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I've owned an Epiphone Broadway for a while and the neck pickup is very harsh on the treble side. I have tried adjusting multiple ways but is doesn't change much. Currently strung with Thomastik 12s. Great guitar and I have it set up for easy play that I enjoy.
Purchased for $600 used with case so not really sure how much money I want to invest. Any recommendations or what to try?
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01-23-2023 08:24 PM
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'57 classic
490r or 490t
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....though I think I would just swap both pickups and upgrade my pots, and pickup switch to CTS pots and a decent Gibson switch while I was at it. It will likely be worth it over Epiphone pickupgs if you like the guitar and plan on keeping it a long time. Electronics are the weak point in the Epi's I have had and I have had 4 or 5 different models. The guitars are extremely good bu the electronics for me were either mediocre or faulty at times. If you don't gig maybe the pots and switches are overkill but that's my moneymaker so it's cheap insurance.
Every time I hear a Seth Lover set, it sounds incredible. 57 classics (not the + model) or the 490 set. Duncan Jazz or '59 in the neck position and any number of sweet bridge pickups. I have a jazz in the neck and a '57 in the bridge of my semi hollow and really enjoy it. Happy hunting.
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Thanks for the suggestions. I sold a 2007 Gibson ES-175 that had wonderful pickups but the guitar bothered my shoulder. Any yet a 17" doesn't, go figure. Does anyone know what would have been installed it that?
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Originally Posted by Kevin Michael
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Originally Posted by Kevin Michael
That being said: I know the all maple Epiphone archtops to be quite bright and 'scooped' sounding guitars that benefit from pickups that don't have tons of highs and with a bit of a mid boost. I suspect a Classic 57 will be a good candidate. I would stay away from SD59s. Great pickups when you want to add air and sparkle to your heavy Les Paul but when I tried them out in my Epiphone Sheraton they enhanced the bright and scooped nature of that guitar. A pair of StewMac Golden Age humbuckers for half the price of the SD's was exactly what that guitar needed.
I recently built a Telecaster Thinline Deluxe with humbuckers from a cheap AliExpress kit with undoubtedly the cheapest MIC ceramic humbuckers on the market..... but they sounded great!! I have recently also used FLEOR Alnico pickups for my tele- and strat- partscasters. For only $15 per pickup they are perfect. Alnico sounds airier and brighter than ceramic pickups, inspite of the hype around it. I would be tempted to try the cheapest FLEOR ceramic humbuckers from AliExpress, they might be just what your Broadway needs.
These for example:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005...d=XoG9lEAumJ7C
For $25 it's worth an experiment.
If it must be Alnico, then these for 5 bucks more:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005...d=fax4ZIVqaEvV
I am done with expensive boutique pickups, these FLEORs do the job just as well and sometimes even better.
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I allways found the Broadway a suitable platform for a couple of staple Alnico V PU's in P90 format. Kind of an old style looking and sounding L5. But that is due to the luxury of having a couple of L5s on hand already. May be one day...
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I had a Stewart MacDonald "Golden Age" PAF in a box and popped it into my Broadway and WOW. It was wonderful. I kept it in. Very nice pickup.
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Originally Posted by lawson-stone
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I don't see the StewMac Golden Age on their website anymore. It's discontinued? The have the (pricey) Parson's Street humbucker and the StewMac Humbucker. Is the latter the incarnation of the Golden Age?
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Originally Posted by hotpepper01
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Seth Lovers. I just bought a set to put in my Broadway
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Originally Posted by Little Jay
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
The Staple thing is a little different.
From what I have been reading staples are Gib’s take on dynasonics. There are a few different dynasonic sized HBs out there.
Gabojo makes one that I have been told is very good. That is the one that is highest in my list of next PU purchases.
Mr.2000HB in Humbucker size for Hollow body Guitars - Gabojo
TVJones T-Armond has an HB sized option. I have three TVJones PU. I am extremely happy with two. The third is an excellent PU but I wanted to try something brighter and thinner and it is too bright and thin for me. A different guitar might have made it work.
Seymour Duncan makes a custom made HB sized PU. Due to the cost, and an shared experience from a forum member about dealing with SD custom stuff, that PU never made my list.
The only thing that has stop me from buying the Gabojo PU is the question, “do I really want to live with hum, in another guitar”? If I am using my computer, and my guitar it is a bit bothersome. I guess I could just buy a noise gate for that.
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Originally Posted by RyanM
Originally Posted by Little Jay
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
10 Humbucker-Sized P-90s You Should Try - Premier Guitar
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But what if the dogear staple look is half of the reason I want to switch?
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
Getting the right height for the P90 will be a bigger challenge. Too low is not a problem, then you can shim them. If they are too high it's more cumbersome, you will have to look for lower covers and bottom plates with longer 'arms', or carefully bend them to the right length (I did once brake off a leg trying to do that, so be careful....)
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Op, if all you want is a warmer sound with less treble, all you have to do is go to a 250k or even 100k volume pot depending on how warm you like it. It's that simple. However, switching pickups is always fun too. I'd want to switch out an Epi pup if that's what's in there.
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Originally Posted by Jimmy Smith
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Where did you get that pick guard? If I order an L5 style pickguard will it fit the screws and pickups on the broadway?
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Originally Posted by nevershouldhavesoldit
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Originally Posted by AllanAllen
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Epi Broadways come alive with a set of Seth Lovers. In addition to the stock pickups being bad, the stock wiring, pots, jack, cap, and switch these models come with are poor quality components. If I were upgrading pickups, I''d go all in and build or buy a complete new wiring harness. In my experience with multiple Korean and Chinese Broadways and several Emperors, they are really decent jazz guitars but they really benefit from some upgrades in the pickups and harness department.
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