Bare Knuckle Pickups Forum

Forum Ringside => Guitars, Amps and Effects => Topic started by: chris o'donnell on March 18, 2006, 04:50:46 PM

Title: gibson 335 users.
Post by: chris o'donnell on March 18, 2006, 04:50:46 PM

Can any Gibson 335 users give me their thoughts on the guitar, how they compare to Les Pauls, and what type of BKPs you have installed, if any.

I play Blues/ rock and own a Les Paul with Mule  and a stormy Monday neck. I also have a slowhand loaded strat for those clean blues moments.


Cheers

Chris.

PS. How do you change pickups in a 335. It's probably straight forward when you know how it's done.

Title: gibson 335 users.
Post by: PhilKing on March 18, 2006, 10:16:37 PM

I have a 335, it will have a Riff Raff bridge and Stormy Monday neck when I have chance to change the pickups.  It is not straightforward!  you need to take cotton or fishing line or if you have a tool to really tighten them, plastic ties.  Wheatever you use needs to be about 18" (450mm) long.  You tke off the knobs from each control and the switch, and then fasten the cotton or whatever around the stem of the control and then drop them inside the guitar.  It is a good idea to tie then all the strings together on the end avay from the controls, this way they can't go through the hole too (voice of experience!).  You then unsolder the pickup from the volume controls and fix like any other.

You pull the controls back and jiggle them to fit through the hole, fasten the nuts, and finally stop sweating and swearing!!

Sound wise, they sustain more than a solid guitar and have a great clean sound as well as an excellent rock sound.  They can feedback more easily too though.

You shouldn't put a high power pickup onto them.  You willl loose the 335 sound.  Any of the PAF types should be good, though I'm not sure of the Black Dog, as the 335 has a mice midrange anyway.

Title: gibson 335 users.
Post by: seancorker on March 18, 2006, 11:17:27 PM

If its any help I saw Rooster a while back Luke used a 335 with what Tim tells me are Abraxus. It was the best live sound I have ever heard. The clarity was unbelievable

Title: gibson 335 users.
Post by: chris o'donnell on March 19, 2006, 09:47:32 AM

thanks guys.

I think I know how it's done now, Phil. Care is needed.

With the pickups I have I could put in the following options and buy a replacment mule for my Les Paul if I put my current mule into a 335.

mule bridge stormy monday neck
Abraxas bridge riff raff neck
callibrated set of emeralds

Or any combination of the five types above.

Chris.

Title: gibson 335 users.
Post by: rahnooo on March 19, 2006, 11:08:20 AM

See I'm still sorely tempted by the idea of a 335 with Mississippi Queens.  mmm mmm mmm good :)

*Rahnooo*

Title: gibson 335 users.
Post by: Ratrod on March 19, 2006, 01:32:50 PM

A little tip: Tie a piece of string on the posts of the knobs so you can pull them back through their respective holes with relative ease.