H-150 Pickups.....59's & 225 question and comments

[Andyv94]

Afternoon everybody,

I own 3 H-150's and I have changed the pick ups on two of my H-150's to the SD Pearly gates and the other one to Tom Brantley set of pick ups, I also bought the SD Shop High Voltage Humbucker Set. All 3 are great but I think I am biased towards the Pearly Gates one. I do want to leave one of my guitars intact with the original pick ups, and although at first I didn't really care for the 59's, they have grown a lot on me!! 

My question for the group is, has anybody mixed the 59's with the 225's in the same guitar? 

I really want to get a hold of a set of 225's and try them out in my guitar and maybe have one pick up be a 59 and the other the 225, any opinions? 

I love buying pick ups 😬

[TalismanRich]

Short of buying  a Custom Core model,  the only place you can get the 225s is via the second hand market.   There just happens to be a set here on the HOC. 

I'm not big into changing pickups, although I've changed them in my H140 and 535.   I have a pair of gold Seth Lovers on the shelf that I was going to put in my H157, but the legs are too long for the rout, and I'm not going to butcher the wood to install them.    The Schallers are short leg,  and the Seths are long leg.   I've got Seth Loves in my Millennium LE, so I can always play that one.

 

[Andyv94]

Thank you for the heads up, I actually have been talking to another member that is selling his to me, unfortunately I have been traveling a lot and won't make it home until early February, so I'll get them than. 

I read somewhere in this forum that some kept one of the 59's (can't remember if it was the head or the bridge pick up) and replaced the other one with "x" pick up, never thought about doing that but I. think I might give it a try and see how it sounds. 

[bolero]

You guys need to try the new '284 pickups. They're like '59's and '225's combined!

[TalismanRich]

I remember some years back when the 59/JB was supposed to be the hot combo.  The JB is a hot pickup so it can give some punch,  the 59 is more of your conventional PAF.   

Those things change every year.   It's like the latest viral cat video.