Big improvement. More clarity and bite

Bone nut is pretty much completely unnecessary. Lollars are worth it though.

That’s a great job my question to you is which one do you prefer for blues and for jazz playing? Was it worth it or you think it wasn’t necessary?

Both sound good. Maybe a nice and more affordable alternative would be Fralin Modern PAFs. I just love Alnico 4 magnets.

Are you using curved pickup covers on this?

On my opinion SLE 101 seems to give a bit softer and deeper bass and brighter high ends

I get the pickups but what's wrong with the original bridge?

I hear no difference.

Great video . Just about to do the same . Did it make a big difference to the tuning ?

A digital plug in amp to test PAF’s????? Makes less than zero sense. You need a good 15-30 watt tube amp at a minimum, as when I heard the B. Buckers through any of my three tube amps, they did not sound good at all. Whereas Throbak’s sound exactly like the originals, and while painfully expensive, they’re worth it ( especially if you get them used or already installed in a guitar you got at a good price- which was the only way I could afford them). I’ve played both ‘58 and’59 LP’s, the Throbak’s sound, and FEEL, identical. Comparing these through a digital plugin is just misleading, and it seems most people have absolutely no idea what they’re listening to. As they’re not listening to what the pickups are supposed to sound like.

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Sorry if I missed it - but what scratchplate have you put on it? I HATE the default (I keep clipping it with the plectrum), but I like the look of a scratchplate - although it drives me crazy clipping it all the time.

Sweet mods! I also did the Bridge and nut, plus swapped out the Tuners. I really did think about a full electrics rebuild, but never felt the need, as it works for me.

Any discernable difference could be eq ed out and certainly would never be heard in the mix. I have bb 1& 2 in my sg and say that guitar is a rock machine. In my lp I have the 59 set ( Gibson bbs)) now there's a huge difference between them. I have many guitars with sort of the same pups my strategy has Seymour Duncan 59 and jb my ect.... they all sound slightly different but I could get thought any gig with any one of them.

Wow great demo, yeah to my surprise i prefer it stock, theses things are subjective of coarse but it had a lovely fat warm tone stock, prehaps the epiphone pickups are just very underrated. This demo is certainly make me rethink upgrading my matte black casino. Cheers.

Interesting. Nicely made video. I was surprised that the burstbucker sounded so much better on the bridge plexi part (I was also quite impressed with the softube plexi plugin). Especially after hearing how much clearer the throbaks sounded on clean sounds. The burstbucker bridge must have more mids to it. The cleans were no contest though, although to be fair the throbaks aren’t wound as hot. Lastly, could you share your settings for your plexi tones? I have the UAD version I got free a long time ago but haven’t really used it. Now I’m regretting that.

Why did you feel you needed to not use the saddles that came with the Tone Pros bridge?

thanks you for the vide, but I prefer the tone proper to Casino on the original. I WOULD CHANGE THE TUNERS AND THE BRIDGE FOR ABR1

hey! good tone. do you remember what the volume on the deluxe was at for this?

Thanks for the video. Just picked up a RI LP and was super dissapointed with the BB pups. Glad I found this as it just needed a set up on the bridge and pick ups. I was shocked at how close these sound on the video. I still like the Throbaks a hair more in this video for the added detail and clarity but if I looked away from the screen I couldnt tell there was even a change. I played this over studio montitors.

Outstanding job, she looks and sounds AWESOME. 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

That burstbucker neck sounded nasty, and not a good nasty.

I couldn’t hear a “better” difference, there was slight differences, better is subjective. Im pretty happy with stock BB’s although the custom buckers in my 335 are considerably different and I will say better and you all can fight me on that. I stand by it. I dont think throwbacks make enough difference to justify the cost. But Im also a half deaf musician and I mostly hear my ears ringing lol

Can i get the tab?

Man,no uprade matters if the guitar is out of tune.

Digital plugin no sense

So often forget the genius in so many great tracks.. brings it home more to see it played up close. Awesome

We have different standards for "clean" tone....that ain't clean.

