CheapShoes Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Hi. I picked up a used Prophesy Les Paul a few months back. I guess it is version 2 (has two knobs, and the neck set further out at the 18th fret, instead of the 15th fret in v.1; and v.3 has four knobs and different pickups). hot and bright Gibson Dirty Fingers reissue pups in both positions. My observation is mostly about the pickups. I'm not a metal player, nor anything heavier than 70s rock really. However, I still like these pickups. Lately I've set them way down - the neck pickup is about 1mm below the guitar top, and pushing the string on the 24th fret, the bridge at 4.5mm below the strings. This setting gives a nice Alnico II like PAF tone. Like a Pearly Gates pickup. The neck is still a bit louder than the bridge, but great woman tone, and matches the bridge with traditional mids position tones. Higher "normal" pickup settings gives a very very hot and fat pickup. Cool but not a lot of use for me. Also these pull on the strings and will cause fret rattle set high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 Cool but not a lot of use for me. Also these pull on the strings and will cause fret rattle set high. Never heard of that before. My 25 / 50 has series 7 pickups - the "original" dirty fingers I suppose, but both pickups are set pretty as normal distance with a pretty low action. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemans335 Posted May 12, 2013 Share Posted May 12, 2013 If I had one of those, I'd take out the Dirty Fingers and put in a set of good PAF's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheapShoes Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 If I had one of those, I'd take out the Dirty Fingers and put in a set of good PAF's. Yes totally agreed, it will happen eventually. Cash baby. But yeah, it's gonna happen.... Keep my eyes open for deals - used no problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CheapShoes Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 Never heard of that before. My 25 / 50 has series 7 pickups - the "original" dirty fingers I suppose, but both pickups are set pretty as normal distance with a pretty low action. I was getting a lot of rattle which appeared to improve after lowering. After a little on-line research about pickup heights II found that was a reported issue with pups using strong magnets, Now my own anecdotal account isn't hard data, and only one data point but it does stand to reason. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluemans335 Posted May 13, 2013 Share Posted May 13, 2013 Yes totally agreed, it will happen eventually. Cash baby. But yeah, it's gonna happen.... Keep my eyes open for deals - used no problem. I get most of my PU's used on eBay, usually for around half price. Takes the sting out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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