Balls for my G&L Legacy bridge

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My G&L Legacy has 3 Alcino 5 pups, which are tremendous for vintage strat tones (I tend to use it for blues and cleaner rhythms - the in-between position is very cool). On the other hand, I don't tend to use the bridge pup that much and would really like to be able to go to a humbucker to play harder rock tunes, such as Skynyrd and AC/DC. I do have an SG and an LP, but I'd like the G&L to be more versatile. The Tone Wizard is telling me Little 59 and I tend to agree with that - what do you think?
 
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I like the Cool Rails a bit more. It has more snap and chime than the Lil 59, which should help it blend in a bit better with the stock neck and mid.
 
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What kind of amp/pedals are you using?

How do you set your tone (PTB) controls on your Legacy?

I usually set my Legacys up with the guitar's PTB Treble on 10; and the Bass on 5. Then I set my amp tones. If I need more FAT from the bridge, I can roll a bit of the PTB Treble off, and roll the PTB Bass UP. This really adds a lot of punch.

I have a JB, Jr. in another G&L guitar--an S-500. While I like this pickup, it BARELY has enough power to hang with the very hot G&L MFD single-coils; AND I lost all of my "quack" in position 2. I'm thinking about swapping the original pickup back in.

Everyone would love to have a guitar that will sound exactly like a vintage Strat AND a Les Paul at the flip of a switch. Lots of guitars come close, but nobody has ever really done it, IMHO. I also have a Legacy Special with the Gotoh Blades, and while it gets CLOSE to LP tones, and CLOSE to vintage Strat tones--I think I am better served by playing my Legacy/Strat songs on my Legacy, and my Les Paul/2HB songs on a Les Paul. Yes, switching guitars on a gig can be a PITA, but to me it's worth it. (I try to structure our sets so I'm not changing on every song!) So my thought is, "I bought the guitars to play, and by God, I'm gonna take 'em out and play with them!" LOL!!

Good luck in your search.

Bill
 
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Boogie Bill said:
What kind of amp/pedals are you using?
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Both my amps are vintage Traynors with no master volume, one sounds like a Fender Deluxe, the other like a Marshall JTM-45. I only use pedals for leads, usually an MXR Micro Amp, so I’m pretty clean all around. In a pinch, I could always use my Fulldrive II to thicken up the sound of the G&L’s bridge.

Boogie Bill said:
How do you set your tone (PTB) controls on your Legacy? I usually set my Legacys up with the guitar's PTB Treble on 10; and the Bass on 5. Then I set my amp tones. If I need more FAT from the bridge, I can roll a bit of the PTB Treble off, and roll the PTB Bass UP. This really adds a lot of punch.
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I haven’t had it that long and just found out recently about the PTB system. I will try this trick, along with the FDII and see what gives.

Boogie Bill said:
I have a JB, Jr. in another G&L guitar--an S-500. While I like this pickup, it BARELY has enough power to hang with the very hot G&L MFD single-coils; AND I lost all of my "quack" in position 2. I'm thinking about swapping the original pickup back in.
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My pups are Alcino 5, so I don’t think volume would be an issue and I usually quack in position 4, so no loss there.

Boogie Bill said:
Everyone would love to have a guitar that will sound exactly like a vintage Strat AND a Les Paul at the flip of a switch. Lots of guitars come close, but nobody has ever really done it, IMHO. I also have a Legacy Special with the Gotoh Blades, and while it gets CLOSE to LP tones, and CLOSE to vintage Strat tones--I think I am better served by playing my Legacy/Strat songs on my Legacy, and my Les Paul/2HB songs on a Les Paul. Yes, switching guitars on a gig can be a PITA, but to me it's worth it. (I try to structure our sets so I'm not changing on every song!) So my thought is, "I bought the guitars to play, and by God, I'm gonna take 'em out and play with them!" LOL!!
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I agree 100% with that and I do switch guitars on stage to get the tones I’m after. As far as strcuturing our sets to reduce swapping, that’s a bit hard in our band, but worth keeping in mind. Actually, it’s not that long to switch axes - I guess I’d just like the G&L to be more verasatile. I am still not sure I’ll be replacing the bridge pup on the G&L though. One thing I’ve noticed since getting the G&L is that I no longer play my Les Paul in single coil mode, ‘cause the G&L beats that sound and then some. Perhaps the same would be true of a bridge HB in the G&L.
 
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