4/1/2024 0 Comments Samick guitar les paulThis opened up the high end and even the stock bridge pickup was quite useable. I started by removing the plated brass covers from the pickups. It’s not finished yet, but here’s where it’s up to. This seemed like a good project to learn about these things. The work I’ve done on Fender types has taught me how pickups and bridges can shape the sound, but I knew very little about humbuckers and tuneomatic bridges. The guitar is nicely made, with good “bones”. I quite liked the new neck pickup but the stock bridge pickup was on the dull side and overwound for my tastes.Ī couple of months later he bought a Strat and offered the AV3 to me at a price that was hard to resist, and … well resistance is futile -) I liked how it felt and played, and the shorter Gibson scale was a nice change after years playing mostly Teles and Strats. I helped a lefty friend replace the neck pickup in his Greg Bennett AV3 and the guitar stayed with me for a week or two, so I played it of course. I promised a forum member I’d post about this project, so here we go …
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