Billbill
Power User
Hi all,
Here’s my Gibson LP, she’s nice looking and almost sounds dead. My CS’64 relic strat sounds way beefier and no LP on this earth should sound weaker than ….anything really lol. But we all know this already so here’s my issue:
I’ve owned many LPs over years and done many setups so this isn’t a case of operator error lol. So this LP has had the wiring harness swapped and it’s pickups too; pretty much all the electronics. The current pickups are these Sheptone BK PAF style pickups.
The issue is they sound dead. Completely weak-no balls. Sustain is absolutely horrific almost laughable no matter where the height is set. Currently the only way to play any lead that has near-acceptable sustain for it is by jacking the bridge pup almost touching strings when fretting at last fret literally almost .020!
Everything is in tact inside but the soldering could be cleaner. Pickups measured ok at 6.9k neck and 7.6k bridge. I’m suspecting either something wrong with the crappy harness that was installed or the pickups really are just that horrible . Anyone have experience with Sheptone BK PAFs? Thoughts and/or ideas appreciated. I think I might just buy a vintage style harness on eBay before changing pickups, who knows:
Here’s my Gibson LP, she’s nice looking and almost sounds dead. My CS’64 relic strat sounds way beefier and no LP on this earth should sound weaker than ….anything really lol. But we all know this already so here’s my issue:
I’ve owned many LPs over years and done many setups so this isn’t a case of operator error lol. So this LP has had the wiring harness swapped and it’s pickups too; pretty much all the electronics. The current pickups are these Sheptone BK PAF style pickups.
The issue is they sound dead. Completely weak-no balls. Sustain is absolutely horrific almost laughable no matter where the height is set. Currently the only way to play any lead that has near-acceptable sustain for it is by jacking the bridge pup almost touching strings when fretting at last fret literally almost .020!
Everything is in tact inside but the soldering could be cleaner. Pickups measured ok at 6.9k neck and 7.6k bridge. I’m suspecting either something wrong with the crappy harness that was installed or the pickups really are just that horrible . Anyone have experience with Sheptone BK PAFs? Thoughts and/or ideas appreciated. I think I might just buy a vintage style harness on eBay before changing pickups, who knows: