Tdurden032
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Long time lurker, first time poster - just wanted to say thanks to the community for such great tips and content over the years, it’s helped me tremendously through this project and others. I recently traded a Yamaha accoustic of for this epi LP standard and after playing it a few weeks, I just couldn’t quite get the sound that I was looking for. My first thought was coil split and add new pots/caps but then I started hunting for replacement pups in addition. The Neck had a really murky Epi chrome cover pickup and the bridge was a very hot (15k) Zebra, mystery pickup, that the owner wasn’t even sure of the history on, as this guitar was relatively new to him. Either way, I was looking for more traditional/classic LP sounds and got the kids to bed Saturday night and went to work With the soldering iron. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the zebra mystery bridge pup was an EVH (which I’m saving for another project), and While I was originally hunting for some Seymour Duncan’s, I came across some Burstbuckers (1&2) via Craigslist for $100, and just couldn’t pass that up. Long story short, the photos tell the story - my soldering job is abysmal, but I had about an hour to do everything since our neighbors were having a huge party and it was only a matter of time before they woke my girls up. All in all, it was a lot of fun, i threw in a tusq (my go to nut of choice) and the burstbuckers have way exceeded my expectations. I’d do it again in a heartbeat and am really loving the outcome - this LP standard has really morphed in to a tone machine. I’m playing with the pickup heights now (the neck can be a little boomy on the low end, but Otherwise it’s very warm and the bridge is just a sizzler - what a fun player)!
to My Les Paul!
. Either way, it’s very fun to play and the sound has transformed so much with just the simple pickup change - night and day difference for sure!
