Les Paul Honk

[astrozombie]

Sometimes, when I play, I feel like the slash pickups in my Les Paul aren’t a good match.

Today I realized that the problem I think is that my Les Paul has a strong midrange and maybe the pickups are magnifying too much of that in particular.

This is particularly noticeable with the neck pickup, it never nails that airy soloing tone, just a thick use your ilusion estranged type tone and while that is cool I think that it can get to a point where the instrument seems whiny instead of rounded and even.

Has anyone had an issue like this with a Lester or a similar guitar?
I’ve thought about maybe putting whole lotta humbuckers in it but I do enjoy the slash set very very much. The lean muscle is vicious, descending scale runs on the lower side of the guitar are tight and cello like and remind me of the music department at university.

The overall sound is like a snake sidewinding in the mud, the swagger each time wider and the top end sharp like a set of fangs.

Then sometimes for some reason: honk and loss of definition.

I don’t have them. At close to the strings. Around 1/16th of an inch on both sides, the bass side a tad lower.

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[Clint 55]

Re: Les Paul Honk

You could try alnico 5 in the neck pickup.

 

[beaubrummels]

Re: Les Paul Honk

My A2Ps have a mid bump not too far from my 498/490 set but much richer and complex sounding. For me it's satisfying, but I get your description. Seths can have that mid range honk also, so it's in keeping with one foot in the old PAF sound. Though I've noticed some amps and settings don't bring it out.

Could try a Jazz, same pickup with the mids flattened out and some bright chime and a little low thump present.

 

[Silence Kid]

Re: Les Paul Honk

There are ways around it, but this is part of the reason I avoid Les Pauls (and by extension don't prefer Gibson.) The honky tone can work for a lot of blues, but that's not my sort of music.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Les Paul Honk

I'd think you'd need A5 pickups. The scoopy sound can really get around a honky sounding guitar. I did that in my Music Man, which is all mids. I use a Jazz and Custom 5, two pickups I probably wouldn't pick, but they compensate for the weird frequencies this guitar emphasizes.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Les Paul Honk

Put an A5 mag in your neck Slash and you'll have a Jazz (or close to it).

 

[Chickenwings]

Re: Les Paul Honk

what is your amp and in what context are you using it?

 

[elelpe]

Re: Les Paul Honk

Put an A5 mag in your neck Slash and you'll have a Jazz (or close to it).

Slazz : private:

 

[astrozombie]

Re: Les Paul Honk

I usually plug these into something British. Usually with higher gain than most players.

I’d like to point out the tone itself is not bad. I’m just nitpicking.

Could also be my guitar. I heard an R9 have the clarity I wanted in spades.


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