I want Bareknuckles! But which set...?

[JEFF MAKOR]

alright, thanks to all of you who've responded so far!

the thing is, i really like the tones i hear from Peter Green on the album/songs i have - it feels like i really get a cloose sound to that already though O_o
I have a question though: Peter's tone sounds really really thin in comparison to Claptons Beano LP sound, Kossofs Fire and Water album sound, jimmy page's "Good Times Bad Times" and even Bloomfields sound on "paul butterfield blues band" (album) - why is that? is that just the recording (as I suspect it is in the case of jimmy page), but afaik, since all recordings were made around the same time, that all albums used the "primitive" recording techniques they had back then, right? what other reason is there for this?


oh, and the booster/low output pickup theory sounds interesting - any more info on that? i believed that most of these guys used '59 LPs, which would then equal a mule pickup set, no?

anyway, as a few people said, i did at first want to get a more single coil tone out of my LP (that was when i was crazy about jimi and the chili peppers), but Ive come to like the really typical, woody LP sound.

cheers, and thanks for the warm welcome!

[Prawnik]

Regardless of the pickups you install, one thing you can do if you don't like your treble to drop off when you turn down the volume on a Les Paul is to modify your guitar for so-called* "1950's style" wiring.

All that is required is to re-solder one wire, so it is not exactly rocket science and you can change it back if you don't like it. Look it up.

* vintage guitar geeks like myself will be quick to point out that the term "1950's wiring" is a misnomer. Lots of 1950's Les Pauls left the factory with "modern" wiring the same as Les Pauls have today. Some even had "1950's wiring" on one pickup and "modern" on the other. It seems to depend on who was manning the soldering station that day.

Gibson has always had QC quirks, even in Elder Days.