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Man I just love the Pearly Gates Plus
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lazyfinger
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Re: Man I just love the Pearly Gates Plus
I usually like high output pickups, but PGP is changing all that.
I usually like high output pickups, but PGP is changing all that.
Evan Skopp
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Re: Man I just love the Pearly Gates Plus
Hey guys. Cool thread. Takes me back. To add a couple of things, the name Pearly Gates Plus was a concession to Fender because Mike Lewis, their then-head of marketing, was a big fan of the SHPG-1 and it supported the "Texas theme" of the guitar.
They were originally all G-spaced. At some point, Mike Tonn took over guitar marketing for Fender and increased Fender production at Cort's Incheon, Korea factory (since closed). There may have been some F-spaced PGPs around that time, I'm not 100% sure. I do recall tooling a more narrow-spaced single coil Strat pickup for some of those Korean-built Fenders.
The neck pickup in the Big Apple Strat was a standard SH-1n with the magnet flipped. IMO, that was a really great 5-way HH switching setup. The designer at Fender who came up with it was Michael Frank-Braun.
Evidently, there were a lot of Mikes at Fender back then.
Hey guys. Cool thread. Takes me back. To add a couple of things, the name Pearly Gates Plus was a concession to Fender because Mike Lewis, their then-head of marketing, was a big fan of the SHPG-1 and it supported the "Texas theme" of the guitar.
They were originally all G-spaced. At some point, Mike Tonn took over guitar marketing for Fender and increased Fender production at Cort's Incheon, Korea factory (since closed). There may have been some F-spaced PGPs around that time, I'm not 100% sure. I do recall tooling a more narrow-spaced single coil Strat pickup for some of those Korean-built Fenders.
The neck pickup in the Big Apple Strat was a standard SH-1n with the magnet flipped. IMO, that was a really great 5-way HH switching setup. The designer at Fender who came up with it was Michael Frank-Braun.
Evidently, there were a lot of Mikes at Fender back then.
lazyfinger
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Re: Man I just love the Pearly Gates Plus
I know the pickup was designed to be hotter and so it was changed to A5 and slightly overwound. But did he have any particular tone profile in mind to suit a stratocaster?
I know the pickup was designed to be hotter and so it was changed to A5 and slightly overwound. But did he have any particular tone profile in mind to suit a stratocaster?
Zheddar
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Re: Man I just love the Pearly Gates Plus
I'm pretty sure it was
pos 1: neck (series)
pos 2: neck split to screw coil
pos 3: neck (series) and Bridge (series) in parallel
pos 4: neck split slug and bridge split slug in parallel and hum canceling (so they are reverse wind/wired and opposite polarity)
Pos 5: bridge (series)
I'm pretty sure it was
pos 1: neck (series)
pos 2: neck split to screw coil
pos 3: neck (series) and Bridge (series) in parallel
pos 4: neck split slug and bridge split slug in parallel and hum canceling (so they are reverse wind/wired and opposite polarity)
Pos 5: bridge (series)
Re: Man I just love the Pearly Gates Plus
Yes, I'm pretty sure that's how it was split in my Double Fat Strat which was the successor of the Big Apple Strat.
htwheelz67
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Re: Man I just love the Pearly Gates Plus
I wonder what the PGP would sound like in a basswood strat? I have 3 or 4 PGP/ 59rp sets sitting around. Once I tried them I went on a hunt and bought all I could find.
I wonder what the PGP would sound like in a basswood strat? I have 3 or 4 PGP/ 59rp sets sitting around. Once I tried them I went on a hunt and bought all I could find.