Pickup Recomendations? (Les Paul type)

[Ruxspin]

Looking to upgrade the pickups on my Epi les paul. Looking for a great clean/dirty combination for metal. Id go with emgs but I want to try something different. Any ideas?

[mm2002]

Re: Pickup Recomendations? (Les Paul type)

SD in the bridge, JB in the neck. At least that's what I like.

[JACKSONFREAK]

Re: Pickup Recomendations? (Les Paul type)

I have an Epi LP Custom with a Custom Custom in the bridge and a Gibson Paf zebra coil in the neck. It leans up well and has clearity with distortion. I play anything from metal to blues to U2 type stuff and it all sounds great with that set up on the epi.
Gil

[Ruxspin]

Re: Pickup Recomendations? (Les Paul type)

I'll look into those. anyone have music clips w/there lespaul with the pickups mentioned above?

[jgcable]

Re: Pickup Recomendations? (Les Paul type)

IMHO, these are the best choices for passive pickups for a Les Paul.

PAF Pro neck
Norton bridge

or

Gibson 496R neck
Gibson 500T bridge

[Chasbo]

Re: Pickup Recomendations? (Les Paul type)

Also a duncan JB in the bridge and a duncan custom sh-5 in the neck work wonders as well.

Chuck

[Jeremy]

Re: Pickup Recomendations? (Les Paul type)

In my les paul I put in a Humbucker from hell(neck) and SuperDistortion (bridge) both by Dimarzio.

Great combinatino for me for Metal. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[hippietim]

Re: Pickup Recomendations? (Les Paul type)

My 3-pickup Les Paul has a Jazz in the neck and middle and a JB in the bridge. This is a killer combo.

[Ruxspin]

Re: Pickup Recomendations? (Les Paul type)

What if i were to go passive and active. Ex. Say I wanted to go EMG 81 on the bridge ..and a Duncan Custom on the neck. Would that work ok in a les paul? How would i be able to work that out?

[toejam]

Re: Pickup Recomendations? (Les Paul type)

DiMarzio Norton bridge and Humbucker From Hell neck. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[shreddin' ED]

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this in the bridge,

Duncan Custom™
SH-5/TB-5 -- Beef up the sound of the Patent Applied For pickup and you get a hard-driving, kicking sound with just the right balance of power, sustain, and distortion. This pickup cuts through with a distinctive high end and midrange attack. Available in black, zebra (cream & black), reverse zebra and white as well as the following colors at no extra charge -- red, red & black, pink, green, light blue, dark blue & yellow.
Recommended for bridge position. Four conductor cable, with traditional or Trembucker spacing. Also for 7-string guitars

and this in the neck,

'59™ Model
SH-1/ TB59-1b -- The most important thing about the vintage Patent Applied For pickup was its warm, smooth tone and sustain that was unlike anything heard before. The SH-1 is built with the same kind of enameled wire, nickel-plated studs, and balanced coil windings that humbucker inventor Seth Lover used in his first pickups. It looks and sounds just like a '59. Available in black, zebra (cream & black), reverse zebra and white as well as the following colors at no extra charge -- red, red & black, pink, green, light blue, dark blue & yellow.
Single conductor cable is standard, four conductor is available upon request. With traditional or Trembucker spacing. Also for 7-string guitars.

hard set to beat in most guitars,will go from raging metal to tame stuff [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]

[toejam]

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If you really need a pickup in a different color, go DiMarzio. Good luck getting Duncans in other colors besides black, white or zebra... you'll be waiting forever.

[Krash]

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I gotta say that the DiMarzio PAF pro is the best one I have ever used. Neck & Bridge, it's un-beatable (in my opinion...and we all know what those are like!!)

[MetalMedal II]

Re: Pickup Recomendations? (Les Paul type)

Ruxspin posted December 01, 2003 12:14 PM

What if i were to go passive and active. Ex. Say I wanted to go EMG 81 on the bridge ..and a Duncan Custom on the neck. Would that work ok in a les paul? How would i be able to work that out?

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">You could. You'd need to install need a separate vol/tone pots that are 25K ohm for the EMG (plus the needed 9 volt battery). You'd need each pickup to go to their respective vol/tone pot first, then route them to the 3-way switch, then to the output jack. I'm not sure if the middle position (both pickups going thru) would be similar sounding to a normal guitar with the 2 sets of vol pots.

Honestly, there's enough variety in p/us to either go all active or all passive. BTW, my friend replaced the p/us in his Epiphone LP with Gibson 57 Classic in the neck and a Gibson 57 Classic Plus in the bridge and it sounds awesome!

[j2379]

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X2Ns sound great in LPs, bridge position so i think an epi would be close enough.
duncan custom or CC is great too, the alinco & 59 both sound great in almost every guitar ive heard them in neck position