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  1. DHart

    ProBuckers... WOW. I never really gave them much of a chance, before.

    I'd say what your buddy did (replacing Gibson pickups, in a Gibson, with Epiphone pickups) is probably a very rare change. Most people would probably consider that to be a cheap downgrade, to a Gibson, even if it isn't really a downgrade in tone, to the player's ears.
  2. DHart

    ProBuckers... WOW. I never really gave them much of a chance, before.

    We do, indeed!
  3. DHart

    LP Info pls...

    Most of the time, when I buy whole, NEW guitars, I buy guitars that are still in the original factory sealed box.. I tend to shy away from demo models hanging on the wall. And even with new in the box... I don't give a damn about the flu-fru papers/stickers. If buying off the wall, from a...
  4. DHart

    LP Info pls...

    You may find a bit of a different tonal response from changing to Gibson pickups - some (Classic '57s) will be warmer/less sparkly bright, some (Burstbucker Pros) perhaps plenty sparkly bright, others (490s) perhaps uninspiring. Different tonal response doesn't necessarily mean "better". Just...
  5. DHart

    LP Info pls...

    Finding the neck Gibson Classic '57 pickup a bit too warm for my liking, I replaced the magnet with an A5 magnet and the pickup totally came to life, rich and much more sparkly bright. Other easy mods to increase tonal range: 1) replace the volume pot on the neck pickups with a higher...
  6. DHart

    What did you do to your Epiphone today?

    I certainly have no idea of the reason. I will say that I find the dark (like deep wine red) much more appealing.
  7. DHart

    Cort guitars

    I never see Cort-branded guitars here in the US. Are they much more widely played in other countries? (Of course we do see plenty of "big name" guitar company models (made by Cort, Cor-Tek) selling here (PRS, Ibanez, Squier, G&L).
  8. DHart

    What did you do to your Epiphone today?

    That sweet little Tele HH Blacktop... sounds so amazing with the Gibson Classic '57s in it. I just can't stash it away! :naughty:
  9. DHart

    What did you do to your Epiphone today?

    I've really enjoyed using the Grover Ultra Rotomatic Imperial tuners on my D'Angelico Excel EX-SS. So much so that I bought a couple of sets of just the buttons (not the tuners) and installed them on the locking Grover Rotomatic tuners that came on my Les Paul Moderns. The wider buttons enable...
  10. DHart

    ProBuckers... WOW. I never really gave them much of a chance, before.

    Yes, with those four pots (and the coil-split feature) you can obtain quite a wide variety of tones. One could say that would be the only guitar that anyone would really "need". :naughty: Haha... of course, as we know... having multiple guitars - each set-up in different ways is fun and...
  11. DHart

    EpiPorn!

    My take on "Epi porn" Epiphone guitars have proven themselves to me, a long-standing USA-only guitar person. Gibson has directed their Epiphone division to produce excellent quality instruments! Epiphone is now Gibson's "cash cow" division.
  12. DHart

    ProBuckers... WOW. I never really gave them much of a chance, before.

    I agree. I would not go out of my way to buy Epiphone branded pickups, even though I've found the ProBuckers to be quite nice pickups. (If super low budget was a requirement, buying a take-off set of ProBuckers, from a fellow member would be the way to go.) If I'm going to purchase pickups...
  13. DHart

    ProBuckers... WOW. I never really gave them much of a chance, before.

    Each guitar definitely has a tone signature. Some guitar bodies are wonderfully bright and others are just inherently dark. I have a Gibson Les Paul Traditional that remains a little bit dark even with a bump up to sparkly, non-wax-potted pickups. With that guitar, to achieve more high-end...
  14. DHart

    ProBuckers... WOW. I never really gave them much of a chance, before.

    Simply speaking from my own experience... it is important to MY sound that a neck pickup be transparent, clean, clear, detailed, articulate, and a bit sparkly - offering a wide tonal spectrum of tone, not dark nor muffled sounding. With a tonally-rich, sparkly bright pickup, one can always roll...
  15. DHart

    ProBuckers... WOW. I never really gave them much of a chance, before.

    Not sure why, but the Gibson 490s I had in one of my Gibson Les Pauls never really "clicked" with me. I do like Classic '57s and BurstBuckers are good, too.
  16. DHart

    ProBuckers... WOW. I never really gave them much of a chance, before.

    It starts with a high quality camera and then good editing skills in post-processing. (I'm a retired commercial photographer - which gives me some benefit in imaging work.)
  17. DHart

    What did you do to your Epiphone today?

    Sometimes we work in Imperial and sometimes we work in metric. It's ok.
  18. DHart

    ProBuckers... WOW. I never really gave them much of a chance, before.

    In all but one of my current 5 Epiphones, I've replaced the ProBucker (or AlNiCo Classic in my ES-339) pickups... thinking that USA-made pickups had to be better. Certainly different, in the case of Firebird, T-Armond, Wolfetone Dr. V pickups. On the one Epi (an ES-Les Paul) that still has the...
  19. DHart

    What did you do to your Epiphone today?

    That red Tele is a Fender Blacktop Tele in which I have a pair of Gibson Classic '57s. Neck pickup has an A5 magnet replacing the A2 for some added sparkle. Volume pot is 870k with a 250k No-Load tone pot. The guitar approaches single-coil clarity, sparkle, and detail. But hum-free. Really a...
  20. DHart

    What did you do to your Epiphone today?

    Today, I removed covers from Epiphone Probuckers in this ES-Les Paul. Wow... these really are great sounding pickups, especially with the covers removed! Fantastic instrument. The ES-Les Paul is 6.9 lbs. of sonic pleasure! It has it's own tone and personality - quite sparkly and bright. I...


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