Great video! Tip: When desoldering the pickups (especially the ground wire) add some new solder during the heating. It mixes with the old solder so you’ll need less heat to loosen the wires.
??? Question: (This turned into a long one, but you said you liked hearing from people...?...so, I guess it's okay?) I trust what you say about A-B comparisons but was wondering what your take would be on Kris Barocsi's video... "GUITAR MYTH BUSTING Expensive Gibson Bridges Sound Any Different?" ...it seems to demonstrate real audible differences in quality of tone, even over RUclips? Do you think the video and Kris' method can be trusted? In other words: do you think the video can be trusted? While it might not be 1 to 1 for what you'd hear if you were in the same room, it really does seem to demonstrate, at least to my ear, differing characteristics between the bridge types: The Gibson custom shop bridge with the brass saddles, sounds like it gives a richer tone than the Gibson aftermarket bridge, combined with a note decay that I personally find vey satisfying. The 100% brass bell bridge has, at least for my tastes, just way too much sustain and a bright resonance that becomes quite piercing? I was wondering what your take would be on the video, and whether you might be able to tell me what material the Gibson custom shop bridge is made from? Is it the same as the Gibson aftermarket bridge, only with brass saddles? I have two Epiphone, 2016, '56 Les Paul Standard Pro's with P-90' Pro pickups. One in black and one in red. I want to keep one stock for comparison and the other I want to upgrade. I love the way they feel and the way they look, and so I think they might be a worthwhile platform for upgrade. I'd like to fit one with an expensive bridge and try a variety of P-90's, including one of yours. If nothing else, I'd like to get one from you just as a thankyou because of how much I've leaned from you and how much you've shaped my understanding of this stuff (I've been listening to your content from dusk till dawn since Saturday getting my place set up for selling stuff on eBay; it's inspiring to hear you talking about the business philosophy part of it all too.) Also, depending on how things progress I'm thinking of getting a third standard pro to put your pickups in...?...it depends on whether I still want to keep the stock characteristics of one of the two standard Pro's once I'm done with all of the experimentation...I can see one of them having Gibson P-90's permanently fitted but depends on how the standard pro actually sounds in comparison? Also need to try the pickups before the bridge upgrade so that it's more of a like for like comparison, or...just get a third Standard Pro to use to compare. I was thinking of fitting a Pigtail, but as much as possible I'd like it to have the characteristics of the custom shop bridge, at least as it sounds in Kris' video. But yeah, I would love to have a Gibson Les Paul at some point (I have a short-scale Gibson Bass) but I just want to have fun with these Standard Pros for a while. Also, I have cubital tunnel syndrome in my left hand at the moment and have numbness and loss of strength that might be nerve damage, so, I'm taking things a step at a time. It should heal - hopefully - as it wasn't left too long, but nerve damage with CTS does take a long time to recover from. I got it from excessive video game playing (I have a tendency to play compulsively because I have a life-long form of depression) but now that I have (hopefully only temporarily) partial loss of the use of my left hand, I'm selling twenty years of stockpiled video gaming gear and going back to guitar: even if I never get full use of my hand back I can still play in a way I enjoy, but just in a bit of a more limited way...?...so, it's still worth doing. I must admit, I'm pretty single minded about it all, as there's a particular sound I love (certain bands from 1969-1974, European heavy-rock/early prog, before prog became its own style) and just want to get as close to that as possible, so, really not much exploration or meditation involved...it's more or less all just research. I'm going to pick up an Orange Rocker 15 Terror for the 1 & 0.5 watt functionality, and a 1x12 Orange cab, for playing in a flat (over here in the U.K. we call apartments flats). Luckily the Orange amp sound was the sound I wanted from the outset: I'm modelling my gear on the stuff Peter Hesslein used for the first, self-titled, Lucifer's Friend album. But anyway, I guess it's not really a question you could answer unless you'd seen the video, so not sure that there's too much point in Superchating you with it, but I'll see if I can figure out how to superchat you to ask about the Gibson custom shop bridge material.
Great video! Tip: When desoldering the pickups (especially the ground wire) add some new solder during the heating. It mixes with the old solder so you’ll need less heat to loosen the wires.
Proud owner of a DTT tele wiring kit here!
I'm not sure when you hit 100k, but congratulations on the milestone. I'm right behind you!!
thanks chris
Bring on the telecasters! Hell yeah!❤ Thanks Dylan!
Cheers, really simple and strait forward.
I bought a Tele neck pick up from Dylan. It sounds wonderful!
Sweet! Love the How to videos! This is the first channel I search out, when I need to know how to mod a guitar.
