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ISOgoldtone · 05-19-2008, 02:55 PM

I guess I'll chime in on this discussion. I recently purchased my first Gibson Les Paul (a Standard Limited Edition w/ebony fretboard, etc.) and absolutely love it. There are, however a few things that I've been thinking about "upgrading" in my current setup. The main reason I'm doing so is that over the past year or so, I have tailored my rig to suit my American Deluxe Strat, so as you could've probably guessed, it needs some tweaking.

My current setup goes like this:
Les Paul->Petersen Strobostomp Tuner->BBE Boosta Grande Clean Boost->Gibson GA-30RV Super Goldtone Combo.

Before I got the Les Paul, I retubed my amp with a few NOS tubes to help tame the highs on my maple necked strat, namely a RFT 12ax7 in V1, and 2 JAN GE 5751's in V2 and V3. If you've ever used these tubes before, you know that the RFT has very little highs and is easily driven, and the 5751's are quite mellow with more relaxed highs also. It was nearly the perfect combination with my Strat (which is IMO brighter than most Strats.) So I get the Les Paul and now I have to crank the treble on my amp to about 8 on the OD channel and 7 on the Clean channel to get it to the point where it's not overly bassy, and that's just on the bridge PU (Burstbucker Pros.) I NEVER use the tone knob on the neck pickup, because the highs are already very relaxed. Aside from trying some new tube combinations (which I'll likely be doing pretty soon) would it be beneficial to maybe try some better caps and maybe different values?? The stock ones are in it now (.0223s for both the bridge and neck,) and if I'm understanding what I've read so far, putting say a .015 cap in for the neck PU would allow more highs to pass through initially??

One more question that's kind of off subject.........what benefits would I gain if I decided to switch to '50s wiring?? I saw a diagram on the forum that shows both modern and '50s, and mine is definitely modern (obviously I guess.) Anyhow, thanks in advance for any advice!

05-19-2008, 02:55 PM	#31 (permalink)
ISOgoldtone Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 144 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: The capacitor thread. I guess I'll chime in on this discussion. I recently purchased my first Gibson Les Paul (a Standard Limited Edition w/ebony fretboard, etc.) and absolutely love it. There are, however a few things that I've been thinking about "upgrading" in my current setup. The main reason I'm doing so is that over the past year or so, I have tailored my rig to suit my American Deluxe Strat, so as you could've probably guessed, it needs some tweaking. My current setup goes like this: Les Paul->Petersen Strobostomp Tuner->BBE Boosta Grande Clean Boost->Gibson GA-30RV Super Goldtone Combo. Before I got the Les Paul, I retubed my amp with a few NOS tubes to help tame the highs on my maple necked strat, namely a RFT 12ax7 in V1, and 2 JAN GE 5751's in V2 and V3. If you've ever used these tubes before, you know that the RFT has very little highs and is easily driven, and the 5751's are quite mellow with more relaxed highs also. It was nearly the perfect combination with my Strat (which is IMO brighter than most Strats.) So I get the Les Paul and now I have to crank the treble on my amp to about 8 on the OD channel and 7 on the Clean channel to get it to the point where it's not overly bassy, and that's just on the bridge PU (Burstbucker Pros.) I NEVER use the tone knob on the neck pickup, because the highs are already very relaxed. Aside from trying some new tube combinations (which I'll likely be doing pretty soon) would it be beneficial to maybe try some better caps and maybe different values?? The stock ones are in it now (.0223s for both the bridge and neck,) and if I'm understanding what I've read so far, putting say a .015 cap in for the neck PU would allow more highs to pass through initially?? One more question that's kind of off subject.........what benefits would I gain if I decided to switch to '50s wiring?? I saw a diagram on the forum that shows both modern and '50s, and mine is definitely modern (obviously I guess.) Anyhow, thanks in advance for any advice!