JohnnyGtar
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I have an Ibanez AS73 (Gibson ES-335 type guitar) that I inherited when a friend of mine passed away. The guitar is loud and bright acoustically, which is good because I like bright guitar sounds.
It plays well. Not an expensive guitar, but it's well made. The pickups are terrible, though.
Got a nice $200 Amazon gift card that I'm itchin' to use on some new pickups for this guitar.
I play to use the guitar for hard rock.
I want this guitar to have Seymour Duncans, but I don't like the JB. No Gibson pickups need apply. LOL
Jazz SH-2n is going in the neck position. It's my favorite neck humbucker by far.
I love Alex Lifeson's tone on the first Rush album. He used a 1968 Gibson ES-335 with stock T-Top pickups on that record. The tone on the solo on "Working Man" is just killer. I don't have to nail that tone, but it has a certain attitude to it that I really like.
Jimmy Page's live sound from the 1973 tour is legendary. I love that as well. He had a T-Top is his 59 Les Paul Standard on that tour. It replaced a broken PAF.
Question 1: Jazz Bridge and 59 Bridge - How would you describe them? How are they different? Do they get good pinch harmonics?
Question 2: Anyone here used a higher output bridge pickup in an ES-335 type guitar? Did you like it? If I go this route, I'll get the SH-5 Custom for the bridge. I think that could sound pretty cool.
I've used the Custom in a neck through body superstrat type guitar and it was great. It might be cool to have a 335 style guitar that can go into afterburner mode when I want it to. LOL
I'd really like to hear your experiences and opinions related to these 2 questions.
Thanks!
It plays well. Not an expensive guitar, but it's well made. The pickups are terrible, though.
Got a nice $200 Amazon gift card that I'm itchin' to use on some new pickups for this guitar.
I play to use the guitar for hard rock.
I want this guitar to have Seymour Duncans, but I don't like the JB. No Gibson pickups need apply. LOL
Jazz SH-2n is going in the neck position. It's my favorite neck humbucker by far.
I love Alex Lifeson's tone on the first Rush album. He used a 1968 Gibson ES-335 with stock T-Top pickups on that record. The tone on the solo on "Working Man" is just killer. I don't have to nail that tone, but it has a certain attitude to it that I really like.
Jimmy Page's live sound from the 1973 tour is legendary. I love that as well. He had a T-Top is his 59 Les Paul Standard on that tour. It replaced a broken PAF.
Question 1: Jazz Bridge and 59 Bridge - How would you describe them? How are they different? Do they get good pinch harmonics?
Question 2: Anyone here used a higher output bridge pickup in an ES-335 type guitar? Did you like it? If I go this route, I'll get the SH-5 Custom for the bridge. I think that could sound pretty cool.
I've used the Custom in a neck through body superstrat type guitar and it was great. It might be cool to have a 335 style guitar that can go into afterburner mode when I want it to. LOL
I'd really like to hear your experiences and opinions related to these 2 questions.
Thanks!