Pimp my Epiphone Les Paul Plustop Pro

[RockinRick]

Hi there

I want to pimp my 2014 Epiphone Les Paul Plustop Pro with new SD pickups. Now my ax has Epiphone Pro Bucker 2 + 3 pickups.

I really like the sound of Slash - so are the Signature Slash Pickups the best choice? Do they also sound great with an Epiphone? Or are the Alnico II Pro™ HB better for an Epiphone? And what about the cover? I now have the standard nickel cover. Should I order the pickups also with nickel cover or without cover? What is the difference in the sound?

Thanks!

[Hsb]

I could be wrong but the Slash pickups are just a bit hotter version of the A2Ps. Think either one would get you in his ballpark with the Epi LP. Covers are a matter of preference, Ive never tested this but I have heard some report on here that covers knock a lil bit off the high end. Id take a listen to both and see which one sparks my interest the most. Tons of videos on Youtube and the sound samples on the main SD page.

Good luck on your pickup hunt and report back what you end up with putting in guitar.

[Lewguitar]

Hi there

I want to pimp my 2014 Epiphone Les Paul Plustop Pro with new SD pickups. Now my ax has Epiphone Pro Bucker 2 + 3 pickups.

I really like the sound of Slash - so are the Signature Slash Pickups the best choice? Do they also sound great with an Epiphone? Or are the Alnico II Pro™ HB better for an Epiphone? And what about the cover? I now have the standard nickel cover. Should I order the pickups also with nickel cover or without cover? What is the difference in the sound?

Thanks!

Of course you know that Slash sounds like Slash because he's Slash.

Not only because he plays a Les Paul with AII Pros or Slash pickups through a Marshall Jubilee.

But the AII Pros are cool pickups. Never owned the Slash set.

My favorites are the Duncan Antiquitys and I DO remove the covers.

Without the covers they sound slightly brighter and more present.

More "rock 'n roll".

[Spirit of 76]

I have heard a demo with the Slash set and they sounded really good to me.

Look up and DM Mincer on this forum; he has a good understanding of the different SD pickups and can give some solid advice on them.

[Mincer]

Either the Slash or the original Alnico II Pro will get you Slash tone. His sig pickups are just a little hotter. But either of those into an LP and a Marshall is the ticket. Which one? I'd get whatever was on sale.

[RockinRick]

Thank you for your answers!

I will check some more vids on YT and try to hear the difference - also with and without cover.

I will let you know what I will buy at the end :-)

[EmiAba]

The Slash set seems to be brighter to my ears and as others said a little bit hotter. I have always preferred the Alnico II pros over the signature set. Don't know why but the pros have that instant appetite for destruction tone always recognized. Anyway I'm not you and I don't have your guitar, so I can only give you my advice: the guitar is bright I'd go with the regular A2P set. If not the Slash set

[ErikH]

The Slash set was developed to make his stage guitars (which are a lot newer than his Derrig Les Paul) sound like the Derrig Les Paul. That's what I've read in an interview with Slash himself. Heck, it might've been on the SD Blog. I've used the Slash neck before but not in a Les Paul. Fantastic pickup. I honestly don't think you can go wrong either way.

[Mincer]

The Slash set was developed to make his stage guitars (which are a lot newer than his Derrig Les Paul) sound like the Derrig Les Paul. That's what I've read in an interview with Slash himself. Heck, it might've been on the SD Blog. I've used the Slash neck before but not in a Les Paul. Fantastic pickup. I honestly don't think you can go wrong either way.

Absolutely true. So, it makes production LPs sound closer to his classic LP copy.

[ArtieToo]

As much as I like the standard A-II Pro's, I like the Slash set even better. (And I'm not a Slash fan.) The Slash set just has a bit more bite and punch that makes them worth it. It's subtle though. They are still A-II Pro's.

[Mincer]

As much as I like the standard A-II Pro's, I like the Slash set even better. (And I'm not a Slash fan.) The Slash set just has a bit more bite and punch that makes them worth it. It's subtle though. They are still A-II Pro's.

Yeah, they are both in the same ballpark, really. It just depends if your guitar or amp needs a little more high end. Slash's production Gibsons apparently needed it.

[Lewguitar]

I wonder if there's a roughcast A2 magnet in the Slash set and a polished A2 magnet in the AII Pro?

[ArtieToo]

I wonder if there's a roughcast A2 magnet in the Slash set and a polished A2 magnet in the AII Pro?

I can't answer that directly, because I still haven't done your 59 mag swap yet.

But the Slash A-II Pro's definitely have that je ne sais quoi that A-II Pro's don't have. If A-II Pro's are a Catholic shoolgirl, Slash A-II Pro's are a Catholic schoolgirl who just got expelled because her skirt is too short.

[ErikH]

Fantastic description, Artie. Bravo, Sir!

[EmiAba]

I wonder if there's a roughcast A2 magnet in the Slash set and a polished A2 magnet in the AII Pro?

My AII pro has polished magnet in it