I Found The Perfect Les Paul Pickups (for me) | Mojotone 59 Clone | Gear Corner
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
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After many years of tweaking the pickups in my Les Paul it's time to change them.
If you know this guitar already and like its tone, don't worry. You'll love this one.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:52 Intro Track | The new pickups
2:00 Why am I swapping pickups?
2:48 The "old" bridge pickup
4:22 The "old" neck pickup
6:33 Swapping the pickups
7:23 COMPARISON | Neck PUs | Clean
8:25 COMPARISON | Bridge PUs | Clean
9:02 COMPARISON | Bridge PUs | Overdrive
9:34 COMPARISON | Neck PUs | Overdrive
10:19 My impressions
11:44 Outro jam
Gear used in this video:
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-Gibson Les Paul CS '58 reissue bit.ly/3FN08OR
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-Gibson Les Paul CM 2015 - heavily modified "Junior"
-Barocsi Troublecaster - Custom built T-style
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I swapped almost all my Duncans for these. They are absolutely phenomenal pickups.
Wow
Interesting. I have these and didn't think they were anything special, I mean I have BRe Knuckle Peacemakers in one Les Paul and they are phenomenal and the I have these in another and SD Magic Greens in another. All are different but all are equally great, saying one blows the other out the water is a strange claim
Kris, not gonna lie, the old set definitely had some raunchy charm of their own IMO. But for recording in a mix, I can totally see how the new set works better. Great video, as always!
Old was thicker sounding. Nailed it.
Absolutely outstanding pickups. I have a Standard version set in my Les Paul for exactly the same reasons as you and I'm so pleased with it that I'm considering putting a Low Wind version set in my SG. Great video, as usual!
I installed those in a double humbucker Strat partscaster I built about a year ago and love them! Sounds great Kris!
Great comparison! I loved them all. Great playing. My personal favs was the mojotone bridge and the raw vintage neck. Thanks!
Awesome demo. They sound great to my ears.
Both pickups sound really good! I preferred the older ones. The older ones just had more grit to them. They also sounded a little darker and I just genuinely love darker sounding guitars. But it’s what matters to you tho bro and I think you made a fantastic decision!
Brilliant. I’m all for changing pickups on a les Paul to get the tone you want . I put a set of Bethnal Greens in my 18 Traditional last year .
Kris, the content is really nice to see.. and thank you. On pickups, I always like to match them on the covers.... personal preference. I ended up picking up the Toxic Twin and recently a decibelics Golden Horse. Absolutely the finest Klon type sound I have ever heard. Ever. Take care and keep jamming.... have to refret my 1990 Greco with dry pickup. Lightning on standby.
These bumblebee capacitors are great. I will try the Mojotone 59 soon in my Harley Benton SG. Thank you for the video Kris.
This is one of several reviews of these pickups and I really like them. I have a D’Angelico DC Mini and the neck pickup is also quite bass-heavy so this might be just the thing for me. Great review!
It’s all about finding the right pickups for that specific guitar. The old pickups weren’t bad at all, but the new ones are a better fit. Well done 👍
And I so much understand you, I've spent enormous amount of time changing pickups and looking for the tone I like. Thank god I found one that made me stop searching :)))) If I'd had Les Paul, I'd definitely tried these Mojos :) Getting older I'm digging more and more vintage, cleaner and lower gain tones:)
Hi Kris. The new bridge pickup sounds really close to the old one tonally, and reducing the output makes it more versatile and controllable. As for neck ones, maybe I am wrong, but for me, it sonds like they not only have reduced low frequencies, but the volume of the low strings as well. I would probably fiddle with the height of the pickup or polpieces a bit. However, the new set sounds awesome, so congrats on the update!!!
Loving the new tone!
The new pickups sound great! And tasty playing as always, of course.
Kris, Thanks so much. Looking for pickups for my DeArmond Les Paul copy to really bring it alive. I believe these are the ones.
