New guitar: Yamaha SG2000

[everton_fc]

I had a '76 SG 1500 which is similar to the SG 2000 except the it doesnt have nice inlays & binding, and coil-tap options on the pups. I swapped out the original pups for Mules as soon as I could and they stayed in the guitar for about 8 months. But it just wasnt right.

I then put the originals back in and WHAM! The guitar came back to life. As much as I respect BKP (been through a few sets of BKP pups) and other pup manufacturers, IMHO, a lot has to be said for the expression "If it aint broke, don't fix it".

Personally, the pups in the SG1500 I had were really, really good and that guitar absolutely rocked. Bloody heavy mind, and the first thing I did was invest in decent strap locks...

[Ratrod]

I think Ratrod has Crawlers on his Yamaha SG - I reckon they'd sound really good, and they'd offset some of the extra brightness from the maple/mahogany through-neck.

RYs would be too bright (IMO, of course).

Crawlers are great in these. They will round off the brightness. They give the guitar a very fat and compressed tone. Mules are very nice for these too. BKP's closest to the original pickup's sound would be Abraxas V's

[PhilKing]

Ratrod beat me to it, I was going to suggest Abraxas's too.  They work very well in neck through guitars and sound great with a lot of gain.  I have AIV magnets in mine in my Hamer, AV would make them drive a bit more, but would also make them a bit brighter.  I think Tim was originally thinking that the AV version would be for SG's.

[Scotty477]

I did consider Abraxas but I really haven't heard enough of them to take the plunge.

I'm still at the stage of getting to know the guitar right now. Whist the bridge pup feels a little bright, I will give myself time to get used to it. It may just be that I'm comparing it directly with the Emerald bridge in my Les Paul - which I love.