misterwhizzy
Well-known member
I've had a love/hate relationship with this 59 set I've had for years and years since the day I bought them. I think the problem ended up being the Les Paul I kept trying to put it in. They just don't like each other. On a related note, I still can't get this oil to mix with my water.
I've also had a bit of a love/hate relationship with my PRS SE Custom 22. It sounds amazing unplugged, but most pickups ended up just sending a nasally all-mids tone to the amplifier. I had solved this somewhat by using a set of Phat Cats, but I never really gelled that much with them either. I decided to give the 59s a shot just because. And that's where the fun began.
I got the Phat Cats out and the 59s in and soldered, but when I went to adjust the pickup height on the bridge, I heard a twang and realized the long legs on the 59B baseplate weren't going to work. I had unscrewed it all the way Fortunately, I had an extra baseplate from Philadelphia Luthier Supply that came when I swapped the baseplate on my Demon that went in a Superstrat recently. In the process of pulling the braid away from the baseplate while desoldering it, I also pulled it separate from the pickup lead wire. So I had to resolder that wire and solder the braid to the new baseplate as well as the grounding wire. Then I had to heat up the wax holding the maple spacer in place and remove it and transfer that over as well. I basically rebuilt the entire pickup. Before I mounted it in the pickup ring, I took a quick reading and got 8.5k. Thank God.
Anyway, this guitar loves it. It's got plenty of heft, a nice PAF sound without being weak, and my only gripe is it's just a little too bright even with the tone rolled back halfway, but that's nothing swapping the tone cap shouldn't fix. The neck sounds great without needing a different magnet, although it may still have the roughcast A3 in there I put in it years ago when I was still giving it a chance in the neck of my LP. I don't really understand why short legs aren't standard, but enough with my complaining. This might have saved a guitar.
I've also had a bit of a love/hate relationship with my PRS SE Custom 22. It sounds amazing unplugged, but most pickups ended up just sending a nasally all-mids tone to the amplifier. I had solved this somewhat by using a set of Phat Cats, but I never really gelled that much with them either. I decided to give the 59s a shot just because. And that's where the fun began.
I got the Phat Cats out and the 59s in and soldered, but when I went to adjust the pickup height on the bridge, I heard a twang and realized the long legs on the 59B baseplate weren't going to work. I had unscrewed it all the way Fortunately, I had an extra baseplate from Philadelphia Luthier Supply that came when I swapped the baseplate on my Demon that went in a Superstrat recently. In the process of pulling the braid away from the baseplate while desoldering it, I also pulled it separate from the pickup lead wire. So I had to resolder that wire and solder the braid to the new baseplate as well as the grounding wire. Then I had to heat up the wax holding the maple spacer in place and remove it and transfer that over as well. I basically rebuilt the entire pickup. Before I mounted it in the pickup ring, I took a quick reading and got 8.5k. Thank God.
Anyway, this guitar loves it. It's got plenty of heft, a nice PAF sound without being weak, and my only gripe is it's just a little too bright even with the tone rolled back halfway, but that's nothing swapping the tone cap shouldn't fix. The neck sounds great without needing a different magnet, although it may still have the roughcast A3 in there I put in it years ago when I was still giving it a chance in the neck of my LP. I don't really understand why short legs aren't standard, but enough with my complaining. This might have saved a guitar.
