It’s been a while since I owned an SE (Bernie a few years back). After I added some after market pickups, it was better than not only any epiphone, but also any Gibson that was not made in the Custom Shop IMHO. If they are still made the way they were four or five years ago, they are fantastic...
I’ve never experimented much with using capacitors in partial split as I am always satisfied with the sound using just a resistor, but you could get really fancy (as I said above) and use a variable resistor and a cap. If you want more of a gutty, P90 type sound (at least theoretically) you...
By the way, you can also do this externally using an extra pot (the so-called “spin-a-split”). I never thought this mod was particularly useful, but some people do.
It would be just like the normal wiring diagram, but replace the partial tap resistor with a small trimmer pot. The ones used for amp bias supplies work great. These trimmer pots have three legs, but it needs to be wired as a variable resistor (not as a voltage divider), meaning one leg goes to...
I actually soldered a small 10k potentiometer onto my push/pull pot and adjusted it to where I thought it sounded best. Now, that guitar has probably the most usable split sounds that I’ve heard. You can also use a capacitor instead of a resistor or a capacitor in parallel with a resistor to...
Although it’s a very imperfect measure, I tested the resistance of the 58/15 LT pickups on a 594. 7.37k on the bridge (5.07k when split) and 7.86k on the neck (4.78k when split).
I compared this to my Les Paul with PAF style pickups that I wound (scatterwound mismatched coils, no potting...
Anybody play both? Is there much difference other than the weight (tonally, sustain)?
Any feedback appreciated. I’ve played the 594 and it was awesome. Interestingly, I think the pickups were the weak point at least through a cranked 18-watt Marshall when compared with a Les Paul with pickups...
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