Just ordered new Pickups for my Les Paul.......

[Voxshall]

so do you tell it..."your a pickup, your not a fridge magnet"....

[GrantB]

Apparently my Zhangbuckers ship this week. By the time they get here I may have nothing I want to put them in

[Zaulkin]

Apparently my Zhangbuckers ship this week. By the time they get here I may have nothing I want to put them in

It's okay, you've got 6 months or so to figure out those details while they get broken in.

[GrantB]

Apparently my Zhangbuckers ship this week. By the time they get here I may have nothing I want to put them in

It's okay, you've got 6 months or so to figure out those details while they get broken in.

Don't I need to play them for those 6 months to vibrate the...the...bits?

[Zaulkin]

Apparently my Zhangbuckers ship this week. By the time they get here I may have nothing I want to put them in

It's okay, you've got 6 months or so to figure out those details while they get broken in.

Don't I need to play them for those 6 months to vibrate the...the...bits?

Oh yeah. vibrate that zhang!

[Voxshall]

Apparently my Zhangbuckers ship this week. By the time they get here I may have nothing I want to put them in

Exciting mine were shipped from the U.S and arrived Priority mail very quickly. Let us know how they go.

[willow13]

Apparently my Zhangbuckers ship this week. By the time they get here I may have nothing I want to put them in

It's okay, you've got 6 months or so to figure out those details while they get broken in.

Don't I need to play them for those 6 months to vibrate the...the...bits?

stick um on the side of the washing machine while the missus is doing a load....that should be around 6 months worth of playing....Down side is it will slow down this

so do you tell it..."your a pickup, your not a fridge magnet"....

[Ironbird13]

[Voxshall]

I previously stated no one knows why these pickups and PAF's break in, but the other day I found this http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/pick...l-2-break.html the maker of the pickups Dave explains why he thinks they do it on page 3.

[slash-ed]

Hey man, so did you ever record the "after" tone clips? Also, the link doesn't work.

[GrantB]

Not sure about the OP, but I've had my Zhang's in for about 3 weeks or so...yikes, how to make you hear all your mistakes! These are CLEAR...I mean crystal clear. They ring out like a bell and have a very pleasing honk factor missing in the Classic 57's. I haven't put the covers on yet but might do, take a hair off the top end. And I'm using 300k on the bridge vol. I imagine they'd be bright without that.

[sizzlingbadger]

Have you ever tried Bill Lawrence L500 pickups ? they are apparently crystal clear and show up all your picking faults too. The reason I ask is I have a set and was thinking of giving them a go in my '91 LP Standard which currently has SD Slash sigs in it. I can't make my mind up about the Slash pups to be honest.

I guess I'll have to try them one day but I'm sick of swapping pups in and out at the moment.

[willow13]

Not sure about the OP, but I've had my Zhang's in for about 3 weeks or so...yikes, how to make you hear all your mistakes! These are CLEAR...I mean crystal clear. They ring out like a bell and have a very pleasing honk factor missing in the Classic 57's. I haven't put the covers on yet but might do, take a hair off the top end. And I'm using 300k on the bridge vol. I imagine they'd be bright without that.

so is this mystery changing of tone from minute to minute happened with yours grant??

[willow13]

Have you ever tried Bill Lawrence L500 pickups ? they are apparently crystal clear and show up all your picking faults too. The reason I ask is I have a set and was thinking of giving them a go in my '91 LP Standard which currently has SD Slash sigs in it. I can't make my mind up about the Slash pups to be honest.

I guess I'll have to try them one day but I'm sick of swapping pups in and out at the moment.

I have had a lot of the BL l500xl over the years and I haven't noticed them being much clearer than duncans. They are cleaner/clearer but it isn't night and day stuff. I have always looked at the as being somewhere between a JB and emg's

[sizzlingbadger]

Thanks for that, I may give them a go shortly.