'59 in Neck, Pearly Gates in Bridge for SG?

[jonnymangia]

Hey all,
Trying to get a Clapton/Cream, Billy Gibbons, Warren Haynes tone in an Epiphone SG. Also want it to sound glassy and pleasant clean. I am pretty much settled on the 59n. What about the bridge?
THANKS - Jonny

 

[korovamilkdud]

Re: '59 in Neck, Pearly Gates in Bridge for SG?

59 in the neck of an SG is awesome I hear. Much less boomy than in a LP.

I wonder about the PG in the bridge. I know that Gibbons uses them in his paul, but then we are talking about guitars that sound quite different (in spite of similar woods).

Try it. If you don't like it, you have the exchange program, you might also try a 59 set.

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: '59 in Neck, Pearly Gates in Bridge for SG?

I would reverse them: PG in the neck and 59 in the bridge.

To my ears the 59 has more bass than the PG and I would always put the pickup with more bass in the bridge position and pickup with less bass in the neck position.

Lew

 

[the guy who invented fire]

Re: '59 in Neck, Pearly Gates in Bridge for SG?

I would reverse them: PG in the neck and 59 in the bridge.

To my ears the 59 has more bass than the PG and I would always put the pickup with more bass in the bridge position and pickup with less bass in the neck position.

Lew

if you are gonna get one PG and one 59 Im with Lew...if you were asking me for a suggestion for a set of pickups for an SG, I would go with a set of 59's

 

[MattPete]

Re: '59 in Neck, Pearly Gates in Bridge for SG?

I just tried a Seth set in an SG special that came stock with a 490r and a 490t. The Seth neck cured the neck muddiness, but the seth bridge was just too thin for an SG, so the 490t went back in. The SG is a weird beast, with the bridge pickup closer to the bridge than in other guitars, resulting in a brighter sound. Since I found the Seth to be too bright in the bridge, I'd be very reluctant to put a Pearly Gates in that position. SG's need a bridge bucker with strong lows and mids. The 59 has strong lows, but I wonder if the mids might be too subdued and the highs too pronounced for an SG. Having said that, I'd go for a 59 over a PG bridge.

What do you have in the guitar right now?

 

[skynyrdlover1]

Re: '59 in Neck, Pearly Gates in Bridge for SG?

pearly gates n & 59b oooh yaa!

 

[jonnymangia]

Re: '59 in Neck, Pearly Gates in Bridge for SG?

I just tried a Seth set in an SG special that came stock with a 490r and a 490t. The Seth neck cured the neck muddiness, but the seth bridge was just too thin for an SG, so the 490t went back in. The SG is a weird beast, with the bridge pickup closer to the bridge than in other guitars, resulting in a brighter sound. Since I found the Seth to be too bright in the bridge, I'd be very reluctant to put a Pearly Gates in that position. SG's need a bridge bucker with strong lows and mids. The 59 has strong lows, but I wonder if the mids might be too subdued and the highs too pronounced for an SG. Having said that, I'd go for a 59 over a PG bridge.

What do you have in the guitar right now?

Right now I have the stock Epiphone Pickups (they are Alnico somethings...the guitar is a G400).

 

[JOLLY]

Re: '59 in Neck, Pearly Gates in Bridge for SG?

I would reverse them: PG in the neck and 59 in the bridge.

That's exactly what I was thinking

 

[rnbfan]

Re: '59 in Neck, Pearly Gates in Bridge for SG?

I ask the same question couple of weeks back and was advised 59's, fitted them and absolutely love'm....