anyone try lollar imperials in a 535?

[bolero]

going to pull the pearly gates out of my 535, the bridge just isn't doing it for me

 

 

have a set of lollar imperials that sounded KILLER in a H150....but before I go thru the joyful ordeal of swapping pups in a hollowbody...has anyone tried a set in theirs?

[MartyGrass]

The Lollars will work very, very well. My experience was with the low winds though.

[Kuz]

Well, everyone has their own take on tone.

 

I briefly had Seths, then Lollars in my 555 (mahogany neck/rosewood fretboard so it more like a 535). Semi-hollows don't have the mids and are voice somewhat brighter & woodier than solidbodies. The Seths, Lollars, & Peter Florence pickups just didn't round out the tone for me (but they all sound very good in soldbodies).

 

So I slapped a set of Throbaks in my 555..... they are never coming out.

 

So moral of the story.... everybody has a tone in their head they want and for me I wanted a bigger rounder tone that the Lollars couldn't give (but the throbaks did).

 

YVMV

[Gitfiddler]

This week I heard a set of Fralin paf's in a Gibby 335 that sounded so amazing! The same set had previously been in a solid body LP R8. Same amazing tones!!

 

You might want to check out a set for your 535.

[bolero]

argh...I HAD throbacks in there....but I pulled them for a special project

 

so I put in a seth neck in with a PG bridge...but I guess I was spoiled with the throbaks!!

 

I'll try the lollars out, they sound very good in that H150

 

 

can' afford to buy another set of throbaks right now

 

 

I should try some fralins though....a friend has a 1962 Gibby 355 with fralins and it is THE BOMB. that's actually why I picked up this 535 actually, he lent it to me for a while & then like a crack addict I was hooked