nothing like turning it up!!!

opalburn · 11-02-2009, 10:48 PM

a few weeks ago, i replaced my stock bb pros with a seymour duncan jb/jazz set.... and due to scheduling conflicts, and practice being cancelled by the drummer(always the drummer, isn't it?), i haven't been able to plug into the big amp and wail away until tonight.... and man, let me say, there is a world of difference in my sound, and me likey.... everything is a lot more clear, and you can hear parts and sounds that you weren't able to hear before(which in some cases is bad, and makes you a better player)

it seems like i have more chunk when i want it, and things sound a lot smoother as well... not saying the bb pros are bad, but they just didn't fit my application... so after installing an RS kit months ago, and upgrading pups a few weeks ago... i have my own signature model... too bad you can't just have gibson send you a prebuilt body and neck so you can add whatever hardware and electronics you want...

to anybody out there not happy with their sound, i suggest upgrading pots and caps first, then if you still aren't where you wanna be after you give it a little time, then upgrade the pups...

zeppelin101 · 11-02-2009, 10:49 PM

Hmm I alway thought the bb pros were good pickups...

MrRhoads · 11-03-2009, 09:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zeppelin101

Hmm I alway thought the bb pros were good pickups...

Yes they are

I just crank up my Peavey and i get some nice chunk from my guitar with bb pros.
Bridge 7,96kOhm
Neck 7,35kOhm

I also use a modified RS Guitarworks Vintage Kit, changed to Grey Tigers capacitators and they are Tigers with the "Grrr"

But defintion of "chunk" is individual

opalburn · 11-03-2009, 01:49 PM

i agree they are good pups, just not the sound that i was wanting from my guitar... so i decided to change, and am more pleased than ever with my lp... to my ears, the duncans provide a lot more clarity to my playing..

MrRhoads · 11-03-2009, 02:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by opalburn

i agree they are good pups, just not the sound that i was wanting from my guitar... so i decided to change, and am more pleased than ever with my lp... to my ears, the duncans provide a lot more clarity to my playing..

Any video of the new pickups?
Or some sound samples?
Would love to hear them with a RS kit

Hamtone · 11-04-2009, 08:00 AM

For my taste I haven't ever liked any of Gibsons stock pickups. This goes for the 490 series, the 57's, and the bb's. They always seem to be to bright and unbalanced, or lack articulation.

Jb's are a great choice, congrats

opalburn · 11-04-2009, 10:43 AM

yeah.. articulate is a great way to put it when i think about it... thats exactly what the new pup set sounds like.. articulate...

and sorry mrrhoads... don't really have a way to get some good sound samples from the big amp at the current moment, so i guess that i'm just a big tease...

MrRhoads · 11-04-2009, 11:59 AM

It´s ok

ryanmichael95 · 11-05-2009, 10:12 PM

One question though....did you turn it up to 11?

jrnic · 11-06-2009, 12:21 AM

I know what you mean about the JB. I have a JB in my LP Studio Lite, I wasn't sure at first but it was the only pickup I had spare lying around. After I bought my Studio on eBay I found that the pickups had been swapped around because the 500T was in the neck and it had a blown coil and had been replace by another from a Carvin Pickup. The neck pickup was actually in the bridge. I moved it back and put in the JB. WOW......I love the way it sounds. I thought I would put it in until I got another 500T, but no way now....I will never take out this JB. I just love it.

MrRhoads · 11-06-2009, 02:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ryanmichael95

One question though....did you turn it up to 11?

My amp goes to 12

opalburn · 11-06-2009, 10:20 AM

actually my amp does go to 11, so yes, in fact, i did turn it up to 11..

11-02-2009, 10:48 PM	#1 (permalink)
opalburn Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bowling Green, KY Posts: 237 Thanks: 2 Thanked 6 Times in 1 Post	nothing like turning it up!!! a few weeks ago, i replaced my stock bb pros with a seymour duncan jb/jazz set.... and due to scheduling conflicts, and practice being cancelled by the drummer(always the drummer, isn't it?), i haven't been able to plug into the big amp and wail away until tonight.... and man, let me say, there is a world of difference in my sound, and me likey.... everything is a lot more clear, and you can hear parts and sounds that you weren't able to hear before(which in some cases is bad, and makes you a better player) it seems like i have more chunk when i want it, and things sound a lot smoother as well... not saying the bb pros are bad, but they just didn't fit my application... so after installing an RS kit months ago, and upgrading pups a few weeks ago... i have my own signature model... too bad you can't just have gibson send you a prebuilt body and neck so you can add whatever hardware and electronics you want... to anybody out there not happy with their sound, i suggest upgrading pots and caps first, then if you still aren't where you wanna be after you give it a little time, then upgrade the pups... __________________ '07 Gibson LPVM(RS Modern electronics kit) '03 Epiphone LP Standard Plus(HCSB) Vintage '65 Gibson ES 330TD(Red) (permanent loan from Father in Law) Peavey 5150 Head(block letter) Peavey 412MS Cab(Sheffield 1290's) And a few pedals --------------------------------------------------- http://www.myspace.com/chestrockwell

