Pearly Gates Bridge Pickup Height

The measure string to top of pickup.

Pearly gates bridge pickup height.

My friend has a special edition telecaster fmt hh with a pearly gates plus in the bridge. While this combination might not be the most common particularly the higher output jb jr. Whats the rule of thumb when setting height. There s only ever going to be one pearly gates the legendary 59 les paul made immortal by zz top s billy gibbons.

A short demo of seymour duncan pearly gates pickup set in my 2002 gibson les paul classic. Hand built in our santa barbara ca factory the pearly gates vintage output humbucker pickups use an alnico 2 bar magnet nickel silver bottom plate 4 conductor lead wire for multiple wiring options and are vacuum wax potted for squeal free performance. Hey everyone just installed the set in my lester. He s having trouble cleaning it up it appears too hot for the tones he s trying to get.

Thanks to the seymour duncan company for sending me this set to demo. In other forums it s been suggested he might try a 250k pot for example. The website says 3 32. Should the adjustment be done with the amps set clean.

At 11 4k in the bridge and 9 8k in the neck middle these are the perfect pickups for true grit. In the middle paired with the more moderate output little 59 in the neck and a more moderate output pearly gates trembucker in the bridge this can be a great pickup blend especially if you like playing lead lines on the middle pickup. I found the stock neck pickup too muddy for my taste. But the wizards at seymour duncan have cloned the pickups.

Finally swapped out my stock gibson les paul standard 2013 burstbuckers pro for sd pearly gates. Devised to deliver alnico tone in a small package the pearly gates for strat has two slightly overwound coils hugging an alnico ii magnet for raunchy hard rock and blues. The pearly gates bridge is available in both standard humbucker and trembucker spacing. Can anyone recommend the optimal pickup height for that pickup or have any other setup tips he might try.