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Probably going to move from Bareknuckles in my Les Paul. Fancy a change.
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I've got BKP Rebel Yell calibrated set currently. I noticed recently that they're quite a bit noisier than my Seymour Duncans in my Chapman ML-1. It could be a dodgy pot or 3-way selector I suppose, but ICBM doesn't think it likely and I've rewired it 3 times trying out different things, and the noise never went away. So I think these pickups are just a bit noisier than others for some reason. They're 50mm spacing.
So I'm thinking perhaps the Duncan Distortion set - SH6's, one calibrated for bridge and the other for neck. My Chapman ML-1 has a TB-6 in the bridge and a SJBJ-1 in the neck.
I used to have the Hotrodded set in my Les Paul, two years ago. They lasted 3 months before I started to dislike them. Bridge was fine, but for some reason the neck was uber quiet and too crystally sounding. They weren't balanced at all, and I just thought balls to it, and went back to BKP.
But I do like the tone I'm getting from my Chapman, hence my toying with the idea of switching.
I've never had a Duncan Distortion but I gather they have a quite bright, defined sound for a high output pickup. A lot of Metal dudes seem to like them.
What's the basic tone of your LP like (bright/dark, whatever)? It's a Custom, isn't it? The only Custom I've intimate knowledge of was an old 70s model - very bright, defined tone. From the weight, it seemed to be made of Neutron Star material - it gave me back ache after 10 minutes of playing. That one had weedy, bright pickups - crap for rock but actually pretty good clean (it's owner played reggae and funk).
It's an Orville Les Paul Custom from 1991, made in Japan. Body is Mahogany, fretboard is a very dark rosewood (lots of people mistake it for ebony!)
I didn't dislike the core tone of the JB in this guitar. I just didn't like the massive difference in output and contrast between the neck and bridge pickups. I could've quite happily stuck with the JB in the bridge I think, and shifted the neck pickup.
One other thing - the JB is obviously uncovered, and it was a lot more prone to feedback than the covered BKP's I use. I didn't spend too long trying to resolve it. But was it pickup height, just the nature of uncovered pickups, or something else?
Don't really want to make the change if I am going to be plagued with squeally feedback all the time.
It's actually more like a hotter, more open and complex PAF than anything really high-output.
I also really like the Custom Custom, but I suspect it may be too dark in that guitar.
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I also really like the ones in the synyster gates sig, the invader pickups. Again, more suited to a darker guitar imo. The syn sig I played was fairly dull acoustically (I'd say dull rather than low mid - it was really dull and a bit pants!) but that pickup really elevated it.
Looks a bit odd if you're a traditionalist though.
Oh, there is always the Duncan zephyr set.
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I've always wanted to put one in a PRS, but never got round to it... partly because it would probably sound great, and partly to piss off the usual PRS snobs .
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