I am fascinated with the Pearly Gates. Just installed them, barely rehearsed once and recorded with them. Very sweet, very classic. Tight low mids and tone. Not as loose / more articulate than the APH1s.
The only thing is you cannot dial out the high sizzle on it. When plaing alone you have to accept it as some kinda old school Billy Gibbons type thing. The flip side - it has given every amp I play thru, incl. My Riveras and my Boogie that old Marshall grind. Everything I play thru now has that old school midrange honk and slashing tone that I used to only get out of my Marshall itself. The neck stays sweet and cuts under all circumstances.
As far as character (outside the sizzle), I actually feel they resemble the 59 model far more than people ever mention. It's like a 59 with a little something more IMHO.
The only thing is you cannot dial out the high sizzle on it. When plaing alone you have to accept it as some kinda old school Billy Gibbons type thing. The flip side - it has given every amp I play thru, incl. My Riveras and my Boogie that old Marshall grind. Everything I play thru now has that old school midrange honk and slashing tone that I used to only get out of my Marshall itself. The neck stays sweet and cuts under all circumstances.
As far as character (outside the sizzle), I actually feel they resemble the 59 model far more than people ever mention. It's like a 59 with a little something more IMHO.
) and more than 14 PGs I confidently can say that generally Gibson BBs have hotter screw coils, but pgs hotter slugs. That is why to my ears even a2 BBs are sort of brighter but do not have that upper mid whose extent I think is sorta overdone on rio grande BBQs. But generally people associate them uppermids with highs, and say PGs are too top heavy. I disagree.
