594 Owners, your thoughts on the 58/15 LTs?

[Guitpicky]

My first 594
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I’m normally not a fan of opaque tops but that looks great

 

[Utkarsh]

I have 2 594s. The 58/15 in the neck is a league of its own.
As a humbucker, its everything you ever imagined a neck humbucker to be. Sweet and warm yet clear and sparkly. Overtones galore. I A Bed it vs. a PRS singlecut from 2002 yesterday and was shocked at the difference.

Split neck is another masterful sound. Its not a strat but it sound like a single coil alright and you will not be wanting for high end.

Bridge humbucker (which is exactly the same as neck ) is where many think it needs more bite. I actually disagree. I think with a boost pedal it does just fine and one appreciates the clarity. I play everything from 70s rock to modern technical metal on it and it works just fine.

Bridge split is where i have spent the least time but I do know it can do the tele thing with the right amp tone shaping.

Net in my POV , the 58/15 LTs may just be one of the best humbuckers out there

 

[Matte82]

I had an earlier WL 594. I will replace it. The replacement will have stock pickups. I've heard sometime around the TCI version, and maybe a bit before, they upped the output on the bridge pickup just a touch. Can anyone confirm this? If so I won't mind. I had to do some pickup height tweaking to get them balanced. And even then I felt the neck was just a bit louder than the bridge. But man I did love that bridge PU.

 

[bodia]

I had an earlier WL 594. I will replace it. The replacement will have stock pickups. I've heard sometime around the TCI version, and maybe a bit before, they upped the output on the bridge pickup just a touch. Can anyone confirm this? If so I won't mind. I had to do some pickup height tweaking to get them balanced. And even then I felt the neck was just a bit louder than the bridge. But man I did love that bridge PU.

I think it was only on the Singlecut model. TCI +, or something like that. Tim and Howard talk about it in this video.

 

[ChesterB]

I have only had my 594 for a little over a week now and the 58/15LT is fast becoming my favourite neck pick up. I like how it splits too. I bought a used 594 so I don’t have the new TCI pickups either.

 

[wiredsince94]

I just recently got my 594 SC & I love the 58/15 pickups. I prefer low/medium pickups in general, but I think they're great. They're responsive & like great pickups should, they have that extra gear in the last 10% of the taper.

 

[Twinfan]

Both 58/15LTs in my PS 594 read 7.9k DC and I find the neck too woolly and the treble a bit too thin. I've just ordered some custom PAF-types to replace them with a slightly hotter bridge and a weaker neck.

I prefer medium-heat pickups and definitely a calibrated set, so they're not really my thing.

 

[Nurk2]

Both 58/15LTs in my PS 594 read 7.9k DC and I find the neck too woolly and the treble a bit too thin. I've just ordered some custom PAF-types to replace them with a slightly hotter bridge and a weaker neck.

I prefer medium-heat pickups and definitely a calibrated set, so they're not really my thing.

I hate to keep harping on this--and I'm aware that people enjoying buying things and trying them out--but for the symptoms you describe, have you tried simply raising or lowering your pickups? Pickup height makes a huge difference.

Just my $.02

 

[iLookLikeElvis]

I've spent a lot of time dialing in my amp to a happy place between the neck and bridge of my 594. I'm not quite there yet either. I tend to keep both volumes and both tones rolled down to around 7 for "normal" paying. I find that when volumes are fully open, the treble increases quite a bit, especially on the bridge - that is with the treble and mid on my amp to to about 11 o'clock and 10 o'clock respectively.

Also, I like have the volumes down a tad so I can compensate for the drop when splitting (or just to goose gain when in humbucker mode).

They're both pretty responsive to volume and tone controls, which I like. There are a lot of tones in there to find.

 

[Twinfan]

I hate to keep harping on this--and I'm aware that people enjoying buying things and trying them out--but for the symptoms you describe, have you tried simply raising or lowering your pickups? Pickup height makes a huge difference.

Just my $.02

Yes, I've had the guitar several months and have made lots of adjustments and I'm still not happy. This isn't my first rodeo

Matching lower output pickups may work for some, but not for me.

 

[jxe]

I hate to keep harping on this--and I'm aware that people enjoying buying things and trying them out--but for the symptoms you describe, have you tried simply raising or lowering your pickups? Pickup height makes a huge difference.

Just my $.02

4¢.

 

[Nurk2]

4¢.

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