Looking for advice on BKP's for my Gibson Les Paul

[Philly Q]

And sometimes I remember the wrong stuff as if it was right...  There's the search engine, but it often returns just too many hits.

NOOOO!

The search function is our friend. I would prefer an advanced search, but while I'm at it let's move the whole forum into vBulletin and update the site, too, while I'm dreaming!!

The search function is indeed my friend... but not, perhaps, my best friend.  You know what it's like, you put in "Emerald Neck" and it finds every thread talking about the Emerald bridge and every-other-Neck-model-except-the-bloody-Emerald.  And maybe one that actually refers to the Emerald Neck.  

But these things are sent to try us.

Not a bad system.

However, I prefer the just-go-to-Phil-King's-house-and-try-some-of-his-guitars-because-
he-has-every-bloody-BKP-anyway method lol

Easy for you!  However, until they perfect the instant teleporter I shall have to resort to trial and error.    :(

[TwilightOdyssey]

I've been thinking of getting an AV Emerald / AIV Mule combo for ages, but it just occurred to me that the Abraxas neck might (or might not!) be a better match output-wise.

Of course it would be fine

Think about the Rebel Yells;
- neck pickup: 8,3k
                                         - bridge pickup 14,45k
                                           ----------------------------
                                                       
                                    even they balance fine output-wise

And many other combos matching higher output bridge with lower output neck pups have been used with great success.

[Philly Q]

I've been thinking of getting an AV Emerald / AIV Mule combo for ages, but it just occurred to me that the Abraxas neck might (or might not!) be a better match output-wise.

Of course it would be fine

Think about the Rebel Yells;
- neck pickup: 8,3k
                                         - bridge pickup 14,45k
                                           ----------------------------
                                                       
                                    even they balance fine output-wise

And many other combos matching higher output bridge with lower output neck pups have been used with great success.

Indeed.  Like the Crawlers (7.6K, 15.5K or thereabouts).

So I guess I could go either Mule or Abraxas (or... whatever).  I'll probably get a set of Mules in the near(ish) future anyway, so when I eventually get an Emerald bridge I'll go with whatever neck pickup I've decided I like best (maybe even an Emerald neck   , but I do like the combination of AV bridge and AIV neck).

[Yamhammer]

And many other combos matching higher output bridge with lower output neck pups have been used with great success.

Yeah, that's really true. To me it even sounds 'better' when using a low output neck pickup together with a (medium) higher output bridge pickup...

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From my experience the neck pickup is always the one that dominates in terms of volume (being warmer and bigger), so it's always a good thing having a bridge pickup with higher output for better volume balance between the two pickups.

A higher output bridge pickup has more volume than a lower output bridge pickup in most cases. All the volume and balance problems I had with my pickups were over when I started using bridge pickups with medium/high output instead of low/medium output. They just seem to have more volume to them and they don't get lost by the bigger range from the neck pickup.

[carlaz]

Whats wrong with your memories?!

It's ....
Ah, wait, no ....
I forget!  8)

[Yamhammer]

Indeed.  Like the Crawlers (7.6K, 15.5K or thereabouts).

So I guess I could go either Mule or Abraxas (or... whatever).  I'll probably get a set of Mules in the near(ish) future anyway, so when I eventually get an Emerald bridge I'll go with whatever neck pickup I've decided I like best (maybe even an Emerald neck   , but I do like the combination of AV bridge and AIV neck).

I think an AIV Mule would be awesome together with an AV Emerald!

[carlaz]

maybe even an Emerald neck  

Radical! Has anyone -- even PhilKing -- got an Emerald neck!? :)

[Philly Q]

Radical! Has anyone -- even PhilKing -- got an Emerald neck!? :)

There's a guy called Chris O'Donnell with a set of Emeralds, he posted a great clip called (I think) Pansy Potter - which may or may not still be on the forum.

And sgmypod has a set too.

(I didn't need to consult my notes to remember those.   )

[carlaz]

Oh, right -- I'm sure I remember listening to "Pansy Potter", back in the day!

[Scotty477]

My guitar is due back from the store on Wednesday.

I'll work on getting an Emerald neck clip up, as soon as I can figure out the best way to do it.

[il˙ti]

Excellent! Waiting in anxiety. The Emerald clips I did hear were definitely great (sgmypod had some good ones) but I couldn't really get a clear picture of what it sounded like.

Just an idea, how do you reckon a "double Lizzy" with CS bridge and Emmy neck would work? Some say the Emerald isn't very tight sounding, which the CS certainly is (got a good idea of what this pickup sounds like from Twilight's clips) so it might actually be a great combo I think.

[TwilightOdyssey]

There's a guy called Chris O'Donnell with a set of Emeralds, he posted a great clip called (I think) Pansy Potter - which may or may not still be on the forum.

It should be -- the only BK clips that were removed were those specifically requested by the poster to Ol to have them taken off.