most versatile pup

[Vasshu the humanoid typhoon]

Re: most versatile pup

Just play, grab something that suits your way of playing, it usually turns into music at some point

 

[fingerace]

Re: most versatile pup

oh yes ! i cant wait untill i finish my exams and order these pups...

Edit: i listened to the hard PG riffs! amazing... well i guess i found my pickup for bridge... for neck now i am thinking of AIIpro and another PG.... propably will go with the AIIpro...

thank you guys !!

 

[ErikH]

Re: most versatile pup

Great rule, Erik.

I've been considering adopting that rule also.

Thanks, but it's an old rule. I first heard about it from a guy that played striped guitars with an old PAF in it. :laugh2:

That rule has been applied to half of my electrics though. The CC I just can't part with. I've always said that even though it's rated as high output, I look at it as medium output because it behaves more like that than a high output pickup. It's just a unique thing with it. The Little '59 (and mine is the older design) is hotter than it's big brother but it does have that low output character to it and it doesn't overdrive the amp at all.

In fact, on the low output pickup subject, I'm doing an experiment with the stock pickups from my Epi LP. I popped the cover off the bridge pickup last night and discovered a brick of wax with a pickup inside. :laugh2: Took all the wax off, and this includes what was under the coil. I took the coils off the baseplate and got all that wax out. All that's left is what's in the coils. I'm hoping that when I try it out that the "hand over the mouth when speaking" effect is removed. They are lower output and supposedly modeled after the 57 Classics. The bridge measures at a healthy 14.6k though. I'll know more this weekend. If all goes well, then I'll do the same to the neck. Might even try that one in the bridge too, it's around 7-8k or so.

 

[walt]

Re: most versatile pup

My new rule (it's not new at all really, but one I'm following a bit myself): Use low output pickups and let the amp do the work.

Another version of that rule that I have used over the last 7 or so years is, it's easier to take a low output pup and "push it" to where you want it (tone wise) than to take a higher output pup and "bring it back". In other words, a 59 will sound better clean than a distortion pup, and also a distorted 59 will sound better than a distorted pup (IMHO). The end result you have a unique tone that if it sounds really good, people will ask how you got it. Perfect example is Eddie VanHalen's Brown Sound. :reporter:

 

[fingerace]

Re: most versatile pup

well, i guess i will go with that rule also...

this forum is great! everybody's friendly...

ok well, just to finish off... which is Sweeter? the AIIpro neck or the PG neck?
also i think i read somewhere that the AIIpro neck splits really good... is that true?

Edit: the PG sounds great in LPs... they have carved maple top (bright). will it sound good in a thin all mahogany guitar like mine? thanks

 

[fingerace]

Re: most versatile pup

all i'm asking is will the PG and AIIpro sound "dynamite" in a thin mahogany guitar with a trem?

i know this thread has gone a bit too far, but i am low on budget since i am saving for an amp too.. so... i wanna make the right decision...