Pickups make ALL the difference | Guitar Pickup Comparison | Tim Pierce |
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Here’s a new video where I deep dive on the replacement pickups in 5 guitars. I started out with 4 and then remembered Larry DiMarzio !!
The other 4 companies are small boutique builders. All the pickups in this video are great, and highly recommended.
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Troll much eddy st. ??? Dude is as legit as they come And a super humble genuine guy
@Edward st.antoine so Eddy whats your claim to fame ? What accomplishments are your claim to fame?We really want to know.
Tim's a great guy that has more knowledge and experience than almost anyone .Listen to what a real master has to say and you will learn. Talk shit and you come off poorly.
A mind is like a parachute it only works when its open.
@sfairraid 13 and what makes you a expert on what he meant , so I should get a grip ? So really let me guess your a 20 something that really hasnt done shit but your now an expert on the guy I replied to. Right
@sfairraid 13 Because you jumped to defend a comment you dont know the validity of, or the real intent .Your age speaks volumes about experience and knowledge. Which you seem to lack. How long have you played ? I've played for over 55 yrs , if your looking for a cause to defend there are better out there . Your juvenile SJW bs is at best tiresome. So get a grip ,go have a coke and a smile. Tim is a musician that few if any these days will come close to in experience and knowledge. Anyone that doubts that is a fool . Anyone that's defending that fool is ,well you . Oh thanks for the grammar lesson. I'll bet you haven't held a real job for 2 yrs based on what I've seen here. Right?
So I mean, this wasn’t an advertisement. It’s legitimately what happened for me. I guess I just come off as corny, but thanks for the encouragement?
Clean tone comparison:
3:26 Ron Ellis
10:03 Kinman
17:00 Tyson Tone
21:45 Monty
24:22 DiMarzio
Distorted tone comparison:
7:54 Ron Ellis
13:57 Kinman
19:03 Tyson Tone
22:08 Monty
24:44 DiMarzio
Thanks for that👍
Thanks 07 ! 🌻🌻🌻🌻
Kinman for the win
Has anybody checked out the price on Ron Ellis's humbucker pickups ? They cost twice as much as my first car. (?)
I love what you do, I love that you share, I love that you speak so down to earth and of course I like your playing and tone but that's for me just really the icing on the cake.
Just thank you for all your music and all your knowledge. Crazy that a small self-made musician like me here in Germany can learn from you over the internet
Great times we live in!
Yeah Man! Thank you for sharing! I'm enjoying your contributions to the Guitar World! May Peace Be With You!
More episodes like this please!!!! I always learn so much from comparison videos such as these! And whatever happened to the Pete and Tim Guitar Show????? Every now and then I re-watch the Eddie Kramer episode to have my mind blown all over again.
I just watched/listened to this video on my phone with no headphones and these pickups still sounded notably glorious. What amazing craftsmanship, thanks for the info like always Tim.
I love your channel and your insight on all things guitar related! Years ago one of my favorite articles in Guitar Player magazine was Tommy Tedesco’s Studio Log! I loved being able to experience the inner workings of the LA studio scene through Tommy’s words! You have taken that to a new level for me with UA-cam! I could write a book about what gentlemen like you and Tommy have done for my career but for now I will just say Thank You Sir!
Thank you very much Tim, that joyful laughing smile at the end when the Jimi thing rang out was a perfect conclusion
Tim, just dropped into your site by accident and was SO PLEASED to see that finally someone admits and broadcasts that the PICKUPS are key to the sound of an electric guitar! Wow! Sure, wood, nut, fingerboard, hollow or semi or solid all make a difference. But, this is an electric guitar and the holistic sound of the instrument is transmitted through the pickups. Thus, they are key to the sound you hear and the right pickups can give you the sound you want.
Well done, brother!
Wait, what? Your comment leaves me stymied. Did you mean to say that Tim excels at explaining WHICH pickups you might choose for your style of play?
Amazing!
You’re pleased someone finally said the pickups are key? Most guitar players say the same thing what are you talking about, Finally?
Such an awesome opening shot - you surrounded by stacks of electronics. Love it.
Thankyou thankyou thankyou for the pickup demo's w your 335's in particular, I'm looking to replace/upgrade my electronics and pickups in my Peavey JF1 from the stock setup, those Ron Ellis pup's are exactly what I want to hear open w every note in the cord clearly defined no matter the signal chain ....just fantastic!!!
