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I have had the Duncan Seths in my Les Paul Classic for about 8 years and enjoyed them for the cleaner tones, but latley I'm playing an amp with more gain. It's an Orange Dark Terror and I set it on the crunchy side, but not so crunch that we are into Metal music. The Seths measured 7.2 and 8.2...

My 18' Traditional has Burstbuckers I & 2. as the stock pickups. I have no trouble establishing the bridge BB 2 to work with my Orange Dark Terror under medium gain, but the neck B 1 is a puzzle to get it to sound good alone and in the middle position. For those using this exact pair of pups...

I have had a set in my 20 year-old Les Paul Classic for 3 or 4 years and I like their tone in this guitar. What I have not figured out though is how to adjust them to get a really good “honky” middle switch position tone. I have Orange Drop caps and standard Gibby wiring with Gibson standard...

I'm curious as to what is happening with the sound in the first :56 seconds of audio from this “boot” of Led Zeppelin in 1977. I know it is Page's double neck, but what actually happened to the sudden increase in volume at the opening? Was it Jimmy stepping on a volume pedal, a faulty cable...

My Dark Terror was just perfect until today when I was playing in its 15-watt side and then decided to go to the 7-watt mode (my usual mode) as I was bit too much volume. In 7 watts I was no quieter!! I put in a whole new compliment of tubes (older tubes are still fine though). It seems...

Do we have any Seth Lover aficionados who, per chance, have got their ideal tone with a boutique winder's bridge pickup? I've been thinking of swapping my Seth bridge for hand-wound offering that gives off a more “Jimmy Page-like” sound, especially in my Lester's middle position. Studioplayer

I'm not so sure I have the Burstbucker I height set to its best tone. Right now it's set below the pickup ring on the 6th. string side and higher than the ring on the 1st string side. It sounds OK with the pickup volume on 10, but rather subdued when volume is 8.5. If I go up to 9 on the...

For you Les Paul players, what's your opinion(s) on the Burstbucker pickups for 60's and 70's Rock music in Led Zep and The WHO's styles? I use these as the stock pups in my 2018 Les Paul and I like them very much. I’m wondering whether I have them adjusted the best height for this type of...

I've been viewing this video again this week and listening closely to Page and his #1 Les Paul onstage. At one time Page had a T-Top in the bridge position on his iconic Les Paul. I read that at some point later, that pickup was swapped out for a hand-wound (Duncan?) pickup. Does anyone know...

I have a Duncan Seth Lover set in one of my Les Paul Classic which I installed over a year ago. The guitar is now over 16 years old and I bought it new. While I really like the Seth neck and bridge tones by themselves, I still am not settled on what my middle switch position tone should be...

I'm loving the Orange Micro Dark and wondering about the Dark Terror. Even though the MD at 20 watts is managable in my 12' x 15" high ceiling practice room. I can get it loud and not really disturb anyone within the vicinity. Would the all-tube Dark Terror destroy the status quo and up the...

I installed the Simoverb toneprint on my HOF. I'd like to know what the pedal's tone control does with this particular tone print. As far as I know, the tone control is supposed to be able to set a "threshold" for the amount of reverb coming through the signal so that it will not work against...

I've read up on numerous threads on these forums and preference for Burstbuckers seems to wax and wane over time. For those who may still have these (in particular the bridge position) in your Lesters, where abouts did you settle on the height to make the bridge model really conform to your own...

I've been using an Orange Micro Dark 20-watt hybrid head for just over a year as of today. I use both a PPC112 cab and the smaller PPC108 cab. I know how to find my idea of a "clean" sound from it, but what I like to know from owners of this amp is where you usually place your gain control and...

My 2000 Classic is about to get a pair of Duncan SH-55 pickups. Will these pickups fit the stock pickup surrounds without any difficulty? The Duncan '59 pair that I installed years ago fit with no problem. The new set actually came with 2 black pickup surrounds, which I don't plan on using...