Whole Lotta Love
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ErikH
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beaubrummels
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Re: Whole Lotta Love
Played my WLH SG for a gig last weekend, alternately through a Carl Martin Plexi pedal and then through a SansAmp PSA-1, and first thing I noticed, compared to the PG Les Paul Studio I have, is that the WLH SG took all the fizz off the distortion so it sounded very natural and bloomed and sang correctly, like playing through a real tube Marshall.
Played my WLH SG for a gig last weekend, alternately through a Carl Martin Plexi pedal and then through a SansAmp PSA-1, and first thing I noticed, compared to the PG Les Paul Studio I have, is that the WLH SG took all the fizz off the distortion so it sounded very natural and bloomed and sang correctly, like playing through a real tube Marshall.
Guitar Rod
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Re: Whole Lotta Love
Just put a set in my LP and I have to agree with the OP. Amazing pickups and very versatile. I'm in love.
Just put a set in my LP and I have to agree with the OP. Amazing pickups and very versatile. I'm in love.
JeffB
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To me the wlh are just a great set of.pickups. they match really well with each other, and can sound sweet or raunchy. The bridge is raunchy/loose , and the neck is sweet. The neck is slightly more my fave..it does everything I want or need a neck pup to do. I still have a tough time giving up my T- top clone from ReWind in the bridge, but that is no slight on the wlh bridge. There are some.days with the T top I wish I had the wlh bridge in the guitar, and vice versa.
The answer is- I need more guitars
To me the wlh are just a great set of.pickups. they match really well with each other, and can sound sweet or raunchy. The bridge is raunchy/loose , and the neck is sweet. The neck is slightly more my fave..it does everything I want or need a neck pup to do. I still have a tough time giving up my T- top clone from ReWind in the bridge, but that is no slight on the wlh bridge. There are some.days with the T top I wish I had the wlh bridge in the guitar, and vice versa.
The answer is- I need more guitars
darthphineas
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Re: Whole Lotta Love
If that ReWind is anything like my JPPost72, I'd keep it there too. Dude made one of the best Page sets that I've evaluated.
To me the wlh are just a great set of.pickups. they match really well with each other, and can sound sweet or raunchy. The bridge is raunchy/loose , and the neck is sweet. The neck is slightly more my fave..it does everything I want or need a neck pup to do. I still have a tough time giving up my T- top clone from ReWind in the bridge, but that is no slight on the wlh bridge. There are some.days with the T top I wish I had the wlh bridge in the guitar, and vice versa.
The answer is- I need more guitars
If that ReWind is anything like my JPPost72, I'd keep it there too. Dude made one of the best Page sets that I've evaluated.
JeffB
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Re: Whole Lotta Love
The bridge pickup is the same pickup as in the post72. I have a matching T top neck James wound for me too. Fantastic as well, but in the neck, I prefer something a bit more PAFish in my #1.
Im not trying to cop Page's tone but it seems I'm on a parallel journey
The bridge pickup is the same pickup as in the post72. I have a matching T top neck James wound for me too. Fantastic as well, but in the neck, I prefer something a bit more PAFish in my #1.
Im not trying to cop Page's tone but it seems I'm on a parallel journey
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darthphineas
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The neck in that Post72 set is possibly the first PAF style neck pickup that seemed to work for some of the goals I have for a neck humbucker. it wasn't even that I was looking for it for that as much as just going through some different Page options. I had a few T-Top style neck pups made for me by a few winders, and while they were perfectly good, they also weren't quite was I was wanting for myself. there are a few PAFish necks that work, otherwise I'm generally into the DiMarzio menu for neck models.
with regard to a Page tone, it seems that some chasers go after the hotter vibe of what Page had 'AFTER' most of the familiar tunes Zep is known for.
The neck in that Post72 set is possibly the first PAF style neck pickup that seemed to work for some of the goals I have for a neck humbucker. it wasn't even that I was looking for it for that as much as just going through some different Page options. I had a few T-Top style neck pups made for me by a few winders, and while they were perfectly good, they also weren't quite was I was wanting for myself. there are a few PAFish necks that work, otherwise I'm generally into the DiMarzio menu for neck models.
with regard to a Page tone, it seems that some chasers go after the hotter vibe of what Page had 'AFTER' most of the familiar tunes Zep is known for.
