The Best SG Upgrade! | Righteous Sound RAF Humbuckers | Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab SG
Righteous Sound Pickups returns to the channel with the RAF Humbuckers — this A4/A2 set is a specific and deliberate pairing. Welcome back to Edge of Breakup.
The Righteous Sound RAF A4 (neck) / A2 (bridge) set is installed in the Gibson Custom Murphy Lab SG with an Emerson Custom Prewired Kit and Treble Bleeds on both volume pots, into the Benson Amps Vincent 2x12" with Scumback H75-PVC speakers. The Cunningham Amps MKI Fuzz and Greer Amps Lightspeed Overdrive both feature, along with the Effectrode Tube Vibe.
Get the RAF Neck: https://www.righteoussoundpickups.com/product-page/raf-neck
Get the RAF Bridge: https://www.righteoussoundpickups.com/product-page/raf-bridge
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The RAF (Righteousness Applied For) is a vintage accurate PAF replica — 49.2mm PAF replica butyrate bobbins, USA-made pole screws and slugs, custom fabricated nickel PAF clone covers with no copper undercoat, long-legged vintage accurate threaded baseplates, period correct 42awg plain enamel wire, vintage single braid wire. The A4/A2 combination pairs an Alnico 4 neck (~6.9K) with an Alnico 2 bridge (~7.5K) — the A4 delivering open, airy clarity in the neck, the A2 giving vintage warmth and slightly more output in the bridge without excessive compression.
Explored across the full range: clean tones from 01:12, the Benson Vincent's Clean Channel cranked for amp overdrive from 03:44, boosted with the Gain Channel from 06:02, and extensive volume knob cleanup from 07:42 showing off the double Treble Bleed wiring.
The Cunningham Amps MKI Fuzz gets its own section from 12:20 — the saggy, compressed Tone Bender MKI character against the RAF set's vintage PAF voicing. The Greer Amps Lightspeed Organic Overdrive from 15:34 offers a completely different flavor — transparent, low-to-medium gain drive that enhances rather than colors, with volume knob cleanup at 17:39 and the Effectrode Tube Vibe joining at 19:00.
🎸 Righteous Sound Pickups: https://www.righteoussoundpickups.com
🎛️ Cunningham Amps: https://www.cunninghamamps.co.nz
🎛️ Greer Amps: https://www.greeramps.com
🔊 Benson Amps: https://www.bensonamps.com/guitar-amplifiers
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🎸 Gibson Custom Murphy Lab SG | Righteous Sound RAF (A4 Neck ~6.9K / A2 Bridge ~7.5K) | Emerson Custom Prewired Kit + 2x Treble Bleed
🎛️ Cunningham Amps MKI Fuzz | Greer Amps Lightspeed Organic Overdrive | Effectrode Tube Vibe
🔊 Benson Amps Vincent 2x12" | Scumback H75-PVC
Recording: Universal Audio Apollo x4 | Ohma Ribbon | Lauten Audio LS-208 | Royer R121 & R10 | Ableton Live 12