Enjoy your videos! 👍
Great vid Dylan
Thank you, Dylan!
great vid
Very informative and useful. How do you set the pickup height after you get everything put back together?
very cool thx😊 have the same tele ...like the stock pu's but i'm curious about your pickups. how to change strat pu's would be nice😉
Sound comparison? I have the same tele
I need to know how to first-time body mount a neck pickup in a HB route with no pilot holes for a SC and put it in the correct spot. TIA
??? Question:
(This turned into a long one, but you said you liked hearing from people...?...so, I guess it's okay?)
I trust what you say about A-B comparisons but was wondering what your take would be on Kris Barocsi's video...
"GUITAR MYTH BUSTING Expensive Gibson Bridges Sound Any Different?"
...it seems to demonstrate real audible differences in quality of tone, even over RUclips?
Do you think the video and Kris' method can be trusted? In other words: do you think the video can be trusted?
While it might not be 1 to 1 for what you'd hear if you were in the same room, it really does seem to demonstrate, at least to my ear, differing characteristics between the bridge types:
The Gibson custom shop bridge with the brass saddles, sounds like it gives a richer tone than the Gibson aftermarket bridge, combined with a note decay that I personally find vey satisfying.
The 100% brass bell bridge has, at least for my tastes, just way too much sustain and a bright resonance that becomes quite piercing?
I was wondering what your take would be on the video, and whether you might be able to tell me what material the Gibson custom shop bridge is made from? Is it the same as the Gibson aftermarket bridge, only with brass saddles?
I have two Epiphone, 2016, '56 Les Paul Standard Pro's with P-90' Pro pickups. One in black and one in red. I want to keep one stock for comparison and the other I want to upgrade.
I love the way they feel and the way they look, and so I think they might be a worthwhile platform for upgrade. I'd like to fit one with an expensive bridge and try a variety of P-90's, including one of yours. If nothing else, I'd like to get one from you just as a thankyou because of how much I've leaned from you and how much you've shaped my understanding of this stuff (I've been listening to your content from dusk till dawn since Saturday getting my place set up for selling stuff on eBay; it's inspiring to hear you talking about the business philosophy part of it all too.)
Also, depending on how things progress I'm thinking of getting a third standard pro to put your pickups in...?...it depends on whether I still want to keep the stock characteristics of one of the two standard Pro's once I'm done with all of the experimentation...I can see one of them having Gibson P-90's permanently fitted but depends on how the standard pro actually sounds in comparison? Also need to try the pickups before the bridge upgrade so that it's more of a like for like comparison, or...just get a third Standard Pro to use to compare.
I was thinking of fitting a Pigtail, but as much as possible I'd like it to have the characteristics of the custom shop bridge, at least as it sounds in Kris' video.
But yeah, I would love to have a Gibson Les Paul at some point (I have a short-scale Gibson Bass) but I just want to have fun with these Standard Pros for a while.
Also, I have cubital tunnel syndrome in my left hand at the moment and have numbness and loss of strength that might be nerve damage, so, I'm taking things a step at a time. It should heal - hopefully - as it wasn't left too long, but nerve damage with CTS does take a long time to recover from.
I got it from excessive video game playing (I have a tendency to play compulsively because I have a life-long form of depression) but now that I have (hopefully only temporarily) partial loss of the use of my left hand, I'm selling twenty years of stockpiled video gaming gear and going back to guitar: even if I never get full use of my hand back I can still play in a way I enjoy, but just in a bit of a more limited way...?...so, it's still worth doing.
I must admit, I'm pretty single minded about it all, as there's a particular sound I love (certain bands from 1969-1974, European heavy-rock/early prog, before prog became its own style) and just want to get as close to that as possible, so, really not much exploration or meditation involved...it's more or less all just research.
I'm going to pick up an Orange Rocker 15 Terror for the 1 & 0.5 watt functionality, and a 1x12 Orange cab, for playing in a flat (over here in the U.K. we call apartments flats). Luckily the Orange amp sound was the sound I wanted from the outset: I'm modelling my gear on the stuff Peter Hesslein used for the first, self-titled, Lucifer's Friend album.
But anyway, I guess it's not really a question you could answer unless you'd seen the video, so not sure that there's too much point in Superchating you with it, but I'll see if I can figure out how to superchat you to ask about the Gibson custom shop bridge material.
With your hands?
you can apply solder with only your hands?
Great channel and very informative, but the number of ads is irritating.
That’s RUclips for ya. I have premium for that reason
@DylanTalksTone the content is still great. Thanks