Pinch Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 I'll try here. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Chasing your question all over this site... I have no experience with the Dirty Fingers but had an old Faded V with the 496/500 ceramics in them. Not my favorite, I think you nailed it with the tinny comment. I was leaning towards 57 Classics but sold the guitar off. Maybe 490R/T like the SG Standard has is what you're after? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01GT eibach Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 I have had 496R/500T pickups in a '79 SG Standard for decades now. They were recommended to me by the Guitar Tech from the Doobie Brothers who installed them for me, fwiw. Regardless, I was glad I listened to him These are great pickups. They take on gain very well, pulling out all of the rich harmonics. And they also do cleans very well too. They are rich and fat sounding pickups, and not "tinny" at all. As for Dirty Fingers, I am not a fan. Maybe it was the guitars that they were in when I played them, but they have never impressed me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 To my ears they didn't work out too well in a V. I spoke to a guy at Gibson repair and he said he had the same guitar (Faded V) and was thinking 57 Classics like I was. My current V has Burstbuckers of one sort or another which are okay. Not jaw dropping sound but it's not bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01GT eibach Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 To the OP: Let us know what you end up deciding, and how it goes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted December 19, 2020 Share Posted December 19, 2020 I stand corrected after adjusting the pick height a little bit. Check out a current V if you can, it sounds pretty good through a Marshall with a little messing around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pinch Posted December 23, 2020 Author Share Posted December 23, 2020 Will update whenever I get around to swapping pickups. Thanks for your help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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