Brobucker and '78

[blueman335]

There was a thread around here about some mag swaps in a Brobucker and I think the UOA5 was the winner. The OP said it trimmed off some of the bottom, got rid of the "congestion" and added a bit of sparkle without being over-the-top.

I dont doubt that Blue will run it through it's paces and then try different mags.

There has been that tendency...

[the guy who invented fire]

I will add this bit of info...

I played Luke's 96 R8 LP with a 78 in the bridge right next to my 05 R8 with Antiquities and I have to say...they were a lot closer to each other than I thought they would be.

Not the same by any means but after reading on the web about how bright and hot and brown and this and that the 78 was I was expecting something very different than what I got.

What I got was a very nice slightly midheavy PAF with a nice bite to it.

We also compared to the Custom Custom in the bridge of my SG2000 and the Pearly Gates that I was using at the time in my Moderne and I have to say that the Custom Custom was the onw that stuck out as a hot/modern pickup. The Pearly Gates has a snarl and a bite that the Ants don't have...if you take that bite, kick it up a notch and add a little mid spike you have the 78 to my ears.

That about right Luke??

EDIT: Corrected by Luke via Text!

[blueman335]

the 78...What I got was a very nice slightly midheavy PAF with a nice bite to it.

That would be great. Just what I want.

[gripweed]

At this point I'm leaning towards the Brobucker in an LP, and the '78 in an SG, although this is not cast in stone.

With these, I think I've got all the Duncan PU's I feel I need to have (which is over two dozen, counting neck and bridge models). Please try not to talk me into anything else for a while. You know how easy it is to lure me in (obviously).

I have not tried the'78, but that Brobucker screams to me to go in the SG.

[Khriss Bliss]

+1 on the 78=>335 cuz thats where it was originally comment.
Big points for Genesis Of Brown Sound lore

[youngthrasher9]

Exactly...

Look how many people still use EMGs.

I couldn't have worded that better.

[d1dsj]

I prefer the Bro in a mahogany guitar although it didn't exactly suck in a maple capped LP. I did have an overwound (10k I think??) '78 and tried it in my maple capped LP and I really didn't like it, it just sound very compressed and spongey.

[Luke Duke]

I will add this bit of info...

I played Luke's 96 R8 LP with a 78 in the bridge right next to my 05 R8 with Antiquities and I have to say...they were a lot closer to each other than I thought they would be.

Not the same by any means but after reading on the web about how bright and hot and brown and this and that the 78 was I was expecting something very different than what I got.

What I got was a very nice slightly midheavy PAF with a nice bite to it.

We also compared to the Custom Custom in the bridge of my SG2000 and the Pearly Gates that I was using at the time in my Moderne and I have to say that the Custom Custom was the onw that stuck out as a hot/modern pickup. The Pearly Gates has a snarl and a bite that the Ants don't have...if you take that bite, kick it up a notch and add a little mid spike you have the 78 to my ears.

That about right Luke??

EDIT: Corrected by Luke via Text!

Looks good!

[jeremy]

i would put the 78 in the lp and the bro in the sg. sg bridge pups can sound thin and the bro will help that