HSS Stratocaster - Pearly Gates bridge?
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gregory
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Mark Cearlock
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Glad it worked out for you!
Glad it worked out for you!
Dusty.Rhoads
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The JEM Ghost
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Yeah the PG+ came in the Fender Lone Star Strat, it's not in all of them though, they switched to Fender pickups at a certain point.
And I am pretty sure you would like the regular version better, wasn't the PG+ loaded with an Alnico5 bar? I know you like Alnico 2 a lot, so no doubt you would like the original better! ;-)
Yeah the PG+ came in the Fender Lone Star Strat, it's not in all of them though, they switched to Fender pickups at a certain point.
And I am pretty sure you would like the regular version better, wasn't the PG+ loaded with an Alnico5 bar? I know you like Alnico 2 a lot, so no doubt you would like the original better! ;-)
htwheelz67
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I like them both pg and +, I have an ash/maple HH strat, brass trem block and loaded pg from a big apple strat pg+/RP 59 neck and it is my go to strat now, even has a treble bleed and you would think "bright" guitar, hardly at all, maybe cause of the 250k pots, it was overly bright with a p-rails in the bridge and 500k's. I've been so impressed with the tone I've been buying up pg+/rp 59's when I find them. Maybe I'm wrong but maybe the PG+ was designed with 250k pots in mind.
I like them both pg and +, I have an ash/maple HH strat, brass trem block and loaded pg from a big apple strat pg+/RP 59 neck and it is my go to strat now, even has a treble bleed and you would think "bright" guitar, hardly at all, maybe cause of the 250k pots, it was overly bright with a p-rails in the bridge and 500k's. I've been so impressed with the tone I've been buying up pg+/rp 59's when I find them. Maybe I'm wrong but maybe the PG+ was designed with 250k pots in mind.
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Yeah I think the + version was more spikey, with a little more output. I remember playing one of the early Lone Stars, and not liking the + for anything that I would play. For what passes for modern blues today, I am sure it would be fine.
Yeah I think the + version was more spikey, with a little more output. I remember playing one of the early Lone Stars, and not liking the + for anything that I would play. For what passes for modern blues today, I am sure it would be fine.
Re: HSS Stratocaster - Pearly Gates bridge?
And IIRC, the increased output was made to keep up with the 59n on the Big Apple Strat.
And IIRC, the increased output was made to keep up with the 59n on the Big Apple Strat.
frankfalbo
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Yeah I never liked the PG Plus MORE than a stock PG. I would always take the PG instead.
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The PG in the bridge of a strat will be more than fine to mix with the single coils. I've recorded a few sessions with that pickup in my Ash bodied strat and it always delivers great tones for the rhythm tracks. Easily manipulative too.
The PG in the bridge of a strat will be more than fine to mix with the single coils. I've recorded a few sessions with that pickup in my Ash bodied strat and it always delivers great tones for the rhythm tracks. Easily manipulative too.
Polarisfff
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Hi, which pots did you use?
I own a 2016 HSS Shawbucker Strat and changed the Shawbucker with ja regular Pearly Gates. So, the Shawbucker Strat has a dual pot 250k for the SCs, 500k for the HB. For me is the pearly Gates to bright... :-/
Hi, which pots did you use?
I own a 2016 HSS Shawbucker Strat and changed the Shawbucker with ja regular Pearly Gates. So, the Shawbucker Strat has a dual pot 250k for the SCs, 500k for the HB. For me is the pearly Gates to bright... :-/
eclecticsynergy
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I have an early-80s 59B in a Les Paul, and a PG+ in a bubinga top Showmaster. I like both, though it's hard to compare the pickups accurately in detail since the guitars are so different.
Speaking in broad terms, I'd say the 59B has a little more depth & smoothness and the PG+ has more bite with a little more snarl in the mids. How much of the that is due to a Les Paul's thick body and the Showmaster's longer scale & trem bridge is difficult to say. I sure love that it's set-neck, though. I have three set neck Fenders: an Esquire Scorpion. a TuffDog Tele and this superStrat. All three are a bit livelier than all but one of my bolt-on Fenders.
Despite the brighter nature of the guitar it's in, I haven't found the PG+ to be harsh, though it might have a little more treble than a 59B. Paired with a 59N it sounds great in middle position.
I don't play the Showmaster much and have considered putting in something different at the bridge, not because I don't like the present pickups but just so I could try out the PG+ in an LP. Never got around to it though.
I have an early-80s 59B in a Les Paul, and a PG+ in a bubinga top Showmaster. I like both, though it's hard to compare the pickups accurately in detail since the guitars are so different.
Speaking in broad terms, I'd say the 59B has a little more depth & smoothness and the PG+ has more bite with a little more snarl in the mids. How much of the that is due to a Les Paul's thick body and the Showmaster's longer scale & trem bridge is difficult to say. I sure love that it's set-neck, though. I have three set neck Fenders: an Esquire Scorpion. a TuffDog Tele and this superStrat. All three are a bit livelier than all but one of my bolt-on Fenders.
Despite the brighter nature of the guitar it's in, I haven't found the PG+ to be harsh, though it might have a little more treble than a 59B. Paired with a 59N it sounds great in middle position.
I don't play the Showmaster much and have considered putting in something different at the bridge, not because I don't like the present pickups but just so I could try out the PG+ in an LP. Never got around to it though.
eclecticsynergy
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Yep, that's the one I was talking about in the previous post.
Yep, that's the one I was talking about in the previous post.
