Gretsch Filtertron HS pickup demo (Malcom young sound and riffs) with Les Paul style guitar

Hi everyone! I wanted to sell this guitar but then i decided to keep it. I did a little experiment and bought a new gretsch high sensitive filtertron pickup. I got it on ebay, the price was just 57$ without shipping. I was hoping to get the similar sound as Malcolm Young from acdc. And the result is beyond expectations this pickup made this guitar alive, i love to play it now and i hardly ever pickup my gibson sg these days :D I will put on a thicker strings in the future to get even closer with the sound and i have to figure out how to place the pickup in the guitar for more eye friendly look :D It looks ugly now, i know but this is just a temporary solution!

Sorry for my sloppy playing and my bad, bad video editing skills ;D I hope the video is not too long, i'm just playing some malcolm young style riffs, some of them are not accurate... I cut some stuff out to make the video shorter.

Guitar: ESP LTD ec-400at with HS filtertron in the bridge position!
No amp: Guitar rig 4

I hope you like the sound, it would be closer with a gretsch guitar but i think it's ok with this guitar!

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Music

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• Gretsch
• hs
• filtertron
• bridge
• pickup
• les
• paul
• style
• guitar
• regular
• humbucker
• malcolm
• young
• sound
• riffs
• rock
• roll
• esp
• ltd
• eclipse
• 400at
• acdc

[HutchinsonNeil]

Hey dude, is this just a bog standard cheap HS Filtertron?. I have ordered a Grtesch electromatic double jet and am already thinking of changing the pickups!. And did you have to make a mount for it? you can get a bezel to go round the pickup so it looks neater!

[MBString]

@HutchinsonNeil Yes, a standard hs filtertron for about 50$. Changing pickups it's a great idea, look for user snookerkingexe on youtube he's done the same thing with his electromatic, perhaps he will give you more info how to do it. I made a mount in a very gipsy way :D I just put a pice of xps insulation foam underneath to get the right height and than taped it to the body of the guitar. I am still finding a way to mount this pickup without tape and with the ability to adjust height.

[MBString]

@MBString I would rather have a pickup mounted without a bezel, like malcolm.

[Solidusangus]

how can i make that guitar rig 4 preset?? i will buy a gretsch electromatic double jet with filtertrons and I NEED to play with THAT sound ^^

[MBString]

@Solidusangus you can make it with jump amp in guitar rig and try different cabinets. Its very simple you don't need a lot of stuff, just play with the settings and keep overdrive/gain very low;) Or i can send you my preset if you want?

[Electry257]

@MBString, what's the name of the store on ebay where you boughi it?

[MBString]

@Electry257 yes it's called lighthouse_sound their website is lhsound dot com

[MrRaphaelLippi]

Can I use Guitar rig with a onbord sound card?

[math101a]

Dude could you send me the preset you are using for Guitar Rig? Cause i've been struggeling to get the right tone and it sounds like you almost nailed it :D

[karlprades]

SPOILIN' FOR A FIGHT !

[noolhodocu]

Great Sound man! I have a Ibanez STM1 that I bought mainly because of the shape, but their dimmarzio evo are too modern and don't heavy warm and beautifull high ends when I use it with my custom made Plexi, it's too "pitchy" if you know what I mean. You video showed me just what i need to do to get the tone I want. Thanks!

[AntmanFelix]

There is just something about the pickups that Gretsch uses that makes them amazing! Idk but i love the tone your getting out of the filtertron.

[guitaristacdczztop]

Love the sound a lot!! Love Gretsches!! :D Tested a Gretsch Duo Jet today... amazing sound!! Love the Filtertrons!! :p I would be very gratfeull if u could send me the Guitar Rig 4-preset!! Grtz, J-L

[Szerszen97]

great sound dude :)