whats going to fit my les paul well?

[littleredguitars2]

those look pretty cool from what i saw. i'll have to check them out a bit more when i have a moment

[littleredguitars2]

by the way, i'm gonna grab 2 550k volume pots, and 1 of each of the jensen caps for the LP but which pots should i use for tone?

[Dave Sloven]

If you are going to install the Triple Shots, then you can go with regular CTS 500K tone pots or more Jensens.  If you want to have a phase reversal option or even a 'blower switch' (i.e., bypass) in addition to the coil tap and series/parallel options then you will need 500K push-pull or push-push pots to do that.

If you are not going with the Triple Shots you will definitely need a couple of push-push or push-pull pots to do the coil splits.  I'm not sure but it might be easier to do that on the volume pots (maybe someone here can say more?).  I haven't done a coil tap yet.

The other thing to check when ordering pots is the shaft length.  You should have a look at what's in there before ordering anything.  The difference between long and short shaft pots is obvious though once you pull one out.

[littleredguitars2]

its likely i just go with the normal wiring without the coil tapping etc so which would be the right tone pot? a couple 500k? i would just grab the standard shaft most likely

[Dave Sloven]

I'm pretty sure my guitar has four matching pots (CTS 500K audio taper), with oil-paper caps on the tone pots.  So I guess in your case following the same logic it would entail another couple of the 550K pots

[littleredguitars2]

so since i'm like 99% sold on the rebel yell, any thoughts on which neck pickup is for me? what can i expect from the rebel yell neck compared to something like, a vhII neck or something like that. what works well with the rebel yell is basically what i'm asking?

[Dr.Pain]

It's not BKP related but, Gibson 57 classic.  I got them in my Les Paul and they are wonderful.  57 classic in the neck and 57 classic plus in the bridge.  I have serial/parallel for both pick up's but I don't use it.  If I didn't have it, I wouldn't miss it at all.  I'm not sure if you've heard them or tried them but mine are in an Epiphone Les Paul Tribute Plus so if you can find one, try it.  The neck pick up is great for getting nice blues solo especially when you put the tone on 1 and put the tone on 7 it's nice and bright again.  It's really clear the tone has an impact.  I find myself often playing just with the tone knob experimenting.  The bridge has good out put.  I can play thrash metal on it but it's not really the best.  Not enough out put but it is fantastic for hard rock or classic metal.  It's the guitar I go to when I play AC/DC or Iron Maiden.  I really like these pick up's and to me they give me all the Les Paul tones that I hoped for.  Big and ballsy but smooth and creamy when needed.

[littleredguitars2]

yeah i really did consider the 57s for a while. i recently acquired an 86 es 335 from an older family member and i'm pretty certain it has 57s in it and to be honest, i didnt like it that much. maybe because its nearly 30 years old? i have no idea. i did hear some Super 57s in a new line of les pauls from Rob Chappers youtube channel that sounded great but they only come in those guitars right now, and they are only zebra style which i'm not a fan of unfortunately but the concept sounded nice. just a high output version of that classic gibson sound. oh well. i'm very likely to be getting the rebel yell and i hope i'll enjoy it. if not, i can always try something else. who knows.

[Dr.Pain]

BKP are very nice so I can't blame you for getting them.  If I didn't like the 57's so much I'd have BKP in mine.  Here's a clip I found just before I bought my LP.  MInes blue but the tone is great.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYXNqpvN6dk

[Dave Sloven]

People who like the Rebel Yell bridge tend to be very happy with the set.  The neck is a slightly modified version of the very popular Cold Sweat neck. Apparently it has a bit of VHII character as well.

[Telerocker]

If anyone would like to replace the 57's with a BKP-equivalent: go Mules and you'll never look back.  :)

[littleredguitars2]

i'll keep that in mind!

[littleredguitars2]

well i finally sold a few things and put in my order for a set of rebel yells for my LP. i hope they work well for me. now if i could only sell my fender tele to fund some new pickups for my strat!

[JimmyMoorby]

nailbomb

I would also have suggested the nailbomb or rebel yell.  Have you still got the nailbomb? Id recommend atleastgiving it a bash I know it didnt sound good in your thin strat but obviously theyre completely different beats.

The nailbomb definitely has the heavy bottom end, clarity, cleans and warm highs youre after they work extremely well in super strats which obviously have more weight to them than 'proper strats'.

[Telerocker]

nailbomb

I would also have suggested the nailbomb or rebel yell.  Have you still got the nailbomb? Id recommend atleastgiving it a bash I know it didnt sound good in your thin strat but obviously theyre completely different beats.

The nailbomb definitely has the heavy bottom end, clarity, cleans and warm highs youre after they work extremely well in super strats which obviously have more weight to them than 'proper strats'.

That depends on the used timbers.