Just put a set of Pearly Gates in a Peavey Strat ( with a whole new electronic wiring system. ) Used the basic "everything axe set." 1 volume 2 tone and 5 way switch. After checking the calibration on each pickup I had to switch the neck and middle but hats off to Seymour and company - these single coil hum buckers are a flash of lightning to this guitar. If I can stop playing this triple hum buckin' machine I might start on my next project - an arch top that needs 2 full size hum buckers and you better believe I'm going with Seymour Duncan again on this one!!
Give Thanks to those Pearly Gates
- Thread starter LokoJo
- Start date
Re: Give Thanks to those Pearly Gates
Hey Jeremy - the reason I switched the top 2 pickups was that I found the ohm configuration was gauged at : Neck 9.7K Middle 11.3K and
Bridge 12.8 K . So after calibrating with an Ohm meter that was the order I used. Now I am recalling that I should have checked the polarity of the pups and I did not. The polarity for a triple set of hum buckers is : North - South South - North North - South In order from the neck to the bridge, I am correctly stating ?
Hey Jeremy - the reason I switched the top 2 pickups was that I found the ohm configuration was gauged at : Neck 9.7K Middle 11.3K and
Bridge 12.8 K . So after calibrating with an Ohm meter that was the order I used. Now I am recalling that I should have checked the polarity of the pups and I did not. The polarity for a triple set of hum buckers is : North - South South - North North - South In order from the neck to the bridge, I am correctly stating ?
Lucy Diamond
Well-known member
Re: Give Thanks to those Pearly Gates
I've never used a Pearly Gates bridge and the Pearly Gates Neck is my go to neck pickup for everything.
I've never used a Pearly Gates bridge and the Pearly Gates Neck is my go to neck pickup for everything.
stratguy23
New member
Re: Give Thanks to those Pearly Gates
Wow, that is a hot guitar. It's great to see discussion about the Pearly Gates for Strat - that's still a bit of a mystery to me.
How does the middle position sound? I ask because for many of us the Pearly Gates neck and bridge are familiar sounds... but we've never had a Pearly Gates *middle* pickup before.
Also, are you running a 250K or 500K volume pot with that set?
Wow, that is a hot guitar. It's great to see discussion about the Pearly Gates for Strat - that's still a bit of a mystery to me.
How does the middle position sound? I ask because for many of us the Pearly Gates neck and bridge are familiar sounds... but we've never had a Pearly Gates *middle* pickup before.
Also, are you running a 250K or 500K volume pot with that set?
Re: Give Thanks to those Pearly Gates
I also wonder how that PG bridge sounds. I had a Lonestar setup with the PG+ full HB bridge, and I was underwhelmed. I always wondered if a regular PG would have been more to my liking, but then I was told the PG+ was actually hotter, and I sure didn't want anything any less hot.
I also wonder how that PG bridge sounds. I had a Lonestar setup with the PG+ full HB bridge, and I was underwhelmed. I always wondered if a regular PG would have been more to my liking, but then I was told the PG+ was actually hotter, and I sure didn't want anything any less hot.
Lewguitar
New member
Re: Give Thanks to those Pearly Gates
I used 250K pots for volume and the two tone pots. I followed one of the three schematics I have and I am not satisfied with the switching that is going on. The tone pots are not registering right but the pickups have brought so much to the fingers that I am re writing songs with a heavier metal sound than i have ever been able to use before. As far as the bridge pickup and its' use - all the treble I need is there whenever I want it - that is why it is going to be awhile before I endeavor to see why the tone controls are not working right - besides I have two other guitars that need electronic work that I am in to but for now I have sound that I've never had before!
I used 250K pots for volume and the two tone pots. I followed one of the three schematics I have and I am not satisfied with the switching that is going on. The tone pots are not registering right but the pickups have brought so much to the fingers that I am re writing songs with a heavier metal sound than i have ever been able to use before. As far as the bridge pickup and its' use - all the treble I need is there whenever I want it - that is why it is going to be awhile before I endeavor to see why the tone controls are not working right - besides I have two other guitars that need electronic work that I am in to but for now I have sound that I've never had before!
