Intermediate player here - new to electric. Very aware of how little I know, many thanks in advance for help.
I was lucky to receive a '94 LP Studio when my uncle passed away. I've heard him play it and it sounded great. This guitar feels amazing, I really love the way it plays.
Here's the problem; it sounds.....not good; muddy, muffled. Just can't get a good sound out of it. I've gone through all tone/volume combinations possible.
I also have a PRS SE CU24 I got a year ago, playing them through a Blues Cube hot. Only pedals used are occasionally MXR78 and ProcoRat. PRS sounds pretty good - real good to my inexperienced ear. (So my setup is good enough, right? This is not the problem, I'm thinking.)
Took the LP to 2 guitar centers, each of their techs checked and/or cleaned the electronics, both said it was fine. But it's not - shouldn't sound this bad. Right after that I had the pups replaced with pretty decent ones that should sound good on this guitar - Seymour Duncan Slash IIs. Basically sounds no different than before.
Is this obvious - I need to have the pots replaced? Any other ideas or suggestions?
Thank you in advance!
I was lucky to receive a '94 LP Studio when my uncle passed away. I've heard him play it and it sounded great. This guitar feels amazing, I really love the way it plays.
Here's the problem; it sounds.....not good; muddy, muffled. Just can't get a good sound out of it. I've gone through all tone/volume combinations possible.
I also have a PRS SE CU24 I got a year ago, playing them through a Blues Cube hot. Only pedals used are occasionally MXR78 and ProcoRat. PRS sounds pretty good - real good to my inexperienced ear. (So my setup is good enough, right? This is not the problem, I'm thinking.)
Took the LP to 2 guitar centers, each of their techs checked and/or cleaned the electronics, both said it was fine. But it's not - shouldn't sound this bad. Right after that I had the pups replaced with pretty decent ones that should sound good on this guitar - Seymour Duncan Slash IIs. Basically sounds no different than before.
Is this obvious - I need to have the pots replaced? Any other ideas or suggestions?
Thank you in advance!
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