Pearly gates plus
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CaughtLikeFire
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Re: Pearly gates plus
I put an A2 in mine. sounds like a regular Pearly Gates with a little more low end - a little fatter. doesn't turn it into a Custom Shop '78, but it does have that hot-rodded vintage feel
I put an A2 in mine. sounds like a regular Pearly Gates with a little more low end - a little fatter. doesn't turn it into a Custom Shop '78, but it does have that hot-rodded vintage feel
drew_half_empty
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I left the a5 in mine and i love it, it's more like a 59+ than a pg+
I left the a5 in mine and i love it, it's more like a 59+ than a pg+
Re: Pearly gates plus
I've got a pearly gates plus in the bridge of my les paul special right now and it sounds pretty good. Dpes the regular pearly gates have a little more bottom end to it? I was wondering about swapping the magnet to an A2 to see if would add a tad more bottom to it. I do really like the sound of the pickup but wouldn't mind just a little more on the bottom
I've got a pearly gates plus in the bridge of my les paul special right now and it sounds pretty good. Dpes the regular pearly gates have a little more bottom end to it? I was wondering about swapping the magnet to an A2 to see if would add a tad more bottom to it. I do really like the sound of the pickup but wouldn't mind just a little more on the bottom
hanumanlangur
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I think it sounds great in a Strat or similar guitar. It's like a fuller '59b, made especially for guitars that aren't big, heavy logs like Les Pauls.
I think it sounds great in a Strat or similar guitar. It's like a fuller '59b, made especially for guitars that aren't big, heavy logs like Les Pauls.
CaughtLikeFire
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A2 will add more low and high mids but remove some of the lower bass frequencies. it sounds thicker to my ears because of boosted low mids and slight roll-off in the highs but if you're looking for more of the really low frequencies you'd be better off with A8.
A2 will add more low and high mids but remove some of the lower bass frequencies. it sounds thicker to my ears because of boosted low mids and slight roll-off in the highs but if you're looking for more of the really low frequencies you'd be better off with A8.
hanumanlangur
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Let's have a growl-off then. The loudest and most discernibly growly growl wins.
On a side note, I tried out a Fender Strat with a Pearly Gates Plus in the bridge, and compared it to a Hamer Studio single-cut (basically a Les Paul with a Duncan '59 set). The bridge positions on both guitars sounded remarkably similar!
Now I know that the Pearly Gates Plus and the '59b are quite similar pickups, but I wouldn't have guessed that the Pearly Gates Plus would sound so full in a Strat. These were both being played clean, by the way, on a Dr. Z combo and a Roland Cube.
Since then, I've decided that the Pearly Gates Plus is really one of Duncan's best humbuckers.
Let's have a growl-off then. The loudest and most discernibly growly growl wins.
On a side note, I tried out a Fender Strat with a Pearly Gates Plus in the bridge, and compared it to a Hamer Studio single-cut (basically a Les Paul with a Duncan '59 set). The bridge positions on both guitars sounded remarkably similar!
Now I know that the Pearly Gates Plus and the '59b are quite similar pickups, but I wouldn't have guessed that the Pearly Gates Plus would sound so full in a Strat. These were both being played clean, by the way, on a Dr. Z combo and a Roland Cube.
Since then, I've decided that the Pearly Gates Plus is really one of Duncan's best humbuckers.
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