Hi,
A friend has a Epiphone Sheraton with still the stock pickups but he wants to change them, for now, just the bridge one, because he feels the cleans are wonderful, but when he kicks in the distortion thin, buzzy and whimpy. He wants something that he could achieve modern distortion tones but still having good clean tones. What would you recommend ?
He's considering a JB, but i discouraged him because i've played with JBs and I always felt a weirdness on the clean sounds on those pickups, even with very warm guitars. He's also considering a 59", and i'd recommend it, but i am affraid it may have too much low end and ends up making the guitar too boomy. I'd make him get a CUstom 5, but here in Brazil it's a PITA to find it.
What would you recommend me to tell him ? What would you have to say about those options I told (JB and 59) ? Any other suggestions ?
Thanks,
Ivan
A friend has a Epiphone Sheraton with still the stock pickups but he wants to change them, for now, just the bridge one, because he feels the cleans are wonderful, but when he kicks in the distortion thin, buzzy and whimpy. He wants something that he could achieve modern distortion tones but still having good clean tones. What would you recommend ?
He's considering a JB, but i discouraged him because i've played with JBs and I always felt a weirdness on the clean sounds on those pickups, even with very warm guitars. He's also considering a 59", and i'd recommend it, but i am affraid it may have too much low end and ends up making the guitar too boomy. I'd make him get a CUstom 5, but here in Brazil it's a PITA to find it.
What would you recommend me to tell him ? What would you have to say about those options I told (JB and 59) ? Any other suggestions ?
Thanks,
Ivan