Second question :) from your intro chart it says the burstbuckers 1 and 2 have the same DC resistance of 8.2 hOhm’s. I thought the rhythm pickups had less resistance than their bridge counterparts…No? I think that’s why (thanks to your awesome video!) I enjoyed the ThroBak in the neck better and the BB in the bridge :)

black pups cover and scratchplate makes the guitar looks so dull.. prefer the OG look. just personal thought

Enjoyed the video. Have had similar thoughts regarding the casino. I read some other comments and far as I’m concerned it’s your ax and if you like it that’s all that matters. Me, I love the fresh lollars and I think it looks and sounds fantastic. Keep on rocking.

Thank you for this video :) Are the Burstbuckers here potted or unpotted? Oops! I see they are unpotted on your chart at the beginning :)

Nice work, great vid. I replaced the pickups in my Peerless Casino, but swapped them back as I preferred the originals. I replaced the bridge with a post locking type and 52mm EtoE to open the strings a bit, also bone nut with wider EtoE spacing.

I kinda prefer the casino pickups... they deffinanly sound more dirty, kinda has that late 60s sound. While the upgrades sound more clean like a gibson es330

I did pretty much the same mod to my Cherry Red Coupe. I did buy a frequensator tailpiece and shortened the legs to scale it the guitar. I did use underwound P-90 pickups from Lollar. It’s a fine guitar now.

Can I ask you wich model of telecaster this is? Is that a nocaster?

I've been thinking of upgrading my Casino Coupe for a while now but both this and Rhett's upgrade vids have me thinking I'll take it slow and focus on the cheaper components before considering pricy pickups. The law of diminishing returns feels particularly applicable to this fine instrument.

The problem here is that a vintage style (Throbak) pickup is being played through a plugin, absolutely not ideal. Vintage pickups don't sound their best through modern amps, let alone modeling stuff and vice versa. Plug the Les Paul into a real vintage or clone Marshall Plexi through Celestion greenbacks and you'll find that the Burstbuckers are harsh, bright, and not magical. The Throbak's on the other hand are bright but not harsh and there is something a little magical about the sound that makes you want to keep playing for hours.

Grover tuners droped right into my casino and was a great improvement!

The new upgrade makes the guitar so much better. The new pickups would help it sit so much better in a mix. The guitar sounds more alive and less muffled with the new pickups.

How exactly is the Throbak a PAF killer whne its literally a PAF clone . Its the most accurate PAF clone made today . The Burstbucker 1 and 2 are probably the least accurate PAF made today . They sound nothing like a PAF and use different materials than PAFs . It makes no sense to call Throbaks a PAF killer based on being better than Burstbuckers which are not PAFs at all.

Looks sweet! Definitely brighter and more chimey with Lollars. If you want the tone of the Epi-pickups just roll back the tone knobs. I think you would have had a bigger difference if you had gone for the the lower output Lollar 50's wind P90 - I find those beautifully open and rich in harmonics.

I hear no difference. The pickups that came with all my Custom Shop Gibsons sound fine. If you want more clarity, just roll back your volume. They put volume knobs on guitars for a reason - use them.

Dude. I enjoyed that! Great playing! One of the coolest grooves in Rock & Roll.

Burstbuckers for me!😊 throwbak sound too wimpy and thin, which some others like… if I want wimpy/thin I pickup a Strat 🤷🏽‍♂️

But... you can't play. ANY pickup is good enough for you. You're undeveloped. This is ridiculous...

It think the guitar prefers the burst buckers more. The throbaks sound too brute and thin for my tastes

What's the difference on hum between the two pickups? Thanks for doing this test! I have a elitist with pickup problems.

Just got a casino and I'm thinking the same thing. Bone nut, CTS pots, orange drop capacitors, switch, and some upgraded p-90s. Think it is definitely an improvement. More clarity, definition, and presence. Bone nut alone was a vast improvement. I might even consider ivory grover tuners and tune o matic bridge. Great job 👍

The new ones sound good but i prefer the stock pickups ,sound nicer, warmer great for melodies, but everyone's tastes are different, thank you for posting.