Help with Quick Connect Pickups!

romanianreaper

romanianreaper

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So I got a 2024 Gibson Les Paul Studio, thinking it would be standard wiring. We'll like my Classic i replaced it with, it has Quick Connect pickups and I just got a solder type JB to put in it.

They sell a Dirty Fingers that is Quick Connect, and I've thought about returning the JB to get that. My question is are all Gibson Quick Connect the same and can you swap one out for another regardless of coil tap options and other things?
 
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romanianreaper said:
So I got a 2024 Gibson Les Paul Studio, thinking it would be standard wiring. We'll like my Classic i replaced it with, it has Quick Connect pickups and I just got a solder type JB to put in it.

They sell a Dirty Fingers that is Quick Connect, and I've thought about returning the JB to get that. My question is are all Gibson Quick Connect the same and can you swap one out for another regardless of coil tap options and other things?
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I think the 498T works well in the Studio. That's what I'd grab.
 
The more I play the Studio, I think the Burstbuckers are great and going to keep them in. When I use a boost, it adds the definition I need to do metal stuff. Very versatile so going to keep it. 🤘
 
BBPros get a bad rap IMO. Can be a bit bright but can be adjusted to sound killer. I really like most of the Burstbucker line actually.

The BB2 is my favorite off the shelf PAF. For whatever reason, the BB3 is not just a hotter BB2……,it has an entirely different EQ and feel that I don’t like.
 
It's not difficult to crimp a molex connector on a non-Gibson pickup. Whether it's worth it over just replacing the pots is up to you though.

I like EMG's solderless system. It makes for very clean wiring, since each lead has both hot and ground. I'm designing a PCB for my Strat so I can use EMGs with a super switch, it's pretty simple stuff.
 
DanTravis62 said:
It was mind-boggling annoying trying to figure it out, and I eventually gave up and soldered a simple 1 volume setup.
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Yeah personally I would never use Gibson's solderless hookups, just because Gibson always does odd shit. And to me the appeal of a solderless system is modularity, and if you have all of the pots hardwared to one PCB you don't get that anyway.

If I was for some reason determined to use a solderless system in a Gibson I would cobble together a harness out of EMG parts. When I put Blackouts in my Epiphone Les Paul I actually bought an EMG active harness for them instead of using the guts that came with the pickups.
 
GreatRedDragon said:
Yeah personally I would never use Gibson's solderless hookups, just because Gibson always does odd shit. And to me the appeal of a solderless system is modularity, and if you have all of the pots hardwared to one PCB you don't get that anyway.

If I was for some reason determined to use a solderless system in a Gibson I would cobble together a harness out of EMG parts. When I put Blackouts in my Epiphone Les Paul I actually bought an EMG active harness for them instead of using the guts that came with the pickups.
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That's actually a really good idea.


Don't get me wrong, I love gibson guitars, they just do obnoxious shit like this all the time.
 
EyesOfTheSouth! said:
BBPros get a bad rap IMO. Can be a bit bright but can be adjusted to sound killer. I really like most of the Burstbucker line actually.

The BB2 is my favorite off the shelf PAF. For whatever reason, the BB3 is not just a hotter BB2……,it has an entirely different EQ and feel that I don’t like.
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Yeah i think going from the Aldrich in my Les Paul Classic to that, I heard a "muddy" tone but wasn't bad, just different. I started talking myself into how I needed a new pickup. Once I started realizing it wouldn't be a typical swap, I just gave it another try to see how it would go.
 
romanianreaper said:
Yeah i think going from the Aldrich in my Les Paul Classic to that, I heard a "muddy" tone but wasn't bad, just different. I started talking myself into how I needed a new pickup. Once I started realizing it wouldn't be a typical swap, I just gave it another try to see how it would go.
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I like other pickups better, but the BBs (all versions) are great pickups IMO, and in the right guitar they just work.
 
DanTravis62 said:
I like other pickups better, but the BBs (all versions) are great pickups IMO, and in the right guitar they just work.
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I think most folks probably experience this. You have a guitar ypu always play and then get a new one and has a different set of tones. It just shows you off and you try to capture the other guitar sith the new guitar and just doesn't do it.
 
romanianreaper said:
I think most folks probably experience this. You have a guitar ypu always play and then get a new one and has a different set of tones. It just shows you off and you try to capture the other guitar sith the new guitar and just doesn't do it.
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At least in my experience, different guitars have different qualities and you gotta try to as accentuate their good points and hide their weak points, according to your playing style

Especially when I'm recommending pickups to people, I'm recommending the pickups that help me do that with the guitars I have, basically

I like tonenerd Roxy, tonenerd Psykes Wagner Godwood, Wagner ironman, Duncan sh14, Duncan sh6, various emgs (especially for single coils) and it's all based on "how do I make this guitar work the best it can"

Specifically with Gibsons, sometimes the burstbuckers (or 57 classics) just work with the guitar. Sometimes they don't, too.

I've had a couple of Gibsons where I was like "nope I'm not changing anything"
 
DanTravis62 said:
I like tonenerd Roxy, tonenerd Psykes Wagner Godwood, Wagner ironman, Duncan sh14, Duncan sh6
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I actually love my Tonenerd Whiskey but took it out for the Aldrich. Down the road I need another guitar so I can use it. I have a Motor City 2nd Degree Blackbelt I need to put in a guitar as well. I'd love to put one of these in my Chubtone but the spacing would probably be off.
 
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