Morse BFR pickup change WOW

[edhalen]

So I was searching for answers as to how to get my sound from this wonderful instrument. Took a while but I finally decided to put a set of Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates pickups in it. The stock pickups just weren’t doing it for me. I’m mainly a blues player. I figured a set of PG’s would take this guitar over the top with the mahogany body and maple top. Boy was I right!! This thing sings!! I had them professionally installed. The tech balanced them and did a set up on the guitar. I can’t put it down!!


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[tbonesullivan]

Just remember to save those pickups! They were custom wound just for that BFR run.

 

[beej]

Nice. I'm a fan of making it your own.

 

[xjbebop]

Good call on the PG pups!
Those are what I put in my "ultimate AL" if you recall...and that's why it became my "ultimate"...

http://forums.ernieball.com/ernie-ball-music-man-guitars/67038-own-personal-ultimate-al.html

 

[Tollywood]

I’m happy that the Pearly Gates made the DL better for you.

I didn’t know that the stock pickups were custom wound for this run. Are they the same pickups as the original Dark Lord run?

 

[nervous]

Curious, how did your installer 'balance' them? Adjust pole pieces, pickup heights?

 

[beej]

Fwiw, I've been very happy with the set of Transition pickups I put in my old Morse. Same kind of deal- more of a classic humbucker set with some oomph.

 

[edhalen]

Curious, how did your installer 'balance' them? Adjust pole pieces, pickup heights?

Both. The sound of this guitar with the PG's in it is ridiculous. I was seriously considering either push/pull pots or a 5-way switch to get some single coil type sounds out of it but held off for now. I still may at some point. I welcome thoughts on that as well - is one better than the other - not to derail my own thread .

 

[edhalen]

Just remember to save those pickups! They were custom wound just for that BFR run.

I most certainly saved them.

 

[edhalen]

I’m happy that the Pearly Gates made the DL better for you.

I didn’t know that the stock pickups were custom wound for this run. Are they the same pickups as the original Dark Lord run?

I have been wondering the same thing since I purchased this wonderful instrument. Hopefully, Daniel from CS will chime in and give us the skinny.

 

[xjbebop]

Both. The sound of this guitar with the PG's in it is ridiculous. I was seriously considering either push/pull pots or a 5-way switch to get some single coil type sounds out of it but held off for now. I still may at some point. I welcome thoughts on that as well - is one better than the other - not to derail my own thread .

This AL has the P/P coil splits, which is very helpful / useful with the factory pups, but I don't even bother with it with the PG pups...