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Re: Burstbucker pro's (alnico V) review:
I tried the BB Pro bridge close to the strings but found the best position at a little more than 3/32" from the strings with the last fret depressed. Fattened right up and sound thick and rich. Right now some of the best tones I've ever achieved are with my bone stock LP Standard with BB Pros. We do clean to modern heavy. You should be fine with the right.
My stock LP is FAR from bright. I'd say it sounds a lot like Jerry Cantrell's tone on his latest solo CD if I had to make a comparison.
I've tried the C-5, Custom, and Rio BBQ in this guitar. The BB Pro seems made for this ax.
Trust me.....try lowering the pickup height a little.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. The BB pros sound smooth, thick, and rich in my LP.
One noticable change I made was adding a light weight aluminum tail piece. It really rounded out the tone and added some mids!!!!
Doc noted that the screw coils are dominating the slug coils so I set my screw coils in low and barely visible from the side of the pickup so they are flush if not lower than the slugs. Sounds amazing!
When I first bought the guitar....I had the pickups way up and radiused the screws.......this was terrible!
To summarize the biggest changes I made to get this stock LP sounding great is to lower the pickups to over 3/32" (bridge) and over 4/32" (neck) from the strings, lowered the screw pole pieces, and installed an aluminum tail piece. (so I guess it isn't totally stock)
Originally posted by Young Angus
Okay, so for those who dont know i recently got my new les paul standard equipped stock with alnico V burstbucker pro pickups.
Im used to playing with my jackson which has a JB in the bridge which is a mighty thick sounding and great pickup, and when i first compared the LP its bridge pickup sounded weaker and thinner...but it had a more open quality about it too which was better for clean stuff but at first i didnt think it would be better for distorted stuff.
But before i get into the gainy stuff ill talk quickly about the cleans...they sound terrific! The neck has a fat warm tone which is great for full sounding jazzy stuff. The jazzy chords sound full and just ring out beautifully.
The middle position clean has a beautiful air about it while still retaining the warmth of the neck pickup, and sounds just great for big clean chords of all sorts as well as slightly springy bluesy stuff...just has this cool vibe about it.
And the bridge on clean is much more focussed than the others, and i found it had a little less output level than the other positions but this may have been due to it not being high enough to the strings although surely that shouldhave been set right at the factory. Its got a fair bit of bite to it this bridge pickup, and with the wrong amp settings can come across pretty harsh and ice picky, but give the amp a bit of a kick in the guts with a little more gain perhaps (or in my ENGL's case a sensitivity button which is like a boost button and gives the amp a bit more oomff) and this pickup roars through the right rig. Think the intro to paradise city on the gunners tokyo 1992 tour where slash is playing some nice clean chords with the bridge pickup of his les paul, and then he reaches for the volume knob of his guitar and cranks it all the way up and starts playing the paradise city intro chords which are clean with a touch of break up....mmmm
Okay, on to the distorted sounds...for those of you keeping up
Im used to playing with my jackson which has a JB in the bridge which is a mighty thick sounding and great pickup, and when i first compared the LP its bridge pickup sounded weaker and thinner...but it had a more open quality about it too which was better for clean stuff but at first i didnt think it would be better for distorted stuff.
But before i get into the gainy stuff ill talk quickly about the cleans...they sound terrific! The neck has a fat warm tone which is great for full sounding jazzy stuff. The jazzy chords sound full and just ring out beautifully.
The middle position clean has a beautiful air about it while still retaining the warmth of the neck pickup, and sounds just great for big clean chords of all sorts as well as slightly springy bluesy stuff...just has this cool vibe about it.
And the bridge on clean is much more focussed than the others, and i found it had a little less output level than the other positions but this may have been due to it not being high enough to the strings although surely that shouldhave been set right at the factory. Its got a fair bit of bite to it this bridge pickup, and with the wrong amp settings can come across pretty harsh and ice picky, but give the amp a bit of a kick in the guts with a little more gain perhaps (or in my ENGL's case a sensitivity button which is like a boost button and gives the amp a bit more oomff) and this pickup roars through the right rig. Think the intro to paradise city on the gunners tokyo 1992 tour where slash is playing some nice clean chords with the bridge pickup of his les paul, and then he reaches for the volume knob of his guitar and cranks it all the way up and starts playing the paradise city intro chords which are clean with a touch of break up....mmmm
Okay, on to the distorted sounds...for those of you keeping up
My stock LP is FAR from bright. I'd say it sounds a lot like Jerry Cantrell's tone on his latest solo CD if I had to make a comparison.
I've tried the C-5, Custom, and Rio BBQ in this guitar. The BB Pro seems made for this ax.
Trust me.....try lowering the pickup height a little.
If it ain't broke, don't fix it. The BB pros sound smooth, thick, and rich in my LP.
One noticable change I made was adding a light weight aluminum tail piece. It really rounded out the tone and added some mids!!!!
Doc noted that the screw coils are dominating the slug coils so I set my screw coils in low and barely visible from the side of the pickup so they are flush if not lower than the slugs. Sounds amazing!
When I first bought the guitar....I had the pickups way up and radiused the screws.......this was terrible!
To summarize the biggest changes I made to get this stock LP sounding great is to lower the pickups to over 3/32" (bridge) and over 4/32" (neck) from the strings, lowered the screw pole pieces, and installed an aluminum tail piece. (so I guess it isn't totally stock)
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