Oh man, these are right up there. So glad I found these. There are other really really good ones too of course, but I definitely found the ones that work perfectly with my LP. Cheers!
Hey Kris! This Mojotone 59 sounds really good and I love them! If I will get a LP guitar I definitely want to get them. Best regards from Romania!
Hey man, nice to hear from you! Yeah I’m so glad I discovered these pickups, clear recommendation.
Nice tones Luke always
I’ve been using Mojotone pickups since 2014 and haven’t looked back! I have the low wind ‘59s in my 335, the standard winds in my R7, and the hot bridge set in my DGT. I’ve shot them out with real ‘59 PAFs and the difference was marginal at best IMO
outstanding sounding pickups!
What i ear is a more mellow and warm tone on both the neck and the bridge Mojotone (somethin added in the low-mid area) and a more soft and less snappy attack transient under the pick.
Yeah... i like the Mojo more than the old ones.
I'm not a professional but i liked the older ones better....oh well. "De gustibus non est disputandum" 🤘🤘🤘
Wow, this american almond knows his latin. 😆 The old ones are killer too, that’s why I used them for like 7 years. But I‘m getting older and like it less aggressive, hahaha!
Same, i think older PU are better.. Deeper and more bass.
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@@KrisBarocsino more metalcore riffage?
Good choice they sound amazing. Great video.
Thanks so much Adam!
My ‘03 Standard Plus has a set of 59 Clones, which are excellent, mI made them excellenter (?) with a neck magnet swap, landing on an A2 pulled from a Burstbucker.
Great video, thanks for your time.
Kris, I haven't tried the Skinner pickups or the Mojotones, but you always sound great. The Skinners are slightly overwound but have Alnico III magnets. I wonder how they compare to the standard Antiquities, which are not wound quite as hot but use Alnico II magnets. You inspired me months ago to check out some lower output SD Antiquities for my Eastman 59, and they are perfect for that guitar.
Sweet sounding pickups Kris!
Thank you!! I couldn't be happier tbh.
Nice playing bro. I want those pick ups .
Hi kris!
A lot of musicians especially the
yonger generation forget that the les paul was conceived as b bop, jazz in other words for clean sounds in the 50s.
It just happened that professionals got that blues, rock sound in the late 60s. by cranking there amps
I also use low wind
Humbuckers there are more
articulate and compress less.
As always great playing kris. 👌 👍🙏
More Western Swing than Bebop.
Maybe even cowboy bebop
Mojotone makes amazing stuff! I put in the Rene Martinez set in my Strat and haven’t looked back! Always getting compliments and it ended my search, was never happy with the single coils until then. Enjoy Kris!
Those pickups ended my Strat tone journey.
Wow, nice to see fellow mojotoners. 😆 I haven’t tried those strat pickups, thanks for the tip!
@@KrisBarocsi I’m curious about the new Bare Knuckle/Rabea Massaad pickups with the steel baseplates, so I bought some steel to make into base plates to try on the Rene Martinez pickups, but haven’t done it yet. They sound a bit like a thicker, mellower version of the Silver Sky pickups. If you are looking for hot or super spanky pickups, these aren’t it.
Trying new things is fun and educational. And mojotone makes good stuff.
My Jackson Rhoads is filthy and gritty no matter how clean the amp is. I’m planning to remove the active mid boost and try some lower output pups if that’s not enough to get to sparkly cleans.
I put Mojotone 59 clone PAF’s in my Les Paul. Love them.
The finish on your guitar looks stunning, like an old violin.
Thanks man! I love this guitar. 🙌
This is exactly why I swapped from Alnico IV low wind to Antiquity for m'y bridge pickup 😊. Never thought Antiquity was a hot pickup.
I have the '59 clone bridge, but it's higher output version. In the neck I have been he '59 clone but I believe it has an Alnico III magnet. They're slightly wax potted because I got squeal outside at gig volume. They're great.
