Need some quick advice - should I go for p-Rails with JP wiring on a Les Paul?

[rgand]

Re: Need some quick advice - should I go for p-Rails with JP wiring on a Les Paul?

After a short time with the P-Rails I have found for me there strong point versatility. The P-90 alone is very good so is the rail and the combination of the two completely unique. But for a P90 tone alone I prefer the Bluesbucker. I have no equivalent to the rail.for comparison. Great pickups, really a brilliant development. Will try them with some triple shots when time allows. Thanks to all for the help and advise.

Yeah, the P-90 sound is not quite P-90 and the rail side is not quite Stratty but the pickups definitely are outstanding and I like what they do a lot. You're right about them being both unique and versatile.

 

[VinceT]

Re: Need some quick advice - should I go for p-Rails with JP wiring on a Les Paul?

After a short time with the P-Rails I have found for me there strong point versatility. The P-90 alone is very good so is the rail and the combination of the two completely unique. But for a P90 tone alone I prefer the Bluesbucker. I have no equivalent to the rail.for comparison. Great pickups, really a brilliant development. Will try them with some triple shots when time allows. Thanks to all for the help and advise.

Yeah, for me the Triple Shots are the eye-opener because of switching on the fly.


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[jimsreynolds]

Re: Need some quick advice - should I go for p-Rails with JP wiring on a Les Paul?

I have a Prails in the bridge position of a Gibson "The Paul" (all walnut, I think, darker tone than a regular LP). I tried it both ways but ended up with the rail on the bridge side. I started off with the orthodox rails-in install but was looking for a Les Paul Jr tone from the P90 coil and wasn't really getting it. One day I noticed that the pickup on an LP Jr was very close to where the P90 coil would be if the pickup was rails-out so I flipped it. The sound is much more sympathetic to my ears now, in that guitar at least, and closer to an LP Jr tone.

The rail is a bit scritchy scratchy now but then always sounded a bit cheap and anonymous in the standard position anyhow. It does now however combine very well with the standard neck Humbucker on that guitar so win. Quite Jimmy Page-y for some reason I can't quantify.

I have a triple shot (pretty handy) and use all modes except the serial bucker which is powerful but a bit muddy - on that guitar at least. The parallel humbucker is a great tone.

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