Recent content by PimpDaDdy

All, I have a custom set of Dave Mustaine sig pickups in my '06 Les Paul Custom. I'm really digging them and love the sound I get out of them. When I get them jacked up relatively close to the strings they can kill for metal with all the harmonics you would expect from the passive JB and Jazz...

Almost blasphemy to consider I know, but has anyone had any experience good or bad with Dimarzio pickups? I have been a die hard Seymour Duncan fan but I need some more tonal options in a guitar I have been playing with. It's a Les Paul Custom. I didn't hate the 490T stock pickup models but I...

Hello all. My obsession has reached new heights and I need your help! I recently installed a full shred neck and JB bridge in my Gibson Les Paul Custom with aftermarket covers. I'm not 100% pleased with the sound. Like my other guitars I have been able to adjust the pickups such that the face...

Hi all! Hopefully someone has been through this exercise before. I have a 2006 Les Paul Custom all black with gold hardware. I recently purchased and installed a custom JB for the bridge and a full shred for the neck. I am now considering the idea of putting covers on these pickups to maintain...

Hello all! I've gotten some good information here in the past. I am about a day away from buying a Les Paul Custom. Not being one to leave well enough alone I'll be replacing the pickups. It comes stock with the 490/498T set which are pretty good but I want better. I've decided on a JB for the...

Hello all! I've gotten some good information here in the past. I am about a day away from buying a Les Paul Custom and not being one to leave well enough alone I'll be replacing the pickups. It comes stock with the 490/498T set which are pretty good but I want better. I've decided on a JB for...

Does Seymour Duncan offer a pickup, off the shelf or custom, that combines the heat and the harmonics of the Duncan Distortion with the fluidity of the Alnico II Pro? I have tried the JB and like it a lot but the tone curve is a little bit too dramatic and I wanted more output, which is why I...