Good call, Jack. I think that’s where a lot of young guitar players fall down. They don’t know where they’re supposed to sit sonically. If you listen to slash or Bonamassa without the band, they’re kind of mid rangy, but with the band, it sounds great.
I use 57 classics in mine and for me they are the best. I do not do rock but just focus on pop and jazz and some 60’s rock so those fit the bill perfectly. I also use those pick ups in my two SG’s and they sound like my Les Paul which has the same pickups.
Thanks Jack, the new pickups sound great. I love the "two drink minimum" comment. I've seen my guitar repair guy cringe when I bring him in a hollow body with no back plate to work on.
They sound great! There's a lovely acoustic quality coming thru and a sense that the harmonics have a chance to sparkle on clean notes if you hold them a bit to ring out.
I put post 2013 Epiphone Alnico Classic Pros in my Chibson Lucille, swapped in sand cast alnico 2 magnets, the A5 were too shrill and too unbalanced frequency way. 7.5K and 7.7K, equally wound bobbins, the A2s made all the difference
Serious question: How do you find time to play and make content while raising 7 kids? It must be really challenging time-wise. I only have two and even they seem like a lot lol.
I struggled with my Les Paul for quite some time. It just didn't sound right. Too muddy, not enough articulation... I was even thinking of selling it. But then I spent some time really fine tweaking the EQ on the amp and pedals. Eventually I got the sound to where I really wanted it. So, take your time with the guitar and EQ adjusting. Lots can be done.
Man, If you have to work really hard to get a guitar to sound good, then it's not always worth it. I've done this with Lee Paul type guitars as they all sound muddy, then recently I picked up a guitar that diddnt, and thought... OK, I'm done with them. People say its in the pickups, but nope, to get a bright les paul you need pots to be WAY above 500k, vintage les pauls pots getworn away and can measure 800k, all this fuss about pickups, and people ignore the KEY thing that makes vintage guitars sounds great, worn pots, with high values.
@@mikethebloodthirsty, yeah I really like Fender style guitars (Tele, Strat) because it is plug and play and you easily get a good sound. On Gibsons with standard 300k pots you really need a brighter amp to sound good. But still, point of my comment was, that with some fine tweaking, you can still find a sweet spot even with a more mellow, complex, heavier sounding guitar, like LP for example.
It's worth the extra to get the Inspired by Gibson Customshop. These have the Gibson Custombuckers, which is probably the best pickup made by Gibson in the past 60 years. The stock pickups in the Inspired by Gibson are Epiphones, and they are really what holds this guitar back IMO. You could still get the Inspired by Gibson model and upgrade to Custombuckers or some other premium PAF reproduction, such as ThroBak 101's, Lollar Imperial low winds or probably the ones presented in this video. All of these pickups cost near or more than the price of an Epi Inspired by Gibson guitar for a set, but they are also responsible for almost all of the tonal difference between it and an £10k Murphy Lab Gibson. I personally find, the Epi pickups in this guitar cut through the mix effortlessly. On their own, they sound ok, but not great. If your goal is cut through the mix in a club gig, they are every bit good enough. If you want to record or play clean tones in, say, a jazz or singer songwriter group, upgrading to a really great pickup would pay off.
Hi Jack! I want to switch to paf style pickups or unpotted humbeckers for my sg. And i wanted yo know, have you ever had feedback issues in live situations with this kind of pickups? Any recommendations for not so expensive pickups?
I put a set of Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers (which are unpotted) and 50’s wiring in my Gibson SG Tribute I bought new earlier this year and it absolutely sings. I have Seth Lovers in a Hagstrom semi-hollow, too. They are fantastic pickups and are reasonably priced. I have a set of Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates in my SG Standard and they sound great as well. You might also want to check out the Mojotone ‘59 Clones (regular or low wind) as well. I have a set of them in a Gibson Les Paul Tribute with 50’s wiring and they sound great. I think the Seth Lovers and ‘59 Clones are so similar you can’t go wrong with either. If the budget is a little tighter, then I can’t recommend Tonerider pickups highly enough. They are incredible and priced very affordably. My favorite is their Alnico IV Classics, followed closely by their Alnico II Classics. I’ve even seen some people use a IV in the neck and a II in the bridge, or vice versa. Hope that helps you out. Good luck!
@@JohnShalamskas correct, baby steps up to that desired frequency response would be a wise decision. 1 meg could be way brighter than needed considering people are winding pickups brighter to compensate for lack luster potentiometers. I would say 650-750 would be the better option. YMMV
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Good call, Jack. I think that’s where a lot of young guitar players fall down. They don’t know where they’re supposed to sit sonically. If you listen to slash or Bonamassa without the band, they’re kind of mid rangy, but with the band, it sounds great.
Mine has 57 Classics in it and they have phenomenal punch. Love them.
They do sound great.
I use 57 classics in mine and for me they are the best. I do not do rock but just focus on pop and jazz and some 60’s rock so those fit the bill perfectly. I also use those pick ups in my two SG’s and they sound like my Les Paul which has the same pickups.
She's a beauty
Man, those pickups have quite the peak in the midrange.
Wow, this guitar for sure soumds great. Impressed. Stuggeling myself with finding the right pu’s for my 335
Thanks Jack, the new pickups sound great. I love the "two drink minimum" comment. I've seen my guitar repair guy cringe when I bring him in a hollow body with no back plate to work on.
These sound like warm single coils!
Congratulations on the smooth install. No small feat! One day I’ll tackle my Epiphone
They sound great! There's a lovely acoustic quality coming thru and a sense that the harmonics have a chance to sparkle on clean notes if you hold them a bit to ring out.
