I just had a set of Seth Lovers (7.4 K neck, 8.0 K bridge) installed in my Gibson ES-137 Classic. I have been slowly upgrading this guitar since my wife gave it to me for my birthday in 2003 -- added a bone nut, and had it set up with .011s using a Junior wrap around the tail piece. I kept the stock 490R/498T pickup set for almost 2 years, and was able to get some decent tones from them, but these Seths are in a different class. Although it's a bit cliche, they really sound like a you took a blanket off the amp. They are very warm and smooth, as advertised, but also very clear, sweet, and textured. None of the muddiness on the low strings like the stock pickups tended toward, and none of the harshness in the mids and highs like the 498T tended to slip into. The Seth neck and bridge pickups balance very nicely in terms of output, and they blend together beautifully.
I haven't tested them at any decent volume yet. However, I actually remembered to record a pretest sample with the stock pickups through my POD XT and Tascam DP-01FX portastudio the night before the swap, so I was able to record the Seths last night and then compare them side-by-side to the stock pickups. Suffice it to say that although this is just a preliminary perspective, I'm very impressed so far. This guitar will now give my Teles a run for playing time. :dance:
I haven't tested them at any decent volume yet. However, I actually remembered to record a pretest sample with the stock pickups through my POD XT and Tascam DP-01FX portastudio the night before the swap, so I was able to record the Seths last night and then compare them side-by-side to the stock pickups. Suffice it to say that although this is just a preliminary perspective, I'm very impressed so far. This guitar will now give my Teles a run for playing time. :dance:
