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Posted by: fzalfa Sep 26 2015, 02:48 PM

Pickup gibson Pro Burstbucker Zebra
Good for s lp ???
Good as slash alnico ?

Laurent

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Sep 26 2015, 09:35 PM

I have burstbucker pros in my Gibson LPJ and I love them. The guitar gives me a big, warm and dynamic sound. The only bad thing I can think of is that because of the wiring, you cannot split these (to get single coil type sounds).

The guitar feels versatile to me and I have done both soft jazz/blues stuff and rock/metal with it.

I have never tried the Slash Alnico though.

Posted by: fzalfa Sep 26 2015, 09:54 PM

Hi Kris

I have found a pair of for 90€ !

Is it a good deal ?

Laurent

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Sep 27 2015, 01:15 PM

I got mine when I bought the guitar, but after a quick look at Thomann webstore I think it looks like a good price.

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Sep 27 2015, 05:08 PM

I have Seymour Duncan Sh2 and Sh4 on my Les Paul and also my custom Lojo guitar. I love the gain and Eq balance of this pick ups.

I also like Slash models, I tried many guitars with them and sound really tasty to my ears.

Posted by: jstcrsn Sep 28 2015, 12:21 AM

I would spend a little more and get pick ups that could be split, in the end you will never regret making your guitar more flexible

Posted by: Kristofer Dahl Sep 28 2015, 08:11 AM

^ Yes this is a valid point for sure. There is world out there with fantastic pickups and most can be split.

Posted by: Tom51 Sep 28 2015, 12:59 PM

Hi Laurent,
here you can hear the following humbuckers....there are hughe differences in sound

http://www.musiker-board.de/threads/pickups-der-grosse-humbucker-test-pafology.576569/

Dominger Whiskeyssipi
DiMarzio 36th Anniversary
JS Moore H1/2
Gibson Burstbucker
Sheptone Tribute
Seymour Duncan Antiquities
Faber Concerto Grosso
Wolfetone Marshallhead MkII & Dr. Vintage
Golden Age Parsons Street AlNiCo 2 & 5

Cheers Tom

Posted by: PosterBoy Sep 28 2015, 01:51 PM

I have Bare Knuckle Emeralds in my Lp

I'll be getting Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers in my Epiphone 335

Posted by: Blavod Sep 29 2015, 04:29 PM

Hi Laurent!

Personaly i can recomend the following brands:

www.benedettipickups.com
www.crelpickups.com

These are high quality french made (i can see u live in France!) pickups and, the best part, you can really ask for a custom model (tone and looks!). Price is not too high compared to seymour or Bare pups.

Posted by: fzalfa Oct 7 2015, 10:15 AM

i'll take a look

my main issue is about my budget, cause i like to upgrade my €pi les paul studio,, and i have buyed a Gibson, so it cost me a kidney !!

i have look for a lot of, brand new wilkson, tonerider, artec etc.... too cheap and not better than my €pi stock pickups,

i have miss another slahs pickups for 140€, but i do see why have two guitar with the same pickups...

So do these burstbucker pro do the job, and did they match with my play style ? here is the question !

Laurent

Posted by: Mertay Oct 7 2015, 03:15 PM

http://www.guitarfetish.com/GFS-Guitar-Pickups_c_7.html

I keep reading nice reviews about these pickups but never played them, might help if you're in a budget.

As for pickup selection, its really hard to recommend online, like there are known/famous models but also each pickup sounds different in every guitar...

I personally liked dimarzio's approach on picking the right pickup on their website; http://www.dimarzio.com/pickup-picker notice on step 3 it asks to pick "problem solver" and the options there are really a good way to ask/research when selecting pickups.

Posted by: fzalfa Oct 7 2015, 05:16 PM

GSF are good pickup at 35$ piece ?

is it serious ?

Laurent

Posted by: Mertay Oct 7 2015, 05:19 PM

Can't comment much, do your reseach but from what I remember on various forums no one said anything bad about them (nor amazing)

Posted by: bleez Oct 7 2015, 06:12 PM

regarding pickups, is there a difference between a coil tap and coil split, or is that just the same thing?

Posted by: Mertay Oct 7 2015, 06:39 PM

nice link to explain http://www2.fender.com/experience/tech-talk/coil-splitting-and-coil-tapping/

Posted by: fzalfa Oct 7 2015, 06:55 PM

i do not search for splitable ones, it's to upgrade my €piphone LP studio. to match a bit my next guitare
cause i'll restart my job a day, maybe during the next years, and i'll use my studio to work at job between 12 and 14h

Laurent

Posted by: bleez Oct 7 2015, 09:39 PM

Have you seen http://www.irongear.co.uk/irongear_pickups_021.htm? They are not expensive but they sound very good. They have a set which is based on a Slash type of tone called the Tesla Shark. Before I replaced the pickups in my LP with seymour '59's I was considering Iron Gear.

Here is a demo of Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro Slash Vs Irongear Tesla Shark




thanks mate.
so... not really what I thought at all then

Posted by: fzalfa Oct 7 2015, 09:44 PM

Hi Bleez

i have a set of irongear in my cart, i was waiting for a answer like your !!

Edit:

IronGear Tesla Shark buyed !!

Laurent

Posted by: bleez Oct 8 2015, 08:16 AM

cool! all the iron gear pickups sound very impressive from what Ive heard. I look forward to hearing how they sound in your epi