Choosing Pickups, For Les Paul and strat |
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Jun 25 2008, 12:36 PM
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Hello all.
I want to upgrade my epiphone Les Paul Custom and Fender Mexican Standard Stratocaster with a better pickup choice than stock ones. The truth is I have absolutely zero  experience in choosing pickups. I did research a little bit already (specially humbuckers). The sound i want to achieve for epi LP is Slash's and/or Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi). So for LP, I was thinking of Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro APH-1 in neck and a Dimarzio Paf Pro or Seymour SH-1 for bridge. (Is it ok to mix brands? Any problem with intermediate PU positions?) Someone has experience with those or have other suggestions? My holy grail sound for strat would be to have a David Gilmour for lead and a sultans of swing sound on neck+middle.  But actually I am clueless about single coil choice.  Still, I feel that choosing pickups are kind of blind decision... I mean, you cannot take your guitar to a shop and test all of them (as you can do with pedals for instance...). I found some sound samples, but they are not really fair (as players, amps and guitars change over manufacturer sites) Can someone shed a light? 
This post has been edited by Gus: Jun 25 2008, 12:38 PM -------------------- my "Thank you GMC!" video
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Jun 25 2008, 01:52 PM
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For the Gilmour's check out this EMG DG20 DAVID GILMOUR!!
For the slash's check out the Seymour Duncan Slash alnico II pro! Good luck mate! 
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Jun 25 2008, 06:38 PM
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Dont forget Stan Hinesley his pickups are awesome and well priced to i have 2 sets 1 set of hellcats for the start and a Kasmir (neck) + Hellion(Bridge) on my Ibanez check out the sound clips this guy hand winds every single pickup himself
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Jun 25 2008, 07:24 PM
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Thanks for the answers so far. I am deeply checking the the Texas Specials and DG-20 characteristics now.
For LP, I am very inclined to give a go for the Alnico II Pro for neck. I just love Slash sound when he is soloing with neck pickup. The bridge however will be a hard decision... About the stan Hinsley. Some of the sound clips are really great. But something really called my attention "Scorpion Sound Clip Performed by Muris Varajic (2nd half split coil)"  Amongst other pickups tested by him... This post has been edited by Gus: Jun 25 2008, 07:25 PM -------------------- my "Thank you GMC!" video
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Jun 25 2008, 10:10 PM
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Mixing brands is cool. With both guitars you have a wide choice. For strat I recommend putting all three different pickups for experimenting. You can later easily replace the one you don't like.
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