Jeremy: '59 question

[eggman]

Jeremy,

I noticed that on the SD website, the '59 is described as being "particularly good for Mahogany bodies and Rosewood fingerboards." OK, fine. I noticed that there' s no mention of the '59's compatibility with semi-hollow guitars, like my ES-335..may I respectfully ask why the omission?
FYI, my ES-335 sounds great with it's '59 set. My apologies for sounding like a whiney nitpicker.

Eggman

[jeremy]

couldnt tell ya. i think they sound fantastic in 335 style guitars.
the mahogany/rw comments are geared towards a les paul and the 59 is great in that, but its great in almost every gibson style guitar ive tried and just about everything else too

[LtKojak]

Following the advice from some members of this group, I've armed my #1 Guitar (early '80s MIJ Terada factory made Emperador 335 copy) with a SD Jazz bridge in the neck position. It sounded great!

After a couple of years, just for s*h*i*t and giggles I've tried a '59 bridge on the neck position and I liked it even more.

Now, after I've learned the art of magnet swapping and tone matching I've finally found the perfect neck p'up: it's called a stock '59N (wound by Maricela Juarez in 1990).

It complements GREATLY the Custom 8 at the bridge.

HTH,

[blueman335]

i think they sound fantastic in 335 style guitars.
the mahogany/rw comments are geared towards a les paul and the 59 is great in that, but its great in almost every gibson style guitar ive tried and just about everything else too

+1 to both. Great in 335's and mahogany in general. Very flexible PU.

[tenniso]

a pair of 59's in an alder/maple strat sounds really good too.

[BloodRose]

Comes factory in Hamers and other guitars as well.. That has to tell you something!