How 'bout Seth Lover Bridge / SD 59' Neck?

[GuitarDoc]

Re: How 'bout Seth Lover Bridge / SD 59' Neck?

I think the Seth bridge is one of the best bridge pickups out there. I have one in my Epi Dot and love it. I have also used them in Epi LP's and they worked great there as well. Not so sure about the 59N though .... I would say the Jazz is a better option for most applications.

Hey John. Haven't seen you around for awhile. Good to see you posting again. Miss your store.

 

[sjturbo]

Re: How 'bout Seth Lover Bridge / SD 59' Neck?

:scratchch WHO KNEW!! Well, most everyone but me. I swapped the 59'N to the bridge and the SethB to the neck set the pickup height to the ES335 spec and WOW!! Volume output is spot on. 59' sounds great with somewhat milder mid output. The Seth sounds great in the neck. I played for a couple of hours and determined that both are a bit boomy but I think it sounds damn good. Tomorrow I'll try the suggestion of lowering the bass side and raise the poles. So thanks everyone for the great inputs that got me through this!!
Next question: The wiring and pots need an upgrade. From what I have read 50's wiring sounds like the way I would like to go. What do you all think of the 50's wiring and who makes a good harness at a great price? And thanks for all the great inputs!!

 

[myatuck]

Re: How 'bout Seth Lover Bridge / SD 59' Neck?

I don't know if this will work with a thread this old but worth a try.

Epi LP Florentine. Semi-hollow, neck-thru, maple top over mahogany, rosewood over mahogany neck. ProBuckers.

Stock, I found it dark, muddy, generally unpleasant. That was at full volume, full tone, un tapped. Turning the tone knobs or tapping the ProBuckers only made it worse. I wasn't the only one, neither my son or my grandson liked it. Maybe it was this particular guitar, maybe it a genetic hearing issue.

After six months, I went crazy and replaced the wiring harness, pots, caps, switch, jack, bridge, and nut.

Now I have a bright, responsive bridge tone and only slightly dark neck, but enough to pull the bridge down when both pups are on. I also have good tonal variance as both the tone knobs and the splits produce useable sound.

Figured I might as well go all the way and swap pickups.

Based on this thread, it should be '55b at the neck and '59n at the bridge.

However, that sounds the opposite of what I want which would be, aside from the ultimate PAF sound, a tiny touch warmer at the bridge and a three tiny bits brighter at the neck.

Of course, I'm concluding this based on ProBuckers. Still, I think they tell me enough to say that all the other changes have left me with a matched pair of ProBuckers (2,3) that pair up well as to volume and are nicely bright at the bridge, a little too dark at the neck. All of this 'to my ears'.

'59n at the neck, '55b at the bridge?

Stated differently, you think a '55b will bring the ProBucker bridge down just a tiny bit or a whole bunch? Or, heck, even brighter?
Stated differently, you think a '59n will brighten the neck and if so by how much?

Goal: ultimate PAD sound with complementing pickups.

Thanks