JP6 in Disquise

[matty76]

so I bought a Luke III untested when they were first announced, loved the look, 6 month later it arrived and right away I could tell it just wasn't for me both sound wise and feel, I'm very partial to the standard JP6, but looking for a slightly different more open uncompressed sound. So after some research I decided to order some new pickups for my Olive Gold JP6...what a perfect opportunity to have the best of both worlds, the look of the Luke III and the feel and playability of a JP6...works for me..

Pickups are AT-1 bridge, 36th Anniversary PAF neck...both F-spaced.

 

[mtrejo]

Damn, that JP looks great in disguise. Good move! How do those pickups sound?

 

[matty76]

the 36th sound fantastic, very vintage LP, but on the hot side, also..it's a lot closer to the strings than the bridge due to the leads behind it. The AT-1 is an amazing sounding pickup, I had it in a Dargie II Silo I had at one time, but it needs to be raised in this case, it's a little anemic sounding wihtout a lot of gain. I think it will sound amazing with some spacers in there (tonights project). will let you know love the look though

 

[BoogieBomb]

Still looks classy!

 

[jkruger03]

Have you thought about chrome knobs?

 

[matty76]

well now I am!!

 

[acwild]

That looks great! I want to swap my JP pickups for some low powered PAFs but wasn't sure how the chrome covers would fit.

 

[matty76]

anyone know if they sell chrome knobs like to ones on the JP13's publicly?

 

[Jvision]

Love the look of that JP with Chrome covers. Almost makes me want to do that to my JP6 stealth!