Hey Tim!! Love your videos!! We have 2 mutual friends I got to know and played with Steve Brittenham in Albuquerque, NM who first told me about you when I played on his CD and Brent Mason in Nashville who's family and I became close, and Brent gave me a Brent Mason PRS model!! He also mentioned you to me!! It's a small world!!! Keep making those videos!!! Super informative!!!
Really enjoyed the video. It felt like I was in the room with you. Rock on!
That ES 335 with the Ron Ellis PUs sounds just AWESOME! As does the G&L Jazzmaster with the Kinmans. These two turn out as my favourites here... But to be honest: almost any guitar played by you will most likely sound amazing!
Tim - Great video and thank you so much for the Karma shoutout!!
Thanks Tim Love all the pups. Rock on !
Thanks Tim - I love your reviews and how you share your knowledge base.
Every time I watch Tim's videos, I learn what alot of the other UA-camrs only try to teach me.
Hey , thanks for this comment , means a lot
I'm glad I found your channel.You are one talented man! I really envy your talent and knowledge.Thank you for going the distance☺
Awesome as always Tim! I can sooooooo relate...Swaping pickups is key to re-defining and shaping a guitar's voice! Nice video! :)
Cool lil riff there at 7:43. I love the bark these pickups give your tone.
Great chanel! I like how all the knobs of all the gear are in reach
another great video Tim , interesting topic, easy to digest 😊
"This needs more gain, I'll tell ya that!" - awesome video as usual, great to hear about new pickup makers and hear them in various guitars.
Tim, this is a bit off topic but I have to thank you for something. I have MS. My left pinky has some pretty significant nerve damage. It makes Barre chords difficult except on really good days. But watching you and your guests I have really changed my playing - implementing inversions and substituting chords that can be played in an open position - much easier on the pinky. It's a work in progress but I wanted to say thanks. I'll be joining the MC as soon as I can.
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just off chance here...been checked for any hernias?...i had 2 for years and the nerves were pinched and gave me a wide span of symptoms from carpal tunnel...to numbness in the arms...even spacey in the head blood pressure fluxuations ...pain in the jaws...they squeeze on the nerves and arteries causing a wide span of transverse pains and symptoms...get looked over...they can mimic symptoms of many things
Timely video to arrive in my inbox - I bought a PRS 594 thinline during lockdown. Took a long time to arrive which was no problem. Also had a faulty selector switch - easy fix ( not something I would expect from PRS). Absolutely love the feel of the guitar and it is now my first choice for gigs - very versatile with the coil taps and very light - love light guitars. I am going to break your personal rule for PRS guitars though Tim - the pickups don’t quite do it for me - so I am off to Monty’s in Cheltenham to have their PAF’s and a vintage SG loom put in - if all that works - will push the button on another 594 and similarly modify it. The only social media stars I follow avidly now are you, Greg Koch and Tom Bukovac - you all make the world a happier place!!!
Fantastic, Tim!! LOVED that! amazing tones...!
Man the Monty's 335 sound is EVERYTHING! 🤘
Thanks for the info, Tim.
Tim, 6:00-6:30 those tones sounded immediately to me like Alex Lifeson's work on 2112 album now I don't know what kind of guitar or set up he had but the minute I heard the tone of those chords I immediately thought of his work on that album. Really something incredible the range of tones you were getting from those pickups with your set up.
I can't thank you enough Tim! Love your channel sir!
Great info. All sounded great. I love the Les Paul.
That's it... I'm sold! I'm getting a pair of vintage Kinmans! Thanks for the suggestions.
+1 for the Kinman shoutout. They are by far my favorite noiseless Strat pups (read about them years ago in The Tone Quest Report). Very smooth and warm.
cool ...great info ...sounds like the high end strings are 'slightly' to close to the fret board/or pickups on first 2 guitars !..the bonamassa bang on
Nice video and tones. Thanks.
As always Tim is highly informative and applicable to music education and performance.
Great stuff Tim, thanks
Amazing video Tim!! You Rock!!!
Great Vid TP......Reallly helps take a lot of guesswork out of buying replacement PU's!!!! Otherwise nearly impossible to demo them all!!! Thanks so much!!
The first infomercial I actually wanted to watch. Thanks
Hi Tim, I like the Monty's very well. The open-sounding pickups are our common brand. If you get the opportunity, try out the German manufacturer. Häussel, Kloppmann and Amber - all have a fine sound. Thank you for the insight into your sound worlds.
