Heritage Custom Shop 225 Classic Humbuckers in new H-150

I just did a contrast and compare with the 225 pickups (with A4), Wolfetone Marshallheads (A2) in my other 150, and the JS Moore humbucker set (A5) in my Gibson LP Standard. The 225's sound good with the A4 magnets. But they honestly don't compare to the Wolfetones or the Moores. The 225's just sound flat in comparison. It's like they have no spark at all.

Does anyone want to buy a set of 225's? I'll put the original A3 magnets back in.

 
PK, you should have done some recordings of these changes.   It's one thing to try to describe it, it's quite another to be able to hear it. 

 
PunkKitty said:
After playing around with this combination for a few days, I swapped the magnets to long polished A4. I didn't have an unpolished set. In terms of sound, A4 is someplace between A2 and A5. Some of the boominess of the neck pickup is back. It isn't bad if I turn up the treble on the amp, so maybe that's where I need to focus. These pickups are very difficult to tune in. They are very height sensitive. I went with A4 because I couldn't get a good volume balance with A5 and A2. A2 in the bridge could sound kind of shrill. That's not something I'd normally say about A2. A5 in the neck sounded good, but I was concerned that if I went with A5 for both pickups, the bridge pickup would be even more shrill. I'm not hearing the shrillness with A4. But the high end is quite nice with the bridge pickup.
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So put an A4 in the Bridge.

 
lwilliams said:
I am not totally in love with the 225 Classic pickups in my new CC 150.

The bridge pickup is really wonderful.  The neck pickup is super bassy.  It does not matter if it is into a clean or dirty amp.    I tried through me Matchless, Fender, Tone King, Bad Cat, Marshall and Helix.  Same results.

In the middle position, it blends ok with the bridge pickup if I roll the neck back to about 8 on Vol.

These pickups are totally new to me.  Have any of you got any experience with these and any suggestions?
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 I like mine. :)

 
Yeah audio clips would be useful. And a good way to baseline changes, since our hearing is so subjective.

Jimmy Page even talked about air humidity affecting sound, which makes sense when you think about it. So listening on different days could be subjective not only from things like earwax levels & physiology, but environmental factors too.

 
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bolero said:
, since our hearing is so subjective.

 earwax levels & physiology, but environmental factors too.
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Chris,

  Never considered the type of wax they used to pot pickups. But earwax makes the most sense to someone on pot as it would be readily available. 

 
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