Gibson Tal Farlow pickups replacement

[Francesco Chieffo]

Hi everybody, I own a 2015 Gibson Tal Farlow, which mounts two Classic '57. Since I don't just play jazz anymore, I need something more versatile and I'm thinking of changing the pickups, more specifically the neck pickup. I am looking for something that has slightly more open sounds and more high end clarity, but that leaves the warm sound of the instrument intact. Thanks in advance.

[GuitarStv]

Re: Gibson Tal Farlow pickups replacement

Seth Lovers (bright, a bit middier) or a '59 (clear scooped mids with lots of bass and treble) might get you where you want.


I'd actually recommend soldering a 1 meg resistor in parallel with the neck volume pot first though . . . this will give you a volume pot value of around 750k, which is brighter and less mellow that the pickup you've currently got (since that sounds like what you're aiming for), only costs a few minutes of time and a few cents, and requires removing just 1 pot (much simpler when working through f-holes on a hollow guitar). If you hate it you can just snip it out when you decide to swap pickups anyway.

[Mincer]

Re: Gibson Tal Farlow pickups replacement

I'd put the Antiquity in that Tal, which would sound good for your music now, and if you ever went back to playing jazz, it could do that, too.

[Francesco Chieffo]

Re: Gibson Tal Farlow pickups replacement

I will definitely look for demos