Epi Les Paul '56 Gold Top

Re: Epi Les Paul '56 Gold Top

HNG! I was think of those back in 2004, but I chose the trans Blue standard over the p90s and gold. IMHO I would pick Gibson. That bridge pickup isn't original.
 
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DiMarzio offers the venerable Super Distortion in P90 size. This pickup would have been the obvious choice for a Tom Sholtz fan who did not wish to re-rout the bridge/Treble pickup cavity.

List that unwanted bridge pickup in the Trading room. Somebody will find a use for it.
 
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Funkfingers said:
DiMarzio offers the venerable Super Distortion in P90 size. This pickup would have been the obvious choice for a Tom Sholtz fan who did not wish to re-rout the bridge/Treble pickup cavity.

List that unwanted bridge pickup in the Trading room. Somebody will find a use for it.
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I had one of those in a import explorer clone at one point. They were actually fantastic.
 
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Definitely stay away from the SP90-3. It is wound way too hot for vintage tones. There is a dude on the Agile Guitar Forum who winds some good pups. $86.00 for the pair, shipped. They come highly recommended. Buddha Pickups.
 
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esandes said:
the duncan antiquity line is as authentic as it gets.
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Agreed - but the host guitar is not.

The OP has already clarified his position on the period authenticity matter.

Anyone who makes regular use of an authentic elderly Gibson solid body electric guitar will bemoan the tendency for the neck/Rhythm pickup to dominate the bridge/Treble pickup. My suggestion of a hotter bridge/Treble pickup was intended to compensate for this phenomenon.

I own a 2006 Gibson LP Standard Goldtop P90 limited edition model. The neck position pickup is spot on. It does blues, it does Jazz. It does the Neil Young Crazy Horse swamp filth. To get any semblance of a volume balance, the stock (identical spec) bridge position pickup had to be almost falling off its height adjustment screws. Any plectrum contact and it wobbled. The impact would be transmitted through my amplifier.

Getting on for ten years ago, I read in a magazine article that PRS fitted SP90-3n pickups in the bridge/Treble position of their McCarty Soapbar model. I decided that this idea had to be worth a try. First, on my LP Junior Special. Then, on my Goldtop.

It should be noted that I set this pickup considerably further from the strings than i would set, say, an SP90-1 or a Gibson P-90.
 
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Funkfingers said:
To get any semblance of a volume balance, the stock (identical spec) bridge position pickup had to be almost falling off its height adjustment screws. Any plectrum contact and it wobbled. The impact would be transmitted through my amplifier.

Getting on for ten years ago, I read in a magazine article that PRS fitted SP90-3n pickups in the bridge/Treble position of their McCarty Soapbar model. I decided that this idea had to be worth a try. First, on my LP Junior Special. Then, on my Goldtop.

It should be noted that I set this pickup considerably further from the strings than i would set, say, an SP90-1 or a Gibson P-90.
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The extra height from a SP90-3 is from the double thick ceramic magnets; their appropriateness in a P-90 is open to debate. I took the ceramics out of my SP90-3's and put in normal-size alnicos. By adjusting PU and pole piece heights, action, and neck bow, I'm able to get the bridge/neck volumes balanced.
 
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Good. Everybody's happy, then. :)

Was it ever revealed what the OP's mystery bridge position hum-cancelling pickup turned out to be?
 
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Yup. The set listed for sale via the link will do the business for you. The vendor is a dependable guy. I suggest that you pay to have the American plastic covers. (The Asian covers might not fit. The plastic is thicker and can foul the SD metal baseplate.)

List yo' DiMarzio in the forum Trading Post area. Somebody will give it a good home.
 
Re: Epi Les Paul '56 Gold Top

The Seymour Duncan SP901's sound fantastic! And the set that came with the guitar have been sold. A good time was had by all...
 
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