APH1 v Burstbucker Pros
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Luke Duke
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Re: APH1 v Burstbucker Pros
I think most of the guys here will stick with Jeremy in saying that the BB's are too bright for their tastes. I haven't A/B'd them but do Ihave an A2P bridge.
I put i in the bridge slot of my Heritage 150 (heritage's lp standard similiar constructin techniques to the historic) about 3 months ago and it sounds great. Not too much treble bass or mids...very even sounding...of course I crank my mids on my amp and make it a bit mid heavy tone. In the neck I've got a Jazz and they work great together in my opinion.
Luke
I think most of the guys here will stick with Jeremy in saying that the BB's are too bright for their tastes. I haven't A/B'd them but do Ihave an A2P bridge.
I put i in the bridge slot of my Heritage 150 (heritage's lp standard similiar constructin techniques to the historic) about 3 months ago and it sounds great. Not too much treble bass or mids...very even sounding...of course I crank my mids on my amp and make it a bit mid heavy tone. In the neck I've got a Jazz and they work great together in my opinion.
Luke
Re: APH1 v Burstbucker Pros
I have actually a/b 'ed the APH-1's to teh BB Pros in my LP 2003 Standard. It is a matter of personal taste as to which buckers you will prefer when it comes down to deciding. Both sets are pretty mellow sounding pikcups and i appreciate gibson moving back to their roots with the bb pros. Since the BB Pros use Alnico 5 magnets, they sound a little scooped in the mids and brighter than the APH-1's. This was good for the neck pickup, but the bridge pickup sounded a little thin on clean tones. When I dropped in the set of APH-1's, the mids were very apparent and made for a fuller sounding tone, and the tones were thick sounding. Another thing about the APH-1's that I like is that it has a very nice midrange singing quality that can't be beat. My only gripe was that they had less attack than the bb pros. Hope this helps.
I have actually a/b 'ed the APH-1's to teh BB Pros in my LP 2003 Standard. It is a matter of personal taste as to which buckers you will prefer when it comes down to deciding. Both sets are pretty mellow sounding pikcups and i appreciate gibson moving back to their roots with the bb pros. Since the BB Pros use Alnico 5 magnets, they sound a little scooped in the mids and brighter than the APH-1's. This was good for the neck pickup, but the bridge pickup sounded a little thin on clean tones. When I dropped in the set of APH-1's, the mids were very apparent and made for a fuller sounding tone, and the tones were thick sounding. Another thing about the APH-1's that I like is that it has a very nice midrange singing quality that can't be beat. My only gripe was that they had less attack than the bb pros. Hope this helps.