11-02-2009, 10:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
zeppelin101 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Cleveland OH Posts: 1,055 Thanks: 4 Thanked 9 Times in 4 Posts	Re: nothing like turning it up!!! Hmm I alway thought the bb pros were good pickups... __________________ My vocation is more in composition really than anything else - building up harmonies using the guitar, orchestrating the guitar like an army, a guitar army. Jimmy Page

11-03-2009, 01:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
opalburn Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bowling Green, KY Posts: 237 Thanks: 2 Thanked 6 Times in 1 Post	Re: nothing like turning it up!!! i agree they are good pups, just not the sound that i was wanting from my guitar... so i decided to change, and am more pleased than ever with my lp... to my ears, the duncans provide a lot more clarity to my playing.. __________________ '07 Gibson LPVM(RS Modern electronics kit) '03 Epiphone LP Standard Plus(HCSB) Vintage '65 Gibson ES 330TD(Red) (permanent loan from Father in Law) Peavey 5150 Head(block letter) Peavey 412MS Cab(Sheffield 1290's) And a few pedals --------------------------------------------------- http://www.myspace.com/chestrockwell

11-04-2009, 08:00 AM	#6 (permalink)
Hamtone Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Far Northeast Posts: 1,777 Thanks: 4 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Re: nothing like turning it up!!! For my taste I haven't ever liked any of Gibsons stock pickups. This goes for the 490 series, the 57's, and the bb's. They always seem to be to bright and unbalanced, or lack articulation. Jb's are a great choice, congrats

11-04-2009, 10:43 AM	#7 (permalink)
opalburn Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bowling Green, KY Posts: 237 Thanks: 2 Thanked 6 Times in 1 Post	Re: nothing like turning it up!!! yeah.. articulate is a great way to put it when i think about it... thats exactly what the new pup set sounds like.. articulate... and sorry mrrhoads... don't really have a way to get some good sound samples from the big amp at the current moment, so i guess that i'm just a big tease... __________________ '07 Gibson LPVM(RS Modern electronics kit) '03 Epiphone LP Standard Plus(HCSB) Vintage '65 Gibson ES 330TD(Red) (permanent loan from Father in Law) Peavey 5150 Head(block letter) Peavey 412MS Cab(Sheffield 1290's) And a few pedals --------------------------------------------------- http://www.myspace.com/chestrockwell

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11-04-2009, 11:59 AM	#8 (permalink)
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11-06-2009, 12:21 AM	#10 (permalink)
jrnic Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 384 Thanks: 0 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: nothing like turning it up!!! I know what you mean about the JB. I have a JB in my LP Studio Lite, I wasn't sure at first but it was the only pickup I had spare lying around. After I bought my Studio on eBay I found that the pickups had been swapped around because the 500T was in the neck and it had a blown coil and had been replace by another from a Carvin Pickup. The neck pickup was actually in the bridge. I moved it back and put in the JB. WOW......I love the way it sounds. I thought I would put it in until I got another 500T, but no way now....I will never take out this JB. I just love it.

11-06-2009, 10:20 AM	#12 (permalink)
opalburn Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bowling Green, KY Posts: 237 Thanks: 2 Thanked 6 Times in 1 Post	Re: nothing like turning it up!!! actually my amp does go to 11, so yes, in fact, i did turn it up to 11.. __________________ '07 Gibson LPVM(RS Modern electronics kit) '03 Epiphone LP Standard Plus(HCSB) Vintage '65 Gibson ES 330TD(Red) (permanent loan from Father in Law) Peavey 5150 Head(block letter) Peavey 412MS Cab(Sheffield 1290's) And a few pedals --------------------------------------------------- http://www.myspace.com/chestrockwell

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