I like the riffs you play. You are in touch with sound and emotion. And you seem to love it which makes it even sound better. Good job
Excellent video! very interesting the differences between the microphones, Joe Bonamassa my favorite! Thanks for sharing
Just want to add a note of support for Monty's. I got a set for my 2001 ES 335, replacing the stock 57 Classics. I also added the Monty's 50s wiring loom (my stock volume pot was scratchy and cutting out). This new combo has brought my ES to a whole new level. I finally have the clarity in the neck I have always wanted. The bridge has great bite. Great note articulation in chords when distorted. Clean up wonderfully when dropping the volume with no loss of clarity. The customer service was also fabulous. I had an issue with the initial loom and they immediately replaced it without question all the way from England at no extra cost to me. I have no affiliation with them at all, just a very happy customer, so I just wanted to share my experience.
Love the Kinmans! Best sounding noiseless Strat pups I've ever tried.
Tremendous offerings Tim Pierce!
Man those pups in the sunburst Es are amazing. Crispy and snappy like a single coil and at the same time the warmth of the Humbucker. Very nice
Some of the best guitar tones I’ve heard on UA-cam in a while. Subscribed!
Loved this episode Mr. Tim.The whole time you demonstrated these guitars and pickups, all I could thing about is playing through my 50 watt Marshall (No reverb) at full volume. It was GOOD.
Sensational sounds..love the playing as well..all the best from melbourne Australia.
Cheers Tim; great tones : D
Love all the tones you got out of the G&L.
As soon as you played that first bit with the Ron Ellis pickups clean, I felt like it sounded like a very 60s kind of tone. I was glad that you then said that it had that vintage sound and then played Day Tripper. Though I was hearing House of the Rising Sun in my head.
I just put the Kinman E56 pickups in the neck and middle on my strat and the Seymour Duncan Red Devil in the bridge on my strat....... love them
Wow. The Ron Ellis bridge pickup in the 335 makes the 1st and 2nd strings (mainly 1st) sparkle!
I love that 335. Great playing as always. Top shelf work.
My 345 has p.a.f.s, one of my Les Pauls has very early patent sticker pickups that will never leave that guitar, and my number one Les Paul has a very early set of Tyson Tones, which will never leave that guitar. They replaced a set of genuine p.a.f.’s. You’ve been very generous over the years sharing your thoughts and your talent through UA-cam videos. Thank you.
I replaced the stock Gibson pickups in my Les Paul which had Burstbuckers and my SG which had 490 R&T, both with Montys PAFs. The difference is like night and day! The sound is open, airy and highly articulate - you hear every nuance in your playing. I mainly use a Ryra Klone going into a Marshall 20w Plexi and I can't imagine a better sound without spending big on an original 59 Burst and original plexi stack.
Very cool Tim!
DiMarzio tone guide is very useful... I have a pair of Virtual Vintage Blues pickups that I can't wait to put in my Strat but I won't do that until I get the Virtual Solo bridge pickup and it's going to be so awesome
I hear you on PRS guitars. I just bought my first, which is a 2002 Standard 24 in Platinum Metallic. It has been modded with an adjustable nut and engraved 57/08 no TM pickups. I play it 90% of the time now. Plays and sounds great. Also importantly (to me) hangs very comfortably when I am standing.
Great vid. Thx.
Great sound and playing!
I have Ron Ellis 50/60. I absolutely love them. Would like to eventually get some of his other sets.
I'm learning (at a cost I might add) my way around pickups outside of the SD/Fender...etc, realm. I haven't yet checked out the pickups that Tim speaks of here. But just fyi, I love the ZexCoil / Lawing pickups that Anthony uses at TXBA - where I first heard them. Like any non-mass production pickup, they are a touch pricey, but I've bought 5 of them over the past year. All for my Strats. I have not gotten into the Tele world yet, but I do like these pickups. Especially the 'Legacy' line. Just my 2 cents worth.
Great vid, Tim! I've had a few offset guitars over the years and can't for the life of me figure out why that middle position is always so harsh...
AWESOME VIDEO!!!
My 82 Les Paul Custom with Tim Shaw pickups is the best I've ever heard for all sounds.
Tim, pots and caps are as important to the guitar tone as the pickups. I've seen players swap multiple boutique pickups until they find a match with their guitar (never thinking they are actually searching for something that plays well with the existing controls). .Pots by themselves have a 20% tolerance range for the normal controls in high end guitars.. Swapping a cap or volume pot can do quite a lot of tone shifting and can be as effective as new pickups (but yes not as sexy and impressive of a story to tell your buddies).
