I'm looking for a new bridge pick-up for my gibson les paul studio. This is the current situation:
In my gibson les paul studio (mahogany body, maple top, baked maple fingerboard) I currently use a JB sh-4 in the bridge and SH-2 jazz in the neck, both coil split with a pushpull. I use 500K cts volume pots and allparts 500k pushpull pots. 50's wiring.
I play through a kustom defender 112 50W tube amp with a master control volume and tung sol tubes (EL34).
In front of the amp I use a pedalboard with a couple of overdrives and modulation pedals.
I play in a cover-band with songs from the early sixties to modern music. Just pop-songs, no high gain stuff. It doesn't get heavier than Always on the run, lenny kravitz or hard to handle, black crowes. A lot of clean strumming and mild overdrive.
I find the jb too overpowered, it breaks the amp up at very low volumes. Another problem is that if I use the jazz pup for setting up the amp the jb sounds too shrill, no bottom. If i set the amp using the jb the jazz sounds muddy, muffled.
So I'm looking for an other bridge pick-up, vintage or medium output that will match with the jazz pup that I like to keep in the guitar.
The pups that I find interesting are the pearly gates, the 59 and the 59/custum pup. What could be the best for me, or maybe there are other options?
The most importance for me is that it has a sweet clean sound, for leads and strumming and will match the jazz pick up and has a 4 conductor wiring for coil-split.
In my gibson les paul studio (mahogany body, maple top, baked maple fingerboard) I currently use a JB sh-4 in the bridge and SH-2 jazz in the neck, both coil split with a pushpull. I use 500K cts volume pots and allparts 500k pushpull pots. 50's wiring.
I play through a kustom defender 112 50W tube amp with a master control volume and tung sol tubes (EL34).
In front of the amp I use a pedalboard with a couple of overdrives and modulation pedals.
I play in a cover-band with songs from the early sixties to modern music. Just pop-songs, no high gain stuff. It doesn't get heavier than Always on the run, lenny kravitz or hard to handle, black crowes. A lot of clean strumming and mild overdrive.
I find the jb too overpowered, it breaks the amp up at very low volumes. Another problem is that if I use the jazz pup for setting up the amp the jb sounds too shrill, no bottom. If i set the amp using the jb the jazz sounds muddy, muffled.
So I'm looking for an other bridge pick-up, vintage or medium output that will match with the jazz pup that I like to keep in the guitar.
The pups that I find interesting are the pearly gates, the 59 and the 59/custum pup. What could be the best for me, or maybe there are other options?
The most importance for me is that it has a sweet clean sound, for leads and strumming and will match the jazz pick up and has a 4 conductor wiring for coil-split.
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