Toopy14
Axe-Master
I was curious to know if anyone else finds that the neck pick-up on their Les Paul sounds muddy and if so, are there any other things you've tried that helped, besides replacing the pickups.
I have an 87 LPC, with 1980 T-Tops in it. When I first got it, I found both pickups sounded really muddy. I checked the pots and they were 300k pots, so I swapped them out for 550K CTS pots. That made a huge difference for the bridge pickup, but the neck pickup still sounds muddy. I've experimented with pickup height, pole height, etc., and it still sounds muddy. It's currently wired using the 50's style wiring configuration.
I've done quite a few searches on the Internet and it seems to be a fairly common issue. While I was searching, I came across this solution on the Seymour Duncan website and I was going to give it a shot...it's a simple mod. I have a .05 ceramic cap, which should be close enough.
https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/tips-and-tricks/mod-squad-muddy-sounding-neck-pickup
I have an 87 LPC, with 1980 T-Tops in it. When I first got it, I found both pickups sounded really muddy. I checked the pots and they were 300k pots, so I swapped them out for 550K CTS pots. That made a huge difference for the bridge pickup, but the neck pickup still sounds muddy. I've experimented with pickup height, pole height, etc., and it still sounds muddy. It's currently wired using the 50's style wiring configuration.
I've done quite a few searches on the Internet and it seems to be a fairly common issue. While I was searching, I came across this solution on the Seymour Duncan website and I was going to give it a shot...it's a simple mod. I have a .05 ceramic cap, which should be close enough.
https://www.seymourduncan.com/blog/tips-and-tricks/mod-squad-muddy-sounding-neck-pickup