Pearly Gates Pickup

[winnard]

Anyone using this pickup in their Les Pauls? What do you think of it?
I got one in mine, @ the bridge position and it's kinda harsh.
I had a set of Seymour Duncan Antiquities in an Epi LP but I sold the guitar. I'd like to have that one back.


winnard

[rockstah]

Anyone using this pickup in their Les Pauls? What do you think of it?
I got one in mine, @ the bridge position and it's kinda harsh.
I had a set of Seymour Duncan Antiquities in an Epi LP but I sold the guitar. I'd like to have that one back.


winnard

in the mean time try 300k pot or even throw a restore on your 500k to bring down to 300-400k see if that helps.
Mark

[winnard]

Anyone using this pickup in their Les Pauls? What do you think of it?
I got one in mine, @ the bridge position and it's kinda harsh.
I had a set of Seymour Duncan Antiquities in an Epi LP but I sold the guitar. I'd like to have that one back.


winnard

in the mean time try 300k pot or even throw a restore on your 500k to bring down to 300-400k see if that helps.
Mark

Please explain, I'm all ears bro!


winnard

[rockstah]

try a 100k-150k resistor on the outer two lugs on your volume knob. this will change your pot to 400 -350k pot. lowering the resitance will make it sound fatter to your ears - ever try a 1000k pot? like a telecaster
Mark

[erigm]

Rockstah,

A 100k resistor across the outer lugs of the pot would put it in parallel. the effective resistance (if the pot was 500k) would then be ~83k, which is really low. I think a 1Meg resistor would get you in the 330k range. That's probably what you meant.

If you put 500k resistor in parallel with the pot you would effectively have a 250k pot. One trick is to put the resistor from the wiper to ground. This will give you more control over the lower volume control settings. This works in amps too.

[rockstah]

Rockstah,

A 100k resistor across the outer lugs of the pot would put it in parallel. the effective resistance (if the pot was 500k) would then be ~83k, which is really low. I think a 1Meg resistor would get you in the 330k range. That's probably what you meant.

If you put 500k resistor in parallel with the pot you would effectively have a 250k pot. One trick is to put the resistor from the wiper to ground. This will give you more control over the lower volume control settings. This works in amps too.

man u are right - i had actually something else on my mind at the time - u 100% correct! - thanks for the correction - i just wondered if he treid it and went " what the f*ck? '
Mark