These are great all 'rounders for an unpotted PAF tone and I think they might be the best deal in a true to spec ALnico Iv PAF pair that get the job done. P.S. that is one great top on that R8, very authentic. Perfect faded tea burst.💯
It seems to me Mojo Tone pickups balanced the bass treble ratio closer Evens it out making it clearer. Thanks for the video bro!
I put a pair of the normal wound 59 clones into my D’Angelico DC. Replacing the “designed by Duncan” pair. Massive difference
To my ears the old pups had more dynamics, and the new ones were more compressed and balanced sounding. Guess depends on your rig, playing style and uses of the gtr. I'm considering new pups for my Lester too, and these Mojotone's got on the list along with the Thornbuckers.
Hi Kris, For old neck pickup try capacitor in series before volume potentiometer. It cuts off some low end mud. Begin with 47nF then try 22nF and so on. You will find best value for you. I added this mode in my les paul with P90. I use 15nF capacitor for neck pickup, 10nF is also ok. For bridge pickup, maybe treble bleed...good luck!
That's a lot cheaper and easier than swapping in some boutique pickups.
The mojo in the neck has a very hifi quality on the top. I preferred the more grimy chime of the old. But I could see why the low end would be an issue.
I cant have a les paul without zebra pickups. It’s something about that look that that inspires me. This was a great video.
I actually liked the old ones better. On the very lowest frequencies the new ones sounded slightly better but on the rest of the frequencies I preferred the stock pickups. I am listening on a pretty good set of studio monitors, not a cell phone if you are wondering.
Sounds terrific. I wouldn't put anything higher powered than these into a Les Paul. If you have too much output you get this muddy mid clash with a Les Paul or other mahogany guitars. You want a pickup that's bright enough to balance well. But not overwhelming.
Never loved the Custom Buckers in my R9 (B9 actually, GC Burstbrothers), always felt there was something missing in terms of clarity/balance- but the '59 Clones brought the guitar to life!
Just the video I needed when I am in a search for some new PUs for my Gibson... :P Sounds very good... But have you compared these with the Lollar Imperials maybe? Or if you tried a different guitar with the Lollars how would you describe the differences between the Mojos and the Lollars?
Way clearer and more articulate! Sounds like an improvement to me! But I've never liked duncan antiquities anyways...
KB...Love the Channel etc...😊 90's era Gibson 57 classics are very hard to beat for all tonality spectrums🤔🌊🤙🏿
Hey, thanks a lot! I fully agree, those pickups are fantastic. As a matter of fact, I really like all of their 90s pickups.
Hi Kris.Have you choose the bridge pickup uncovered to avoid the "bad feedback" of the unpotted pickup (microphonic with high gain)? I've the set of Mojotone (regular output with cover) and the bridge has the famous "mechanic feedback" with high gain. Thanks
Been having similar low end issues with my less paul but instead of humbugers I'veen looking into P90 style pickups in humbuger sizing. Any comments or already a video on those? Also been planning to move the current pickups to my es335 "china copy". I've understood that semihollow would maybe tame the low end but I guess time will tell.
All I can say is I've found my new pickups. Thank you sir.
I have the same pickups on my R8 and their amazing, mojotone 59 low wind is the best
That’s awesome buddy! Diggin‘ your taste. 😁
Hello Kris phenomenal demo and playing as usual. Im thinking of putting these in my prs s2 mcarty594 singlecut. The stock (PRS 58/15 LT “S) sound a bit muddy to my ears. Do you think it would be a noticeable upgrade? Do you have anything else to recommend? Thank you in advance
Mojo tone sounded very nice in bridge to me!
the new pups sounded brighter and more articuled, I liked them better, thanks for sharing your experience :D .I just bought a pair of T-Tops and I´m eager to try it on my LP standard or ES333 (coincidentally both currently have 490R and 498T), I´m still not sure which guitar will benefit the most with the swap, I´m guessing the lower output and more balanced frequencies of the t-tops will serve better the ES than the LP. Do You have any advice?
