Gibson mini-humbuckers - how do they compare?
jason
care to offer opinions? How would they compare to, say, the '57
Classics? (I've got a pair of the '57's already, which I like...)
-JP
Steve Modica
They're smaller (duck....)
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he leaves you alone" - me
Dan Stanley
"jason" <j...@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> I can't find any reviews of Gibson's mini-humbucker pickups...anyone
> care to offer opinions? How would they compare to, say, the '57
> Classics? (I've got a pair of the '57's already, which I like...)
A little more high end. A little less mids.
Dan
NYC KID
jason
> jason wrote:
> >
> > I can't find any reviews of Gibson's mini-humbucker pickups...anyone
> > care to offer opinions? How would they compare to, say, the '57
> > Classics? (I've got a pair of the '57's already, which I like...)
> >
> > -JP
>
> They're smaller (duck....)
Hrm...that could be debated...I held up a humbucker mounting ring next
to my P-90 equipped guitar, just out of curiosity - and the P-90 is
actually a tad bit wider. Narrower of course, from top to bottom, but
longer side to side.
So if you calculated the surface area in square inche...aww, never
mind :P
-JP
Goldtop71deluxe
but the antiquity series is pretty close.
I'm a big Deluxe fan as the name implies.
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jason
Steve Modica
They're smaller (duck....)
Dan Stanley
> care to offer opinions? How would they compare to, say, the '57
> Classics? (I've got a pair of the '57's already, which I like...)
A little more high end. A little less mids.
Dan
NYC KID
jason
> >
> > I can't find any reviews of Gibson's mini-humbucker pickups...anyone
> > care to offer opinions? How would they compare to, say, the '57
> > Classics? (I've got a pair of the '57's already, which I like...)
> >
> > -JP
>
> They're smaller (duck....)
Goldtop71deluxe
but the antiquity series is pretty close.
I'm a big Deluxe fan as the name implies.
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Vincent
I have the Epi Sheraton Elite which has these mini's on them. They are
higher in the range - more treble, but it's nothing that you can't control
with the amp. On the whole, they are very cool because of their range. They
have a big sound for mini-humbuckers. It is different and gives you a
different bucket of toys to play with - not like a 335, but similar. As you
know, they are a remake of the one's on that famous Les Paul...so the sounds
can go from Les Paul to 335 with a little amp fiddlin'...Guitar Player gave
the Epi Sheraton it's highest rating. It has become my favorite guitar.
Vince
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Rick Del Savio
minihumbuckers.
I hated them. I also had at the time a 73 LP Custom with humbuckers. I
wound up butchering the Std. to fit humbuckers. That was also the
first and last time I ever attempted to do any work on an instrument.
Cheers, Rick Del Savio :)
Bob wrote:
>
> On Fri, 07 Mar 2003 06:46:16 GMT, "Goldtop71deluxe"
> <goldtop...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >www.seymourduncan.com has soundbites of mini-humbuckers (theirs of course)
> >but the antiquity series is pretty close.
> >I'm a big Deluxe fan as the name implies.
>
> http://www.gibson.com/products/gibson/lespaul/index.html
> Each guitar has some sound files posted. Click on "discontinued" at
> the bottom to find the LP deluxe.
>
> Of course, these are new pickups, and they don't play the same riffs
> for the different guitars, so YMMV.
>
> Bob
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Vincent
used on the Les Paul
http://strings.gibson.com/pickups/minihumbuckers.shtml
Guitar Player and others seem to like the interplay between these humbuckers
and the 335 style body of the Sheraton. It doesn't sound like a Les Paul but
it also does not sound like a 335.
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Goldtop71deluxe
1) Set the toggle switch for both pickups
2) turn all vol/tone controls to 10.
3) Back off the treble volume until the tone just starts to turn (say 8-9.5)
You'll get a really sweet bell-like sound that is perfect for clean sounds
and has no other
sound like it. It's a real tone pleasure.
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Mike McKernan
> minihumbuckers.
> I hated them.
Was that a Standard or a deluxe? I know that 9 out of 10 Deluxes on the
market have been routed for full-size hums...
Rick Del Savio
Dickey Betts, had switched to that axe/pu configuration around the time
of the Allman Brothers album "Brothers and Sisters". '78? Take care,
Rick :))
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Goldtop71deluxe
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Goldtop71deluxe
dozen.
If you hated the mini-humbuckers, why buy the guitar in the first place? A
good deal?
Factor in the cost of routing and a new set of pickups and it would probably
be a wash.
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Rick Del Savio
the good news is that a very close friend of mine still owns it and
being a luthier he has that axe in great shape. New paint job, new
inlay on headstock and an original PAF p/u in the neck position. Rick :)
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BTW, playing the mini-humbuckers in the neck position elimiates most of the
treble with the volume and tone knobs cranked turned up.
Goldtop71deluxe
the boost up but that was reversible.
Now I use Seymour Duncans and have the original harness in storage. In fact
only the tail stock is original and there's no chrome left on it.
3 fret jobs, as many collapsed bridges, and the infamous "green" where the
arm rests over the body. Not that I have a
much wider selection of tools the Goldtop doesn't see so much use and abuse.
I do have a LP Custom but the sound is "dark" to me
and use it accordingly.
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