Hi,
A while back I swapped out the pickups in a new Gibson Les Paul Class 5. I put new Fralins in it - very very sweet. (I am putting WCR's in it this coming weekend though - I got them recommended off of here and checked out WCR Fillmores and Crossroads. I placed an order today. I'll let you know how they sound...). I had heard from someone on the Gibson Custom Shop forum that this guitar came with Burstbuckers, but I never checked them, I just threw the old pups in a box and put it away.
I was playing with the idea of putting them (the pups that I thought were Burstbuckers) in my 2004 ES-335TD. The 335 had factory pups and it sounded kind of bland. I just unpacked the box and to my surprise the pups I stored that I thought were Burstbuckers have decals that say "Patent Applied For. They have covers soldered on - can't see any other markings and don't want to remove the covers.
I know these are very new pickups, I am not calling the Antiques Roadshow or anything, but what are they? Did Gibson mark their Buirstbuckers as PAF? Anybody have any idea?
Also - if I need to lengthen the leads to put it into the 335, can I simply solder on a new length of wire using soime heat shrink tubing as an insulator? It should stay pretty clean from a noise perspective no?
Thanks
Joe
A while back I swapped out the pickups in a new Gibson Les Paul Class 5. I put new Fralins in it - very very sweet. (I am putting WCR's in it this coming weekend though - I got them recommended off of here and checked out WCR Fillmores and Crossroads. I placed an order today. I'll let you know how they sound...). I had heard from someone on the Gibson Custom Shop forum that this guitar came with Burstbuckers, but I never checked them, I just threw the old pups in a box and put it away.
I was playing with the idea of putting them (the pups that I thought were Burstbuckers) in my 2004 ES-335TD. The 335 had factory pups and it sounded kind of bland. I just unpacked the box and to my surprise the pups I stored that I thought were Burstbuckers have decals that say "Patent Applied For. They have covers soldered on - can't see any other markings and don't want to remove the covers.
I know these are very new pickups, I am not calling the Antiques Roadshow or anything, but what are they? Did Gibson mark their Buirstbuckers as PAF? Anybody have any idea?
Also - if I need to lengthen the leads to put it into the 335, can I simply solder on a new length of wire using soime heat shrink tubing as an insulator? It should stay pretty clean from a noise perspective no?
Thanks
Joe