...And then ... Sometimes a guitar can even be fixed with just pickup height adjustments ... Take that PRS you have, measure where your pickups currently are at (from the trim ring up or strings down) so you can go back there easily if you want, play and record a bit, then drop the pickups to the trim ring and raise the screw poles 1/8th to 1/4inch; on the neck put them in a classic Strat Stagger pattern and the bridge put them level to each other but raised up. Then slowly raise the pickups to the tone you like, usually not much higher than the trim ring, tweak the amp volume up a little. I find a lot more clarity and just more amazing output, Strat-like neck and Tele/P90 bridge tones are available but with humbucking noise reduction. Play and record a bit to compare A/B (maybe a video topic or not). If it doesn't do what you want it's easy to go back where you started and no soldering is involved. I suspect that over the years very few players ever adjusted their pickup screw poles nor pickup heights, but they sure were in there slinging solder for slamming new pickups in, lol.
Sacred words! I wasn't going to suggest the extreme setting as you did, but I was about to comment with the same concept: tweaking pickup height and adjusting the polepieces can turn an ok pickup to a great sounding one! Probably thousands of good pickups have been replaced by guitarist just because they weren't setup right! It's amazing how even 1/8th of turn can change the pickup character, or compensate for the right equalization! I stagger the polepieces in a "modern strat pickup" way, i.e. I keep the G string one lower and not higher than the adjacent ones, to achieve volume balance between the strings. It takes a bit, a lot of attention to what you hear, but in the end the result is amazing. After you do this, 1/8th variations of all the polepieces, combined or not with variations in the global pickup height, can take you almost anywhere. Too little people know about this, too many people say and write "you're not supposed to set those screws because they are factory set" which isn't true at all!
Truth! Well said👍
@@shredgd5 Well then share on people! I have never considered adjusting pole pieces. Is it easy?
Coppulor it is as easy as adjusting the global height. Make very small adjustments (1/8 of turn, not more, at a time) and experiment! You might feel a little more resistance at turning the first time, and you will see some wax around the screw but it is ok and it won't affect the potting of the pickup. Use the kind of staggering pictured in the DiMarzio Velvet series of single coils as a reference, i.e. the high e and d strings should have a slightly higher screw, the low e and g strings should have a slightly lower screw to give a balanced volume across all strings. Experiment with a very clean and not compressed tone, picking with the same strength every string (which is probably the most difficult task) comparing them in random pairs to achieve a balanced output across all strings. You will hear how chords will ring beautifully after this! Do not go extreme, you don't have to end up with the screws unscrewed like a single coil, small movements go a long way. After you have focused on volume balancing of the strings, hear how even just 1/16 of turn of all six screws can vary the tone and attack slightly. You also might need to balance the raising of the screws by lowering the whole pickup height a tad, if you hear too much pick attack or you have problems reaching balance.
As a rule of thumb, raising the pole pieces will help taming a bassy or compressed or muddy pickup; lowering them will reduce the attack of a sharp sounding pickup.
What a nice set of comparisons and introductions to small pickup makers. Thank you for doing this. (Glad to see the DiMarzio Area pups mentioned. I have a Pro 54 and an Area 61 in an HSS Strat... Great combination, and it gets a lot of positive comments and questions at gigs.)
They all sound great! I was surprised at how much I liked the G&L.
Great video. I love all of those pups.
Tim, really enjoy when you do comparison and tonal demos. This was very nice. Since you have an ear for 335 guitar tones I wondered if you have ever played one with Duncan P90 Phat Cat pickups. I have one with them and love them, though in my case it may just be; "compared to what they replaced".
wow, amazing, you can actually hear that they sound awesome, even though every guitar you touch sound great!
I made the step from epiphone les paul stock pups to alnico 5 slash pickups, they are so versatile it's crazy, all I ever need!
i changed on my 70's Epiphone the pick Ups with hauser Pick ups (german made) I also added a coil split. Fantastic sound range. I recommend. thx for sharing Tim.
Amazing note separation in the dissonant chords.
Thank you!!!
the last 335 with the MOnty's sounded awesome
Tim is an amazing guitarist. I was a fan of his back when he was playing lead for Rick Springfield.
