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05-10-2007, 02:31 PM
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Metal Pickups in Les Paul?
I have been researching pick-ups/humbuckers for the past 3 months and I am still searching for the right pair to buy! I have the EMG-81/85 set and I despise the compressed "artificial" tone I get from them. I have an
Epiphone
Les Paul
Custom and Marshall (Mode Four) MF350 half-stack. Does anyone have any ideas on what pick-ups would sound good through this set-up? I really like a Symphony-X, Nevermore and Arch Enemy type of tone. Dimarzio's and Duncans are what I'm thinkin?
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05-10-2007, 02:54 PM
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Re: Metal Pickups in Les Paul?
Your question is so open ended that it is impossible to answer. You need to start with what you do not like about the EMGs. Both DiMarzio and Duncan have tone charts to aid you in your search. Other than that I would suggest the search button to read the multiple threads here on pickups.
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05-10-2007, 02:57 PM
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Re: Metal Pickups in Les Paul?
try doing the 18v mod to your EMG's by running 2 9v batteries. Supposed to help all kinds on dynamics like night and day.
If you're still dead set on buying new pickups I'd say you should get something like a Steve's Special-
Air Norton combo
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Paf Joe
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05-10-2007, 03:00 PM
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Re: Metal Pickups in Les Paul?
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try doing the 18v mod to your EMG's by running 2 9v batteries. Supposed to help all kinds on dynamics like night and day.
+1 on that, although I personally think the 18V mod works better with 81 and 60.
I was going to suggest 81/60 w/ 18 V mod.
But other than that, I'd go the Duncan route. JB/Jazz combo is really great. Duncan Hybrids tend to be pretty good for metal (IMO) because they have a sharper attack.
All kinds of stuff to try out there.
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05-10-2007, 03:03 PM
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Your question is so open ended that it is impossible to answer. You need to start with what you do not like about the EMGs. Both DiMarzio and Duncan have tone charts to aid you in your search. Other than that I would suggest the search button to read the multiple threads here on pickups.
Well I love the bottom end and rythm of the emg but the lead sucks. For some reason I get a really compressed sound. I want the pickups to breathe open tone ya know?
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05-10-2007, 03:04 PM
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Re: Metal Pickups in Les Paul?
How do you put 2 9volts in? What else do you have to buy to do that?
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05-10-2007, 04:44 PM
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http://mywebpages.comcast.net/mgollihur/emgmod.html
I was thinking of doing the 18v mod to my guitar, are there any disadvantages to it?
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05-10-2007, 05:02 PM
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How do you put 2 9volts in? What else do you have to buy to do that?
Just get another 9V clip, and hook it up in series (red wire from new clip to old clip black wire that was on ground). Then connect new clip's black wire to ground, pop another battery in there, and have a ball.
EMG 60 in neck with 18 V sounds very, very good for lead.
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http://mywebpages.comcast.net/mgollihur/emgmod.html
I was thinking of doing the 18v mod to my guitar, are there any disadvantages to it?
Nope, and if you don't like it, it takes about 30 seconds to reverse.
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05-11-2007, 02:18 PM
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Nope, and if you don't like it, it takes about 30 seconds to reverse.
The only thing that's a disadvantage is having to replace two batteries rather than one. I believe that link about the mod posted a few spaces up says to use two NEW batteries when you do this.. you really should. You don't want one battery to die before the other.
I've done the mod to my EMG 85/81 (bridge/neck) equipped
Schecter Omen
6, and it did make a night and day difference. The sterile tone associated with EMG's was diminished and almost neglible.. and the tone was MUCH more defined and usable. It depends on your ears, too. My lead guitarist just shrugged and said he didn't notice a difference, haha.
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05-11-2007, 04:00 PM
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Dimarzio's and Duncans are what I'm thinkin?
Widen your thinking - A set of bare knuckle pickup Warpigs sounds in order:
http://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/ZH-warpig.html
Kind of pricey but I've tried a few of their range so far and I've not yet failed to be impressed.
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05-11-2007, 04:55 PM
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Re: Metal Pickups in Les Paul?
What about Suhr
Doug Aldrich
- his Whitesnake tone is killer
http://www.suhrguitars.com/pickups.aspx
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05-13-2007, 12:45 AM
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Re: Metal Pickups in Les Paul?
I would consider JB/Jazz as my main choice, though i do lile EMGs
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05-15-2007, 09:48 AM
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Re: Metal Pickups in Les Paul?
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I would consider JB/Jazz as my main choice, though i do lile EMGs
I dunno though only because I tried the JB/Jazz in a SG and it sounded amazing but it was really bassy on my amp... so it makes me think of my Les Paul which = more bass
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Well I love the bottom end and rythm of the emg but the lead sucks. For some reason I get a really compressed sound. I want the pickups to breathe open tone ya know?
in duncans get a 59 set
in dimarzio the
virtual PAF
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the rest is up to your amp
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