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Originally Posted by ReverendJWblues
I kind of did a little test yesterday at a studio, me and 2 other guitar players were messing around and we all 3 played the same guitar at the same levels and all 3 of us had a different tone. It seems what works for one doesnt have the same effect on the others. I think it just really comes down to what you do and like. You have a good selection of pups to start with but it may take you 10 or more sets to actually hit what you want. My Pagebuckers work well for me in my JPP and I wont change them. My Reverends from WB work well also, Im testing another pup sent to me from a friend and it also sounds great. Its all really just a question of taste really, theres no true Oh thats the one formula. Ya just gotta experiment.  |
Thanks guys. This is what I was afraid of. I guess PAS is another syndrome we have to worry about (pickup acquisition syndrome!). I know at some point, it's time to just sit down and play and quit tinkering. However, considering I haven't changed anything but the strings on my guitar, I really feel like a couple of changes will bring out an amazing axe.
Right now, the LP I've got has a really punchy bottom end. In general, it's a really ballsy in-your-face guitar. Nice mids and plenty of screaming highs. It flat out rocks, however, I sometimes find the BB's to be a bit shrill on the high end. Sometimes, depending on the gain, the lows can get muddy and undefined.
That's why I figured that putting the aged RS pot in and swapping the BBs out for a set of great pups would really put this guitar over the top. Once I get it "set," I plan to just leave it alone and play the fire out of it. I'm not really big into tweaking this and tinkering with that. If a person's not too careful, they'll spend more time tweaking and with the guitar apart than with it in the woodshed working on playing. I learned this the hard way from tinkering with banjos from a long time ago. At one point, I was a hell of a banjo set up specialist, but a mediocre player because I spent all my time chasing tone.
Don't get me wrong, I know tone is important, but at some point, you've just got to work on pulling the tone out of your playing and work on technique.
Anyhoo, thanks again for the input and please, guys and gals, keep the suggestions coming.
