Music&Chaos
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Hey all,
Title is a joke, of course.
After having a bit of an on/off relationship over the past several years with my Gibson 498T bridge pickup, I am totally into this pickup.
The only thing is, I tried it out in another guitar and it sounds MASSIVE.
At first, I figured it was due to the 500k pot hitting the bridge.
Swapped the pots in the Gibson. Helped it get closer to what it sounded like in the Tele I have, but not quite.
There was something in the body of the string itself I believe to have been missing when swapping.
After observing a short time, I noticed the huge difference:
The LP has the pole pieces pretty close to where the bridge and string contact is made, whereas on this tele, due to the unique bridge it came with, the pickup and pole pieces are much further away from the string/saddle contact point.
I also removed the cover from the pickup.tongive it a bit more open twang. Had a good cover so this has a neat mix of silver slugs with good pole pieces, which matches the gold/silver mix on the Tele anyway.
Absolutely killer sounding pickup for riffing out heavy chords and fat, aggressive lead work. Again, since the pickup has this high mid accentuated sound, it holds together better with better a little closer to the neck than normal. Other pickups could get kind of mushy on the Tele, but this stays nice and tight.
Has a low wound, high output single coil in the neck that sounds fat and clear. Goes very well with the 498T.
I thought it was an OK pickup in the Les Paul, definitely not bad, but it just screams and sings in the tele.
Photos for reference:
Title is a joke, of course.
After having a bit of an on/off relationship over the past several years with my Gibson 498T bridge pickup, I am totally into this pickup.
The only thing is, I tried it out in another guitar and it sounds MASSIVE.
At first, I figured it was due to the 500k pot hitting the bridge.
Swapped the pots in the Gibson. Helped it get closer to what it sounded like in the Tele I have, but not quite.
There was something in the body of the string itself I believe to have been missing when swapping.
After observing a short time, I noticed the huge difference:
The LP has the pole pieces pretty close to where the bridge and string contact is made, whereas on this tele, due to the unique bridge it came with, the pickup and pole pieces are much further away from the string/saddle contact point.
I also removed the cover from the pickup.tongive it a bit more open twang. Had a good cover so this has a neat mix of silver slugs with good pole pieces, which matches the gold/silver mix on the Tele anyway.
Absolutely killer sounding pickup for riffing out heavy chords and fat, aggressive lead work. Again, since the pickup has this high mid accentuated sound, it holds together better with better a little closer to the neck than normal. Other pickups could get kind of mushy on the Tele, but this stays nice and tight.
Has a low wound, high output single coil in the neck that sounds fat and clear. Goes very well with the 498T.
I thought it was an OK pickup in the Les Paul, definitely not bad, but it just screams and sings in the tele.
Photos for reference:
