A8 Pearly Gates - awesome

[Chistopher]

Re: A8 Pearly Gates - awesome

To be honest, I found that a PG8, while better than the stock model, is still no match for an A8 '59 or even Custom. It's like taking the flat four out of a VW Beetle, putting in a flat 6 twin turbo and expecting to get a Porsche 911 GT1, if that makes any sense.

 

[Adieu]

Re: A8 Pearly Gates - awesome

PG with an A8? You people have no shame.....

The whole JB2, JB, JB8, Distortion8, and Distortion is an interesting continuum of sound though...

Huh? It's a nearly 50yo time-honored concept, take a PAF-like pup and add an A8 mag... THE original use of A8 in pickups afaik

Hi, i own two A8 mags since nearly two years and put it into some pups. its true what Ascension said. i like it best in not too low resistance (a 7k and 7.7k with 42awg) and not too overwound pups: the low resistance loose a lot of it openess and high dynamics, the overwound ones (11k of 42AWG) it lost definition and too much highs. Still did not swap it into my PG+ and my demon. So far it liked it best in Custom an in a JB.
This also my problem with the A8: its too balanced. If a pup has a special character the A8 seem to even it out. And the character is gone at least. You should use it to support the strength of an pickup. Most A2 pickups for the bridge seem to get a tighter bass and some overly scooped A5 pups sound fuller with an A8.

BTW The PG+ sound so much better with a 250k volume. But i surely will try with a A8 and a 500k.

Ibanez used 500k in the 70s on their A8 PAF pickup (Maxon / Ibanez Super 70)

 

[Chistopher]

Re: A8 Pearly Gates - awesome

Huh? It's a nearly 50yo time-honored concept, take a PAF-like pup and add an A8 mag... THE original use of A8 in pickups afaik

Funny, that's also the original use of A2,A3,A4,A5, and even A6 magnets.

 

[cessnadave]

Re: A8 Pearly Gates - awesome

What im really looking to find is a comparison of a PG w/A8 vs a SH11 Custom Custom