What a great video have a great day Jack and also happy first week of fall ❤😊🎸🍂🏴🇬🇧🇺🇸🇨🇦
Interesting video as I'm currently considering a 335, thanks Jack!
I put post 2013 Epiphone Alnico Classic Pros in my Chibson Lucille, swapped in sand cast alnico 2 magnets, the A5 were too shrill and too unbalanced frequency way. 7.5K and 7.7K, equally wound bobbins, the A2s made all the difference
Serious question: How do you find time to play and make content while raising 7 kids? It must be really challenging time-wise. I only have two and even they seem like a lot lol.
I actually don’t - I died of stress 3 months ago. This is all AI.
I struggled with my Les Paul for quite some time. It just didn't sound right. Too muddy, not enough articulation... I was even thinking of selling it. But then I spent some time really fine tweaking the EQ on the amp and pedals. Eventually I got the sound to where I really wanted it.
So, take your time with the guitar and EQ adjusting. Lots can be done.
Man, If you have to work really hard to get a guitar to sound good, then it's not always worth it. I've done this with Lee Paul type guitars as they all sound muddy, then recently I picked up a guitar that diddnt, and thought... OK, I'm done with them. People say its in the pickups, but nope, to get a bright les paul you need pots to be WAY above 500k, vintage les pauls pots getworn away and can measure 800k, all this fuss about pickups, and people ignore the KEY thing that makes vintage guitars sounds great, worn pots, with high values.
@@mikethebloodthirsty, yeah I really like Fender style guitars (Tele, Strat) because it is plug and play and you easily get a good sound.
On Gibsons with standard 300k pots you really need a brighter amp to sound good. But still, point of my comment was, that with some fine tweaking, you can still find a sweet spot even with a more mellow, complex, heavier sounding guitar, like LP for example.
Hi Jack, may I ask what year and model are your ES-335? It looks and sounds amazing!
Jack, what do you think of the sound of the humbuckers in the Epiphone 335?
Do you mean the stock pickups or thinking of these RAFs in that guitar?
@@JackFossettThe Stock pick ups in the Inspired by Gibson Epiphone.
It's worth the extra to get the Inspired by Gibson Customshop. These have the Gibson Custombuckers, which is probably the best pickup made by Gibson in the past 60 years. The stock pickups in the Inspired by Gibson are Epiphones, and they are really what holds this guitar back IMO. You could still get the Inspired by Gibson model and upgrade to Custombuckers or some other premium PAF reproduction, such as ThroBak 101's, Lollar Imperial low winds or probably the ones presented in this video. All of these pickups cost near or more than the price of an Epi Inspired by Gibson guitar for a set, but they are also responsible for almost all of the tonal difference between it and an £10k Murphy Lab Gibson. I personally find, the Epi pickups in this guitar cut through the mix effortlessly. On their own, they sound ok, but not great. If your goal is cut through the mix in a club gig, they are every bit good enough. If you want to record or play clean tones in, say, a jazz or singer songwriter group, upgrading to a really great pickup would pay off.
Hi Jack! I want to switch to paf style pickups or unpotted humbeckers for my sg. And i wanted yo know, have you ever had feedback issues in live situations with this kind of pickups? Any recommendations for not so expensive pickups?
I put a set of Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers (which are unpotted) and 50’s wiring in my Gibson SG Tribute I bought new earlier this year and it absolutely sings. I have Seth Lovers in a Hagstrom semi-hollow, too. They are fantastic pickups and are reasonably priced. I have a set of Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates in my SG Standard and they sound great as well. You might also want to check out the Mojotone ‘59 Clones (regular or low wind) as well. I have a set of them in a Gibson Les Paul Tribute with 50’s wiring and they sound great. I think the Seth Lovers and ‘59 Clones are so similar you can’t go wrong with either. If the budget is a little tighter, then I can’t recommend Tonerider pickups highly enough. They are incredible and priced very affordably. My favorite is their Alnico IV Classics, followed closely by their Alnico II Classics. I’ve even seen some people use a IV in the neck and a II in the bridge, or vice versa. Hope that helps you out. Good luck!
wht the heck happened to your grill cloth? it looks like yo took a weed wacker to it.
You should see the other amp
I've always thought that the 335 is a Les Paul with hollow wings on the sides. Do you agree?
550 ohm potentiometers could have fixed the high end issue.
Already had them in
@@JackFossett you measured them at that?
I think you meant 550k ohms. Going from 450k to 550k isn't that big of a change, about 20%. Going to 1M would be much more noticeable.
@@JohnShalamskas correct, baby steps up to that desired frequency response would be a wise decision. 1 meg could be way brighter than needed considering people are winding pickups brighter to compensate for lack luster potentiometers. I would say 650-750 would be the better option. YMMV
Maybe these pickups sound good in a band mix…but otherwise nope. I’ll keep my Gibson pups and use my EQ pedal.
It’s all about preference.
@@csharp57 obviously
owch pricy pickups
A guitar at that price needs pickups… 🤪
No thanks..
8 minutes into a 12 minute video before we hear the guitar. You talk way too much dude
The playing starts at 0:06 - sorry you missed it! I made sure to put it right at the beginning so it would be painfully obvious. 🤷♂️
Sorry for the jerks on your site Jack. Keep up the great reviews and talk it’s really appreciated by so many
Some of us enjoy it as is. You're the minority here.
Cry more. Wahhh!
What a weenie😂😂😂
Start from 0 - it often helps. You can use the advice in many aspects of life.