So I had a 59 and JB in a Hagstrom f20t.
This is a basswood guitar with maple neck and diamond wood fingerboard which is an ebony sounding fingerboard.
The 59 was fine, but somewhat boomy.
The middle position with distortion tended to be very muddy and sounded too much like the neck.
My first impression is the Pearly Gates neck is a very balanced sounding pickup straight out of the case.
Very little turns of the big adjustment screws equal noticeable change in sound.
At first I thought it was a little lacking in bass but a very, very slight turn gave me more bass.
It seems to be more sensitive overall.
It also gives a much better and clearer middle position than the 59.
That classic burpy type of middle is more apparent.
There is more of a distinction between the neck and middle with distortion.
It sort of sits between the 59 and the Seth Lover.
A little brighter than the 59, but not as much as the Seth Lover.
But you can adjust the highs to be more mellow.
Still very much a PAF pickup sound but with a better distortion than the 59.
Height is 3/32" on both sides, same for the JB. No problem matching volume levels.
I need to test it more, especially with a tube amp and effects, but it has a certain character that really grows on you.
This is a basswood guitar with maple neck and diamond wood fingerboard which is an ebony sounding fingerboard.
The 59 was fine, but somewhat boomy.
The middle position with distortion tended to be very muddy and sounded too much like the neck.
My first impression is the Pearly Gates neck is a very balanced sounding pickup straight out of the case.
Very little turns of the big adjustment screws equal noticeable change in sound.
At first I thought it was a little lacking in bass but a very, very slight turn gave me more bass.
It seems to be more sensitive overall.
It also gives a much better and clearer middle position than the 59.
That classic burpy type of middle is more apparent.
There is more of a distinction between the neck and middle with distortion.
It sort of sits between the 59 and the Seth Lover.
A little brighter than the 59, but not as much as the Seth Lover.
But you can adjust the highs to be more mellow.
Still very much a PAF pickup sound but with a better distortion than the 59.
Height is 3/32" on both sides, same for the JB. No problem matching volume levels.
I need to test it more, especially with a tube amp and effects, but it has a certain character that really grows on you.