Fantastic video, Tim. I have a couple of sets of pickups from an Aussie winder, Mick Brierly. He's in South Australia. They are amazing. Similar philosiphy to what you seem to be chasing. Open, smooth, lowish output and vintagey sounding. Even charmy ;) I like 'em a lot. He'll make almost anything you want though. Not just vintage stuff. He has a wide selection of magnet types to choose from.
That PRS of yours is an incredible guitar - stunning sounds and stunning looks too - love the inlays and would accept those instead of birds. I do agree that if you have a great guitar like a PRS (I have 4 myself), then you have no need to change the PU's...
In 2018 i bought a PRS DGT and set them in contest to the other 5 "high class-equipped" humbucker- guitars i have. Did it very seriously and can fully assure you - the pickups developed for the DGT are the pickups that come nearly perfect close to what I learned to be the original PAF-sound! Only a perfect jerk would change thecpickups of a DGT!
wow those Kinman pickups sound amazing
You have a ton of guitars and I was wondering how often do you replace the strings (especially on the ones you don't use lot) on them or do you just change the strings when you decide to use a specific one for a gig or recording? THANKS! LOVE YOU Vids!
Love the Ron Ellis pups, wow!
How fun. We get to the very end and you mention the DiMarzio Virtual Vintage. Meanwhile, I'm sitting here with the very first electric guitar I bought ~20 years ago, a Yamaha Pacifica 112XC in which I installed Virtual Vintage 2.1 (DP401) and a PAF Pro along with full-sized CTS pots. It sounds absolutely killer and even being an el cheapo, it sees regular play despite me having several better guitars. Sometimes, your first love really does go the distance.
Hoooly shIT! The pickups in the 335 are amazing.. I'm a big 335 fan, I'm foremost a Strat player but the 335 is a close second. Even though the low 360p and the commotion compression of UA-cam, they sound insane. I literally said aloud how "open" they sound at the very same moment the word came from you. The top-end is perfect.
What a tone monster you are Tim.....found you through the Tom Bukovac series and thank you for sharing all this knowledge with such clarity
I love Wildwood Music! That's where I picked up my Mesa Bookie Mk IV. Great store.
Ts just so personal:
to my guitars Lollars & Dawgtowns are - just irreplaceable (Monty's being the closest to my tastes here). On my 'PRS Standard' I replaced pups with Lollars & I swear I could hear guitar saying "thank you".There's no recipe, that could be the real problem - those PRS ones I took out - well I had frankenstein tele lying around so I installed bridge PRS on that tele, weirdly combined with goldfoil (real one) in the neck - and BOOM! Can't take this guitar out of my hands...(so my PRS had 'converted' to clarity/chime & tele to more meat - reverse of what's expected, but... it just worked for some weird reason. Point being - you just have to try). Depends, really...
Those Ellis pickups are fantastic. Im looking at my high output JB's now like they beat me. And it's a great pickup! Love the 59' but those ellis pups are just so articulate! But I need some good vintage output humbuckers now.
Been using Kinmans for years! EXCELLENT pickups / ZERO noise.
That 335 is something special man, if you ever decide to part ways with it CALL ME FIRST!!!
Rhett Shull
Your supposed to be saving for a house, just say’n
Ok, I would hazard an argument with the wife for that guitar!
Right now, all my keepers have Suhr pickups. Which make sense as all but one of them are Suhr guitars :) (although the other one has Suhr pickups as well). They aren't always the stock Suhr pickups, but he makes pickups that hit the spot for me.
Duuuude :) Loved Monty's PAF sound,
especially on that clip of you and Rob Cavallo
playing Black Dog. Ha! What a great raw sound!
Sean Fullerton I have a set and they rock!
I like when he said something about saturation then played a riff that sounded really close to "Sister Havana" by Urge Overkill off the saturation album.
I love how he keeps mentioning "earning" the effects he is using . I'm assuming he's saying that meaning , if you can't make it sound good dry , then you SHOULD NOT be using effects !!!
The tone you got at 6:38 is THE TONE. WOW!
love it, I want a studio
I inherited a Wildwood banjo open back 5-string made in Santa-Cruse, California.
Chris Kinman is a lovely guy. Met him many years ago when I was a young player and he gave me a lot of good advice about guitar mods and tone. Have his pickups in three of my guitars.
Got his blues in my strat. Far superior to anything that comes in a Fender
Got his Woodstock set in my Strat along with the 9 way harness ... amazing