't need a super hot pickup to drive the amp. I have the...

Re: Shrill Les Paul with WLH & BB3 in Bridge: Losing Hope... OP here... Let me clarify a few things...FIRST: many thanks for all of the great thoughts and help, fellas... Admittedly, as you'll see below, some of it was a few factors... 1) The LP came with a BB3 and at times I thought it was...

I can't use my FX loop; it's worthless. SO I'm running my VP out front, after my OD pedal, SD-1. It seems pretty loud out front and I want to use it for some solo/lead settings, to just beef up the sound. How best can I use his and what settings does anyone recommend? Thanks!

I have a LP Traditional Pro, 2013, and it came with a BB3, that I felt was very shrill and ice picky no matter the amp, particularly on the treble strings. The wound strings are fine. I play modded Marshalls/Splawns. I replaced it with the Duncan Whole Lotta and I'm now experiencing the same...

Ive got 3 guitars with the C8: 2 Schecter PTs (fat guitars, more bass than a strat) and a Strat. ...The C8 seems slightly brighter and artciulate in the Strat than my two PTs. I play modded Marshalls, hard rock to some early to modern metal. The C8 is starting to underwhelm me. I'm like...

I'm down to one tone and one volume pot (500k) in my Lone Star Strat with a C8 in the bridge and Van Zandt Blues Pups in the Neck and MIddle and they are SUPER bright with the 500k. I'm not really interested in doing the resistor thing. Even using the Tone knob, I'm not liking the sound...

I play a (heavy, unchambered) Les Paul Traditional and have had the WLH for about two years and it's kind of become fatiguing to me. It can get really squelchy with my modded Marshalls. It reminds me a lot of the BB-3 that guitar came with and that pickup was just harsh on the ears. All my...

I love Duncan Customs. I have the C8 and regular Custom. I've recently switched to the Whole Lotta humbuckers and I like that is seems a bit more defined and articulate, but I don't like the "Pagey" vibe it has. It has some sort of single coil quack to it. But I think I like that it's less...

Looking for a good value, reasonably priced humbucker for an HSS Fender Modern Player tele. We play blues, classic and hard rock ala Zeppelin to Metallica. Something that can split well and clean up well with guitar volume. Nothing crazy expensive. Maybe something slightly less hot than a...