FregGarvinMP
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Not loving the custom bucker in the bridge of my 20’ Murphy Lab Les Paul. Looking for solutions. Anyone nailed it. Below is more info about the guitar as well as some directions to go from other posts. Looking for input from someone who has fixed this issue.
Some Details
It’s light for a Les Paul, around 8.5lb, which could be one reason for this. It also seems the custom buckers are inconsistent.
Note that I love the guitar. It’s the most resonant LP I’ve ever played. It has a perfect neck and I’ve had great gigs with it. I adjust the tone on the amps. I roll the bridge tone down to about 2 to 3. I just want to tweak.
It’s mainly a problem when I roll down the volume to clean up a bit. It gets too thin and hifi. On 9 to 10, it’s great, especially gigging through a driven amp. However, I like to vary the volume control a lot to clean up and rarely play at 10 on any guitar (it seems fizzy).
The pickup is already very close to the strings. I’ve tried slanting the treble side of pickup down. So this didn’t help.
Solutions from other posts
Some Details
It’s light for a Les Paul, around 8.5lb, which could be one reason for this. It also seems the custom buckers are inconsistent.
Note that I love the guitar. It’s the most resonant LP I’ve ever played. It has a perfect neck and I’ve had great gigs with it. I adjust the tone on the amps. I roll the bridge tone down to about 2 to 3. I just want to tweak.
It’s mainly a problem when I roll down the volume to clean up a bit. It gets too thin and hifi. On 9 to 10, it’s great, especially gigging through a driven amp. However, I like to vary the volume control a lot to clean up and rarely play at 10 on any guitar (it seems fizzy).
The pickup is already very close to the strings. I’ve tried slanting the treble side of pickup down. So this didn’t help.
Solutions from other posts
- people have had success using ~ 450 - 500 Ohms. Changing the volume pots closer to 400k will make an enormous difference. I have an R9 that came with CB and 440k pots that was pretty dark. 550k pots brightened it up a lot (I like bright).
- Getting a higher value tone cap (.30 or so rather than .22).
- Get darker pickup. If I replace the bridge, I’d like to stay in the vintage output range. (I don’t play scooped metal.)
- Lollar recommended “…a High Wind Imperial, which will Be a slightly hotter version of a PAF pickup, it will still be in the vintage range for output, but the extra winds will help introduce some warmth to the sound.”
- Wolftone reommended .”…a Marshallhead in the bridge, but loaded with an Alnico 2 magnet instead of the normal Alnico 5. The A2 will thicken up the lower mids and smooth out the high end a bit. More “smoky” rather than “barky” , sweeter overall. It’s hot enough to be raunchy, but low enough output that it will clean up and behave itself nicely. “