Gibson LP Studio, help?

[Jackalicious]

I'll look into that. I did notice the Epi switch felt loose & cheaply made. I don't think it could handle the jimi hendrix & Tom morello style rapid switching lol. I'm starting to regret this entire project now that I'm having troubles. I pray to God it's not the pickups. I'm about to re solder the ground wire on the switch & see if that fixes it.

[Dave Sloven]

This is the Gotoh one, as used on ESPs etc.

http://luthierssupplies.com.au/product_info.php?cPath=141_63_306_744&products_id=1944

[Jackalicious]

I'll keep that in mind. Pretty cheap on eBay. I fixed the sound though. Upon closer inspection, the ground (black) wire connects on the opposite side of the red, white, & green wires on the Gibson switch. Problem is that the epi switch puts the green wire on that side & the ground goes between the red & white wires. When I swapped switches I just put the wires back how they looked on the Gibson. I swapped the green & black wires & the beautiful sound came out of my little practice amp. Silly mistake, lol.

[Dave Sloven]

Good to see that you got it working!  You are probably going to want to change that switch eventually though.  The problem is in the clips that form the contacts either side of that plastic thing in the switch.  They bend and the plastic block wears and eventually something fails.  In my case I ended up with a choice of both pickups or the bridge pickup.  No neck pickup by itself

[Jackalicious]

I am starting to worry about the juggs in my Les Paul. After messing with the stock pickups & getting them back in I feel like the sound is fine & it isn't worth risking if the juggs make it too muddy. I'm thinking to get that brutal metal sound I'll just get the juggs for my ESP & tune it to drop b. It's just such a hassle to deal with the Floyd Rose system. I can't get that thing to stay in tune to save my life. I know if I could though, it would be a beast with those pickups in it.

[Dave Sloven]

It's hard to go wrong with a Rebel Yell neck and A-Bomb bridge combo in a Les Paul.

If you are worried about the Juggs maybe think about that.  Would work out the same price or slightly less.

[Yellowjacket]

Jackalicious, try listening to your Les Paul unplugged and determine the sort of tone it has.  That will help you figure out what sort of pickup combo to use in it provided you wish to upgrade.  I had a great result with an Rebel Yell neck and an A-Bomb bridge.

The Juggerbridge has a pretty good chance of working although it will be dark.  The juggerneck is what I'd be concerned about. 

[Jackalicious]

I don't doubt that. Like I said, I'll put the juggernaut set into my ESP & that will work out great once I can nail the stupid Floyd Rose. May just get it tuned & keep the whammy bar off so it will stay tuned. As for my Les Paul, I think youre right. Now I hope I can get those 2 pickups with black covers with no holes to complete the look of the Gibson.

Also, I want to thank you guys for all of your help & opinions. For me to have just joined this forum & knowing nothing about BKP until recently, the response has been great. Very helpful members here & I'm not just saying that to fish for discounts lol. If not for this I would have just bought a jugg set & threw them into my LP & could have ended up with a bad sound since the majority of my playing is in the neck position on the LP.

[Dave Sloven]

On the Les Paul you might want to consider getting short legs for the neck and long legs for the bridge if not a matched set.  I wish I did that with my Cold Sweat neck, but I've got long legs all around and you loose a bit of the downward adjustment in the neck socket.  Also the neck pickup will be easier to fit to other guitars.  With Gibsons I would tend to still recommend long legs for the bridge, especially as BKPs tend to like being closer to the strings