seth lovers and tube amps

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hi all

was pretty much sold on PGn / c5 mix but
someone i know has a pair of seths for sale
so i was goin to get them

this kinda bugged me

from the SD site about seths...

For brighter toned instruments. Works especially well with maple and ebony fingerboards. Not recommended for use with ultra high gain tube amplifiers over 50 watts.

so i have a 60w 6L6 tube amp and plan to pop seths in an epi LP

will the seths not like my amp - in what way?

rgds

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Re: seth lovers and tube amps

I play Seth Lovers through my XXX all the time. It sounds great.
 
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tnvol said:
I play Seth Lovers through my XXX all the time. It sounds great.
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Yea.. sometimes I think all the SD recommendations are written by one person, who pretty much has their own opinions on tone. The best way to really know what a pup sounds like is to pop it in your guitar and run it through your rig.

after all, the SD site says that the SH-12 George Lynch is best for warm instruments with rosewood fretboards, but George ran it in a 100% maple super strat. His sound is bright but not harsh, as you might expect.

There are alot of variables from your strings, to your picks, amp, amp settings, speakers, the room your playing in and orientation to the speaker, and your ears.
 
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I play in a classic rock/country/blues/do-it-all cover band--G/B/D/K. I use Mesa amps; usually it's an 85-watt Mesa Mark IV 112 EVM combo with a 112 EVM Theile cab underneath. We don't play metal; we don't play at arena rock volume levels. I tend to use moderate gain--I like a singing tone, but I don't use a lot of BUZZZZZ. Get the picture?

I have one Les Paul Classic with Antiquitys; another Classic with the Custom Shop Musician's Friend 50th Anniversary A2 Seth Lovers; and a Les Paul Supreme with a set of the Seth Lovers in gold. I also have a new chambered Classic Antique Fireburst with the '57 Classic/Classic Plus combo; a Custom Shop '58 Historic Plaintop with the Burstbucker 1&2 set; and a new Supreme that still has the factory 490R/498T pickups (and these will be replaced with a Pearly Gates set as soon as I can get it done). Remember, LP Supremes are chambered.

I like all of these pickups, except the 490R/498T. These are okay, but I don't think they work well together. I even like the 496R/500T Hot Ceramic sets in the Classics better, but they were too hot and made my Mesa amps flubby sounding.

Now, this week for a New Year's Eve gig I used the Supreme with the Seths. We were pretty loud in this club--I had my MASTER VOLUME on 4, and that's loud for me. The stage is small, and I was right in front of my amp. I hardly had any feedback from the Les Paul, unless I turned to face the amp. When I get feedback from the guitars with the unpotted pickups, it seems to be very musical overtones--and not the screechy kind of feedback.

I hope that helps, and gives you enough information to make an informed decision.

Bill
 
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hanumanlangur said:
Has anyone tried using Seths for metal? Do they hold up?
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Bridge is okay. It doesn't have enough "tight" low end though for my taste just because its A2. The output though since its only 8.0k or so is nice because it allows your amp to give you gain instead of the pickup compressing the sound more. That said, they are more suited for blues-rock.
 
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Grab those pups. You won't have any problem. Mine are in a '61 SG/LP reissue,and I've played it through a Mesa Dual Rectifier stack with no problem at all. Sounds great.
 
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They say that just because they are not Wax-potted, and could cause Squealing...thats all...they'll be fine tho

~Mitch~
 
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