I Didn't Think This Guitar Could Sound Better (I was wrong)

Rhett Shull November 27, 2024
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Thanks to @HighVoltageGuitars for helping me out with these mods! Go Subscribe to their channel and check the links below for the parts we used in the les paul. ThroBak Pickups (non affiliate link) https://highvoltageguitars.com/collections/throbak-pickups Replica Guitar Parts (non affiliate link) https://highvoltageguitars.com/collections/replica-guitar-parts RS Guitar Works 500k Pots (non affiliate link) https://rs-guitarworks.myshopify.com/products/rs-guitarworks-500k-superpot-long?pr_prod_strat=e5_desc&pr_rec_id=fc64e3753&pr_rec_pid=2540412227&pr_ref_pid=2540409091&pr_seq=uniform Luxe Vintage Style Capacitors (non affiliate link) https://luxe-radio.com/collections/gibson My Most Popular Courses 🎸 Fretboard Fundamentals Bundle: https://rhettshullguitarcourses.com/p/the-fretboard-fundamentals-ultimate-bundle 🎸 The CAGED Course: https://rhettshullguitarcourses.com/p/the-caged-course 🎸 Barebones Guitar Theory: https://rhettshullguitarcourses.com/p/bare-bones-guitar-theory 🎸 Breaking Out Of the Pentatonic Box: https://rhettshullguitarcourses.com/p/breaking-out-of-the-pentatonic-box My Favorite Gear (affiliate links) Line 6 HX Effects https://sweetwater.sjv.io/7549g3 Neural DSP Quad Cortex https://sweetwater.sjv.io/eKVRD1 Zoom H6 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/baZ3yk Shure SM57 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/9gk5vY Sennheiser MD 421-II https://sweetwater.sjv.io/B0gX1q AEA R92 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/6eEQGG Sennheiser MKH 50 https://sweetwater.sjv.io/Gma4WB Universal Audio Apollo x8p https://sweetwater.sjv.io/vNMnmj Want to get in touch? Email me at [email protected] 0:00 Intro 1:28 let's hear the stock Les Paul 2:18 Potted vs. Non Potted pickups 3:50 My LP vs. Zach's LP 5:25 let's talk about wiring 6:39 How to measure pickups and pots 7:37 Breaking into the stock wiring 8:48 taking out the stock electronics 9:40 Linear vs. Logarithmic pots 10:40 replacing the electronics 16:30 let's talk about capacitors 18:57 Playing the new electronics 22:00 Let's swap the pickups 25:00 Final Thoughts

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