beaubrummels
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Probably hotter slightly, not as abrasively bright but sweetened top end. The Custom Shop Pearly Gates are very near neighbors to the Angus Young pickups (not the same pickup, but nearest neighbor one might find).
New pickups for my LP?
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Probably hotter slightly, not as abrasively bright but sweetened top end. The Custom Shop Pearly Gates are very near neighbors to the Angus Young pickups (not the same pickup, but nearest neighbor one might find).
Artie
Peaveyologist
I was recently pleasantly surprised by using 250k pots with a Jazz set. It did a VERY subtle taming of the high end. Maybe worth a try with your PG's.
chadd
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I've found that chambered guitars add a mid hump to the EQ, with a slight reduction in bass response. A true semi hollow will have a more pronounced bass reduction and mid hump in my experience.
Nightburst
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You probably lean towards the 'slighty unmatched bobbins' camp. 57 classics are even wound bobbins, so you will probably like burstbuckers better, they are slightly unmatched wound bobbins for a more rude brighter tone which can be desribed by some as more alive.
If your guitar sounds dark, try 50's wiring and open up the tone on that bad boy. That what I do on all my 'shorter scale' geetars. (les paul, es335, sg, mccarty)
If your guitar sounds dark, try 50's wiring and open up the tone on that bad boy. That what I do on all my 'shorter scale' geetars. (les paul, es335, sg, mccarty)
uOpt
Something Cool
Gibson changed the spacing of the screws and polepieces at some point. Measure carefully.
uOpt
Something Cool
Nah, the "matching" is kind of silly anyway. Just put the one with more DC resistance into the bridge.
eclecticsynergy
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Color match should be fine too, if that was what you were concerned about.
eclecticsynergy
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I'm still not sure the honkiness of Seths is the best choice for a guitar that might have naturally strong mids.
IMO perhaps a pair of 59s would be the ticket here. Full & sparkly, and still vintage output, but with a lot less honk.
And if they aren't perfect as is, both of them take magnet swaps famously well for fine tuning the tone.
Maybe even another Pearly Gates set - the two guitars likely will still sound pretty different from each other.
Pearlies never come up short in terms of presence or personality.
IMO perhaps a pair of 59s would be the ticket here. Full & sparkly, and still vintage output, but with a lot less honk.
And if they aren't perfect as is, both of them take magnet swaps famously well for fine tuning the tone.
Maybe even another Pearly Gates set - the two guitars likely will still sound pretty different from each other.
Pearlies never come up short in terms of presence or personality.
Tubes
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The unpotted custom shop set of pgs are a solid option if you don't have a set of those yet.
The new high voltage production pickups are excellent too... I actually like them better than the production pgs and would recommend them over them these days. Very similar to the pg but less muddy in the low end and a clearer and chime-like top end that the regular pgs don't have. I feel like I can get all the pg tones out of them still too. The high volts and the other recently added production models are all pretty amazing and worth a try imo.
Condemned soul
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Just a side note: I've got an Eastman version of the ES-339, and it came from the factory with this set up, and it really highlights the difference between the two, especially for letting the pickups carry the song's mood.
Went back to the Eastman site and looked at their other Gibson style guitars. Gotta admit, these folks have good taste in pickups. They picked a wide assortment of mostly match pairs of pickups for their versions of Gibson ES guitars: Lollar P90's, Antiquities, Phat Cats, Kent Armstrong, and this oddball combination, the Jazz-n / 59-b.
Tubes
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Replace it. You can wire into it if you really want to and modify it but more work than it's worth imo. I just replace mine with standard wiring.
Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
When I replaced my pickups in my Les Paul Custom Lite I replaced the wiring. The quick connect board and pickups sold quickly on eBay and went a long way towards funding the WLH set and new components.
Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
I listed my pickups and the quick connect board separately.
Mind telling me what you got for them?
Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
I know I got $30 for the board and I think $190 for the pickups.
