ngjenkins
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Hello all!
So, looking for advice. I have a 2020 Les Paul Standard (Tri-burst) that I really love the feel of, but I am STRUGGLING with dialing in high gain tone on these Burstbuckers. Incidentally I had the same thing happen on a 2019 LP Standard I had a few years ago and I think it's just the nature of Burstbuckers.
Basically, once I get close to enough gain to function with my hands and style, I've got noisy tinny pickups. SO much high end that they borderline squeal and a floppy low end that gives me almost nothing in terms of punch or saturation. Incidentally, my 498t pickups in my Custom have kind of the opposite problem (very dark and saturated, don't take much to push them into Metallica levels of distortion that's saturated). But having a darker pickup I find easier to correct in the amp.
I've done some searching on YouTube and haven't found much so I wanted to ask some experts!
Is this just the nature of Burstbuckers or am I doing something completely wrong?
Thanks in advance!
So, looking for advice. I have a 2020 Les Paul Standard (Tri-burst) that I really love the feel of, but I am STRUGGLING with dialing in high gain tone on these Burstbuckers. Incidentally I had the same thing happen on a 2019 LP Standard I had a few years ago and I think it's just the nature of Burstbuckers.
Basically, once I get close to enough gain to function with my hands and style, I've got noisy tinny pickups. SO much high end that they borderline squeal and a floppy low end that gives me almost nothing in terms of punch or saturation. Incidentally, my 498t pickups in my Custom have kind of the opposite problem (very dark and saturated, don't take much to push them into Metallica levels of distortion that's saturated). But having a darker pickup I find easier to correct in the amp.
I've done some searching on YouTube and haven't found much so I wanted to ask some experts!
Is this just the nature of Burstbuckers or am I doing something completely wrong?
Thanks in advance!