andy k
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It's not another WTF thread,
I was looking for something reasonably cheap to experiment with some pickups I have accumulated, and I also like the idea of a P90 neck sound- so I managed to score a clean-if that's possible - 07 BFG,
And I must say, despite all the negative reviews I have read while waiting for the parcel to arrive,I am very pleasantly surprised, and probably quite lucky.
I admit, I wouldn't have paid the original list price, and would have to be seriously impressed with the quality to pay for a new Gibson, they are stupidly expensive over here now.
I've already got some good stuff from 07 , a Larry Corsa PG , which I didn't want to mess with, and a flamy R9, which I daren't go near with a soldering iron, and also a 2010 junior SC, which is what got me into the P90 thing in the first place.
Anyhoo-- the BFG hasn't been played much-for a 7 year old guitar, the finish and the condition of the fretboard tell me that - but it has been modified slightly, and someone decided to install EMG pickups in it.
I didn't even know they did an EMG p 90, and it sounds awesome, although it overpowers the bridge pickup-which had a piece of black plastic stuck on top, ( it's a black BFG)-the black plastic just popped off to reveal another EMG, although it is a White one.
I thought they might be cheap branded pickups, but when I looked inside the control cavity, they are both wired to a nine volt battery, which I replaced with a new one.
I'm not going to know for sure which EMG they are until I do a string change and good dissection of it, but they do sound good-especially the neck, and I was originally going to try putting an EVH Frankenstein in the bridge position-to kind of suit the punk attitude of the BFG, but I might just leave the White EMG in and spray it black for now.
Has anyone here ever tried mixing active and passive pickups-and how would that even work?
I would try and post some pics, but you all know what these piece of shit guitars look like, but I'm really pleased with the one I got here- acoustically it sounds really hollow and woody--which I guess it is, it still has the wooden knobs on it and even has an extra one cos it's been wired traditionally ,
I'm dying to find out what a Frankenstein pickup sounds like in a les Paul, and the current EMG is a bit overpowered by the neck , so I'll have to do a bit more investigation, just wondered if anyone else has mixed active and passive.
Cheers guys-sorry for rambling, back to playing for a while
I was looking for something reasonably cheap to experiment with some pickups I have accumulated, and I also like the idea of a P90 neck sound- so I managed to score a clean-if that's possible - 07 BFG,
And I must say, despite all the negative reviews I have read while waiting for the parcel to arrive,I am very pleasantly surprised, and probably quite lucky.
I admit, I wouldn't have paid the original list price, and would have to be seriously impressed with the quality to pay for a new Gibson, they are stupidly expensive over here now.
I've already got some good stuff from 07 , a Larry Corsa PG , which I didn't want to mess with, and a flamy R9, which I daren't go near with a soldering iron, and also a 2010 junior SC, which is what got me into the P90 thing in the first place.
Anyhoo-- the BFG hasn't been played much-for a 7 year old guitar, the finish and the condition of the fretboard tell me that - but it has been modified slightly, and someone decided to install EMG pickups in it.
I didn't even know they did an EMG p 90, and it sounds awesome, although it overpowers the bridge pickup-which had a piece of black plastic stuck on top, ( it's a black BFG)-the black plastic just popped off to reveal another EMG, although it is a White one.
I thought they might be cheap branded pickups, but when I looked inside the control cavity, they are both wired to a nine volt battery, which I replaced with a new one.
I'm not going to know for sure which EMG they are until I do a string change and good dissection of it, but they do sound good-especially the neck, and I was originally going to try putting an EVH Frankenstein in the bridge position-to kind of suit the punk attitude of the BFG, but I might just leave the White EMG in and spray it black for now.
Has anyone here ever tried mixing active and passive pickups-and how would that even work?
I would try and post some pics, but you all know what these piece of shit guitars look like, but I'm really pleased with the one I got here- acoustically it sounds really hollow and woody--which I guess it is, it still has the wooden knobs on it and even has an extra one cos it's been wired traditionally ,
I'm dying to find out what a Frankenstein pickup sounds like in a les Paul, and the current EMG is a bit overpowered by the neck , so I'll have to do a bit more investigation, just wondered if anyone else has mixed active and passive.
Cheers guys-sorry for rambling, back to playing for a while