grungeman55
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Re: Best Pickup For an SG ( Custom vs Custom 5 vs Alternative 8)
I like that idea a lot actually. Except I like the neck pickup so I'd definitely keep it. it's a 1 conductor cable with the gray wrapped around a black and white wire I think, any way to get around that? and I do agree their values are too low, I have to run both pickups at a volume of ten just to get a decent volume level.
I like that idea a lot actually. Except I like the neck pickup so I'd definitely keep it. it's a 1 conductor cable with the gray wrapped around a black and white wire I think, any way to get around that? and I do agree their values are too low, I have to run both pickups at a volume of ten just to get a decent volume level.
) , but i think the thinner body of the SG needs a pickup with more defined lows and the custom filled that role , the mids are a little scooped , but that's a good thing in a SG , a guitar with lots of natural mids , so it kinda balanced the tone on the mids. ok and what about the highs ? well i liked it too it has less of the mid spike bite of the JB that i wasnt liking on the SG ( altough it is great on the mahogany strat , because the guitar is a heavier strat) , but the trick to tame a little bit of the "bite" of the highs was to use Ernie Ball Cobalt strings , this strings at least on my SG , tames the highs of the guitar , but not in a bad way ( well the only downside is if u want to play some Ozzy ( zakk wylde era) songs , No More Tears becomes No More Pinches ^^ ) the harmonics on the low strings(especially the E string) becomes hard to execute , but the cobalt balances the highs of the custom perfectely if u dont care much about Zakk low E string pinch harmonics ,you're gonna be just fine. I'm loving this pickup on the SG , but i want to give it a try on the Alnico 8 in the future to see it the tone is improved even more ( i believe it can be improved). All the description of PAF on steroids are accurate , and with the cobalt the pickup now is very balanced with great punch and great mids coming from the SG and good higs ( better with cobalt string at least to my ears) . The guitar is sounding like a Les Paul now the way i wanted in the beginning of the thread ? Of course not , that's impossible and i know, but to me the tone its more on the les paul side of the things now and that's what i always wanted to happen . The cleans on the custom are better than in the JB too ( not bashing on the JB , i love that pickup too, just not the right pickup for a SG , at least for my tastes) I'm quite happy for now . i've playing this SG through a Marshall DSL 5c with a 1x12 Mesa cab with a V30, using a ZW-44 for OD and a Boss Rv-3 for some reverb and delay ocasionalluy cuz i'm not gigging or rehearsing at the moment , but through this rig i'm getting nasty tones everyday \m/
