I just installed this set into a Les Paul. .Under medium higher gain amp settings, both neck and bridge are very noisy. The grounding is correct (when I disconnect ground, noise gets 10x worse). The pickups sound good otherwise. The Gibson 57s I removed from the guitar were very quiet.
I...
It's going in this guitar...
It came stock with Burstbuckers. Didn't really take to the BB bridge PU at the time, so years ago I installed a Duncan JB. I'd been using the JB in most of my guitars for years, but lately have been getting away from using that pickup.
Almost all of my guitars now...
I replaced the EMG 57/66 set in my Ibanez with a Het set. I really liked how the guitar sounded at home at low volume (because of my living situation, I cannot turn my amp up to gig volume) after the pickup swap.
I brought it to my gig last weekend with the intention of using it all night, but...
Hello. I am new to the forum and this is my first post.
I am in a classic rock/old school metal cover band. I play through a Line 6 Helix (mostly Marshall and 5150 patches). My absolute go-to bridge PU is the Duncan JB. I have it in most of my guitars, and all of my Helix presets are set up...