Maybe a slight difference when clean. That difference shrinks when you added gain to the signal. Those differences could be adjusted on a mixing desk anyways.
Listened to the examples a few times with really good headphones and the Mojotone's have a better balanced tone overall.
The Seymour in the bridge and the RV in the neck were good but they did not have the vintage sweetness and balance of the MT set.
What is funny is i had been seeing quite few players that have been through the PAF repro hunt all say they liked the Mojotone
clones the most. they had tried Wizz, Throbak,OX4 and a few others and the only other pickup winder that was equal to Mojo
was stephens designed and that is really saying something because his pu's are a two year wait and they are big bucks!
You tried the various methods with the old pickup like flipping the neck pickup around so the screw pole pieces were facing towards the bridge instead of the neck, and lowering the pickup body and raising the screw pole pieces to get more clarity and articulation, right? With modern Modelers, even mediocre pickups can be dialed in to sound awesome through the right Cab/Speaker. 🤷♂
Not sure I woulda swapped, but the tinkerer in me might have gotten my best. In fairness you had some really good pickups to start with. I bet huge improvement over stock mudbuckers
Klingt super, Kris👍
I love the combination zebra / chrome cover
Me too man. It happened by accident first, but it kinda became my thing. 😅
Kris, did. you try the Suhr Thorn Buckers. They should fit your needs. Open sounding, clear, articulate, tight bass but yet sweet & dynamic?
I just ordered a set for my LP custom.
By the way, the stock custom buckers are killer.
Maybe you could also try TONERIDER pickups... So amazing
I made a slightly hotter Alnico 5 version of this set, because I needed a little more bite, and a little more overdrive. Mids are pleasant in my Basswood Superstrat with maple neck 🔥🔥🔥It gets a little spanky if you play hard 😎
What a fantastic video have a wonderful day
Thanks a lot, you too!
Good tones.
On very good HiFi headphones , very little difference and I personally preferred the old set but lower output could be attained with turning volume down a bit. Each there own and in the room would feel diferent
57 and 57 plus for me. If I did the journey all over again I'd get 6 EVH Standards and load them with different pickups instead of having 6 different guitars.
hi, this will sound like a real stupid question but I'm new to guitar and want to play the style you played in the very first song. I assume you're playing in one chord? if so, what do I have to learn to be able to freestyle like that? will a single pentatonic scale be enough to riff? any scale? any help would be appreciated as those pickups sound divine
Hi Kris,
Are these the 59 clones or the low output 59 clones?
And why did you choose that over the other?
Hope to hear from you!
I’ll put a Set of Suhr Doug Aldrich in my LP Custom. 😊 best pickup for Les Paul’s i.m.o.
Lovely stuff. The new neck pickup sounds a bit p90ish. I need a Les Paul to put those pickups in now 😂
Hahaha, I love the logic there. Thanks Chris!
Wow, sehr andere (und geile!) Dynamik mit den Mojotone 😮
Hello......it looks like your plain strings aren't anywhere close to centering up over the pole pieces of the new pickup or is it just how it looks? Probably doesn't matter much.
It's as good as you describe Kris. Still in the rabbit hole? 😂
Btw, about the old bridge pick up, can you solve the problem by turning down the volume knob to the sweet spot?
And for the neck pick up, can you solve the problem on the amp setting(treble and bass knob), and adjust the bridge pick up sound with the bridge pickup tone knobs?
One more question, what will you do with the old pick up? Thanks
for the neck you can also solder a capacitor that acts like an inverse tone knob - it just takes a while until you find the right value that works for that pickup.
I like my Doyle Coils TRU-CLONES PAF HUMBUCKERS.
Eyy Kris quick question, does bending the strings around the tailpiece improve tuning stability?
Hey, I don’t think so. It feels more comfy though. Hahaha!
Tuning stability mainly depends on the nut and the bridge saddle. Not just the material but also the way the slots are carved. Overwrapping the strings just change the angle of the strings at the tail piece.