Guitar Rod
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Re: Whole Lotta Love
I'm a fan of Page, but not particularly a Zepplin fan, so I never was chasing his tone either. But in many samples I heard, these pickups spoke to me. They sounded like what a Les Paul sounded like in my head. I just hoped they matched my guitar (and raised expectations) well, and luckily they did.
I'm a fan of Page, but not particularly a Zepplin fan, so I never was chasing his tone either. But in many samples I heard, these pickups spoke to me. They sounded like what a Les Paul sounded like in my head. I just hoped they matched my guitar (and raised expectations) well, and luckily they did.
Re: Whole Lotta Love
One thing you can try with your 59 n is an A4 mag. I put one in the 59 I have in the neck of my Explorer and it shaved off some of the flubby low end, but kept most of the same tonality. If that doesn't give you enough of what you want, get the WLH neck.
I am normally a hot bucker kind of guy.. Tried 59s (like em in the neck), tried PAF Pro, tried AIIpros, all of them left me wanting more heat. The WLH set is sweet at low gains, sounds warm clean and has a surprising amount of heat under higher gain.. I also rarely find a lot of use for the middle position on a 3 way toggle, but with the WLH set and my Dean with the MOT/Nostalgia set, those are the only 2 pup combos Ive found that has a usable mid position.
The OP was spot on. They really are good and really are loaded with mojo..
I too am a Page fan, but not chasing "his" tone. IMO, his tone is mostly just that great thick LP thru a Marshall classic tone that I do love
One thing you can try with your 59 n is an A4 mag. I put one in the 59 I have in the neck of my Explorer and it shaved off some of the flubby low end, but kept most of the same tonality. If that doesn't give you enough of what you want, get the WLH neck.
I am normally a hot bucker kind of guy.. Tried 59s (like em in the neck), tried PAF Pro, tried AIIpros, all of them left me wanting more heat. The WLH set is sweet at low gains, sounds warm clean and has a surprising amount of heat under higher gain.. I also rarely find a lot of use for the middle position on a 3 way toggle, but with the WLH set and my Dean with the MOT/Nostalgia set, those are the only 2 pup combos Ive found that has a usable mid position.
The OP was spot on. They really are good and really are loaded with mojo..
I too am a Page fan, but not chasing "his" tone. IMO, his tone is mostly just that great thick LP thru a Marshall classic tone that I do love
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Guitar Rod
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Re: Whole Lotta Love
Yeah, the WHLs seem very warm for an A5.
Yeah, the WHLs seem very warm for an A5.
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voggin
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They really are a great set. If I were making guitars, they would be my stock 2 bucker guitar set.
If you held a gun to my head, I'd tell you that I prefer the Seths I have in one Les Paul, but it's because they do that classic PAF thing so well (or at least how I imagine it, never having played a real set of PAFs). But the WLH is so versatile, they would make the perfect stock set in Les Pauls (are you listening, Gibson?). Hell of an improvement over the 498/490 I had in that Studio.
They really are a great set. If I were making guitars, they would be my stock 2 bucker guitar set.
If you held a gun to my head, I'd tell you that I prefer the Seths I have in one Les Paul, but it's because they do that classic PAF thing so well (or at least how I imagine it, never having played a real set of PAFs). But the WLH is so versatile, they would make the perfect stock set in Les Pauls (are you listening, Gibson?). Hell of an improvement over the 498/490 I had in that Studio.
voggin
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I usually find A5 pickups sound more "modern" than WLH's, like Gibson Burstbucker Pros, which are very "modern rock guitar post 1990" to my ears.
BTW, the middle position is great with WLH's, both clean and gain-y.
I usually find A5 pickups sound more "modern" than WLH's, like Gibson Burstbucker Pros, which are very "modern rock guitar post 1990" to my ears.
BTW, the middle position is great with WLH's, both clean and gain-y.
Re: Whole Lotta Love
Yes, I was going to suggest that.
To me the wlh are just a great set of.pickups. they match really well with each other, and can sound sweet or raunchy. The bridge is raunchy/loose , and the neck is sweet. The neck is slightly more my fave..it does everything I want or need a neck pup to do. I still have a tough time giving up my T- top clone from ReWind in the bridge, but that is no slight on the wlh bridge. There are some.days with the T top I wish I had the wlh bridge in the guitar, and vice versa.
The answer is- I need more guitars
Yes, I was going to suggest that.
