I owned both UV777BK and RG1527 Prestige

[pumin]

hi.

I own both UV777BK and RG1527 Prestige. Although they both are basswood body and maple neck, they sound differently from each other (even play unplugged). I prefer the sound of UV777BK more. (has more wood tone, more character, and more detail when distorted)

Question is, how can I upgrade my RG1527 to sound better or close to UV777BK ? Will pickup upgrade help? eg. if I put Blaze II in RG1527, will it sound same as UV777BK? or it will never sound as good due to inferior quality of wood?

Thx
Pumin

[Zepp3lin]

I would not bother to make both sound the same because each guitar can give you a certain kind of sound character.
Than if you happen to put a Blaze on that RG1527 than maybe you will get almost like the UV electronically but you still can't change the basic tone of it, IMHO.

[RCB]

The wood in the 1527 is not inferior to the UV. Even though they are both basswood, no 2 guitars will sound exactly the same (I had 2 UVMC that sounded quite different, even though it was the exact same guitar).

Changing the pups in the 1527 will definately improve its tone. I would try something different to the blaze. A couple of Seymour Duncan (I had them in a UV777PBK I owned, but I cant remember which pups I had, I beliebe they were a JB and a 59, but I cant tell for sure; what I can tell you is that they sounded much better than the Blaze).

[crevis]

Pickups are 90% of tone, the pickgaurd on the UV would make it sound alot different to the 1527 unplugged.