@@KrisBarocsi Ahh I see ok hahah tnx for answer
The 59 Clones are amazing. I have a set of the three different versions. Hot, Standard and Low wind.
The low wind set sounds so good in my CS‘64 ES 335. I have the Hot set in my R9.
These pickups are so much more articulate than the CS Custombuckers.
Its just the A4 vs A2 magnet that makes it a brighter in this case. Buy some magnets and experience A3 A5 long short etc lots of tone options that way.
The magnet is a big part of that, but a lower wind results in a brighter pickup.
What about the Beast Buckers from crazyparts?
I love under wound pafs… stock Les Paul pickups are always too wooly and lack clarity. Definitely like the new set 👍👍👍
Great comparison!
I've changed the PUs in my Les Paul to a set of Suhr Aldrich pickups. They have massive output but I also changed the pots to CTS push pull ones so I can split the pickups independent of each other. By doing this I can get absolutely clean sounds out of these killer pickups. This guitar now is ready for heavy drop C metal riffs as well as sparkling clean ambient stuff... I love it 😊
The Ltd Edition SKinnerbursts I have in my Classic, are adjusted to be able to be clean. and still have that 'lively' tone. Not sure why yours seem so hot. But you mentioned Antiquities. Mine were from the Joe Bonamassa Skinner burst limited edition run of a few 100. Not really Antiquities. Frankly, I preferred your old set over the Mojotones. Yes, the old Neck could get boomy in your samples, time to time. But you got rid of that, at the expense of a more overall meh tone, imho. On the Bridge, I don't think either was better or worse. Just slightly different. In the head to head, the Skinnerbursts wasn't any hotter than the Mojotones.
Nice, winning!
They were not a large difference. The Mojos just have more clarity from what I can tell, but the old pups are good also. I have a set of the Mojos sitting around htat I need to install in a Epi 335...
I didn't like the ones I bought a few months back. It didn't have that PAF style growl I have grown to like with the current pickups I use for PAF style tones.
You make them sound good tho..
The mojo ones are more natural and uncompressed with a clean end, better for me than the old ones.
Where did you get the mixed set (zebra + aged nickel) from? Love the look but T only has matching sets and the Mojotone website doesn’t show these either :(
Hi, they only show the matched sets because 99% of the buyers wouldn’t ever choose a mixed set. 😅 I get it, it’s not the classic „clean“ look. If you want to mix you can get the neck and bridge separately and combine the looks as you wish. 👍 Cheers!
@@KrisBarocsi ah, I mean… that makes sense. Just thought I was missing something obvious there 😅 thanks!
Habe in meiner H150 von 1993 goodtone Pickups verbaut. Kennt leider keiner, sind sehr geil....
What about Kloppmann's?
Nice.. always searching.. are unpoted pickups?
Yes!!! Unpotted pickups all the way. They sound so much nicer (at least to me).
Reducing the volume on the guitar not the amp wld clean it up...💚🎸
I can tell right away you just have to lower the neck pickup a little. your going to have to mass around with the pickup height and the screws a little on the pickup but you will be able to dial it in.
Hi, do you recommend them for my goldtop 57 r7 vos?
Oh absolutely. I have them in my ES-330L too and they sound amazing. Very different then in my Les Paul btw. Even though it’s the same pickups but that’s another story. 😅 These mojos let the guitar’s character shine through and I love that.
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The difference is so subtle I doubt I could tell the difference in a blind test.
M.T.Pickups(bridge)+old (neck)Pickup!!!!:)
👏
Hi Kris. Are you still happy with the 59 low winds? Cheers
Oh man, absolutely. I adore these pickups, have them in my Les Paul and in my ES-330L. Both sound perfect and both sound like themselves. The LP very much like a killer LP and the ES like an ES should. Not like clones. That is super impressive.
@@KrisBarocsi Nice.. I will gent at det for my LP 2010 traditional. Do you know if the 59's with their traditional wiring, fits in a soldierless Mojotone wiring harness?☺️