Friday, October 18, 2013

Explorer + New BKP Black Dogs = ?

My Gibson Explorer is a great guitar.  It plays well, is well balanced, etc.  The only thing that has bothered me off and on is the 496R/500T pickup combo.  Not that they sounded bad (especially after some height adjustments)... I just was thinking how much better the guitar could sound with new 500k CTS pots, new pickups, etc.

After some searching/thinking/etc I settled on doing a complete rewire using CTS pots, an Orange Drop cap, and... new BKP Black Dog pickups.

BKP Black Dogs + Cookie Game

Pots, Caps, pushback wire, new switch (just in case)

The wiring went smooth considering my crappy soldering skills...

Clips:

Old 496r/500t Pickup for Reference -


New Black Dog Pickups -

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