Hydra19
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So I finally got a Les Paul with Seth Lovers, I've had lots of SD's but never Seth Lovers, and wow!
It may not be the best sounding pickup (although I think it is) but it is certainly the most interesting pickup I've tried. It has something about the sound that I cannot put into words exactly, but I will do my best to describe what I hear and what I want.
With the Seth Lovers, I get an awesome neck tone, I think I hit the sweet spot as there is a dual sort of tone when I play a note, like a hollow note that blooms into harmonic feedback and helps the note sustain, bloom and blossom. Even with the tone rolled all the way off, there is something about it that is quite present. I'm happy with that sound and very impressed by this hollow tone. In between tone is great too.
But I had trouble with the bridge. I think it's just the A2 magnet. I tried everything height wise and pole piece wise but something is missing. It sounds very good on its own but while playing along with music, it's missing some presence and treble cut. It is bright, but not bright enough and I think an A5 magnet might do the trick. I do have a 59b that I can put it, but it would be a shame to lose the magic of these seth lovers. I had a 59' before and I remember it being quite alright, but nothing special either. It certainly had the cut I'm looking for though. I used to also have an Antiquity bridge, that I swapped magnets in. I settled on a roughcast A5 in that until I sold it and put the degaussed A2 back in.
I was playing along with Ragged Glory by Neil Young and could not get the bridge to be bright and powerful enough. Then I realised this is my only guitar with A2's. I have a SD set of A5 P90's that sound glorious and a A5 riff raff by bare knuckle in my SG and a JB in the Les Paul Custom. Both the 59 and the JB are wound by Marcela Juarez
So, should I change the Seth Lover in the bridge for a A5 magnet, or just try the SD 59'?
Is there anything else i can do to wake the bridge Seth Lover up? I've had it set from 2.5mm height and up to 1mm and everywhere in between. I would really like to keep this set in the guitar, and am worried if I mess with the bridge, I might want to change the neck tone too.
Thank you
It may not be the best sounding pickup (although I think it is) but it is certainly the most interesting pickup I've tried. It has something about the sound that I cannot put into words exactly, but I will do my best to describe what I hear and what I want.
With the Seth Lovers, I get an awesome neck tone, I think I hit the sweet spot as there is a dual sort of tone when I play a note, like a hollow note that blooms into harmonic feedback and helps the note sustain, bloom and blossom. Even with the tone rolled all the way off, there is something about it that is quite present. I'm happy with that sound and very impressed by this hollow tone. In between tone is great too.
But I had trouble with the bridge. I think it's just the A2 magnet. I tried everything height wise and pole piece wise but something is missing. It sounds very good on its own but while playing along with music, it's missing some presence and treble cut. It is bright, but not bright enough and I think an A5 magnet might do the trick. I do have a 59b that I can put it, but it would be a shame to lose the magic of these seth lovers. I had a 59' before and I remember it being quite alright, but nothing special either. It certainly had the cut I'm looking for though. I used to also have an Antiquity bridge, that I swapped magnets in. I settled on a roughcast A5 in that until I sold it and put the degaussed A2 back in.
I was playing along with Ragged Glory by Neil Young and could not get the bridge to be bright and powerful enough. Then I realised this is my only guitar with A2's. I have a SD set of A5 P90's that sound glorious and a A5 riff raff by bare knuckle in my SG and a JB in the Les Paul Custom. Both the 59 and the JB are wound by Marcela Juarez
So, should I change the Seth Lover in the bridge for a A5 magnet, or just try the SD 59'?
Is there anything else i can do to wake the bridge Seth Lover up? I've had it set from 2.5mm height and up to 1mm and everywhere in between. I would really like to keep this set in the guitar, and am worried if I mess with the bridge, I might want to change the neck tone too.
Thank you