wintomato
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- Apr 9, 2019
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The tired old topic of replacement pickups! Sorry, but... I have a 2015 True Historic, fantastic guitar. When I bought it, second hand, I wasn't completely happy with the sound when you push the amp, or kick in an overdrive. It went very mid focussed, bee in a jar. EQing didn't really get rid of it. So, I replaced the pickups, since that's what everyone seems to do. I am not big on customising, especially when spending so much on a guitar.
I got some lovely Monty's Retro winds, it opened up the sound a bit, very nice. But, still the issue with that overly mid focussed sound. Which makes me think/realise that it's the guitar. So, rather than trying to find a vintage PAF replica that I like, would a more modern style pickup counter the mids, and open the sound up? I guess there's only so much you can do, and the sound of the guitar, is the sound of the guitar?
I had a 2005 USA for 15 years, that had Burstbucker pro, alnico Vs, and sounded great, perhaps I should just put burst bucker pros, in this one, or another alnico V custom build.
Thanks for reading, anyone have any thoughts or experience (before I consider the worst outcome of just selling the true historic...
I got some lovely Monty's Retro winds, it opened up the sound a bit, very nice. But, still the issue with that overly mid focussed sound. Which makes me think/realise that it's the guitar. So, rather than trying to find a vintage PAF replica that I like, would a more modern style pickup counter the mids, and open the sound up? I guess there's only so much you can do, and the sound of the guitar, is the sound of the guitar?
I had a 2005 USA for 15 years, that had Burstbucker pro, alnico Vs, and sounded great, perhaps I should just put burst bucker pros, in this one, or another alnico V custom build.
Thanks for reading, anyone have any thoughts or experience (before I consider the worst outcome of just selling the true historic...