best pickup for thin lizzy/gary moore/john sykes
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Simon_F
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Re: best pickup for thin lizzy/gary moore/john sykes
I'd say another '59 wouldn't go amiss for most Thin Lizzy and Gary Moore stuff. Great vintage humbucker tone. Though I think Sykes used the Gibson Dirty Fingers pickups in the early 80s.
If you want to go hotter than a bridge '59, one of the Customs would probably be the way to go. A C5 would work well with the '59 in the neck.
I'd say another '59 wouldn't go amiss for most Thin Lizzy and Gary Moore stuff. Great vintage humbucker tone. Though I think Sykes used the Gibson Dirty Fingers pickups in the early 80s.
If you want to go hotter than a bridge '59, one of the Customs would probably be the way to go. A C5 would work well with the '59 in the neck.
Benjy_26
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Re: best pickup for thin lizzy/gary moore/john sykes
Simon's right, you can't really go wrong with a 59 combo. It'll cover a lot of bases well. I'm a big fan of the PG set though. I feel that I have more control over the dynamics with the PG than the 59, especially on quieter passages.
Simon's right, you can't really go wrong with a 59 combo. It'll cover a lot of bases well. I'm a big fan of the PG set though. I feel that I have more control over the dynamics with the PG than the 59, especially on quieter passages.
Leather Rebel
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Re: best pickup for thin lizzy/gary moore/john sykes
I've read somewhere that Gary Moore used a JB on some more recent recordings.
I've read somewhere that Gary Moore used a JB on some more recent recordings.
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Re: best pickup for thin lizzy/gary moore/john sykes
A double cutaway Hamer will never sound like a single cutaway Les Paul. More lower mids/upper bass from the Les Paul. Thicker body and shorter/stiffer neck with the Les Paul. I don't think anyone really knows whether the vintage pickups in Gary Moore's "Peter Green" Les Paul have alnico 2 or alnico 5 magnets in them. If they're alnico 5 then the 59 would be the ticket. If they're alnico 2 then the Seth Lover, PG or Antiquity would be the ticket. Actually, if you've got the chops and a great amp (sounds like you have the amp covered!
) you should be able to get close enough to that tone with any of those four models of pickups. Lew
A double cutaway Hamer will never sound like a single cutaway Les Paul. More lower mids/upper bass from the Les Paul. Thicker body and shorter/stiffer neck with the Les Paul. I don't think anyone really knows whether the vintage pickups in Gary Moore's "Peter Green" Les Paul have alnico 2 or alnico 5 magnets in them. If they're alnico 5 then the 59 would be the ticket. If they're alnico 2 then the Seth Lover, PG or Antiquity would be the ticket. Actually, if you've got the chops and a great amp (sounds like you have the amp covered!
) you should be able to get close enough to that tone with any of those four models of pickups. Lew
Simon_F
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Re: best pickup for thin lizzy/gary moore/john sykes
That's the truth. Most of the classic Lizzy stuff was done with vintage-spec humbuckers or the mini-humbuckers in LP deluxes, or (in Eric Bell's case) Strat pickups.
Lewguitar said:If they're alnico 5 then the 59 would be the ticket. If they're alnico 2 then the Seth Lover, PG or Antiquity would be the ticket. Actually, if you've got the chops and a great amp (sounds like you have the amp covered!
That's the truth. Most of the classic Lizzy stuff was done with vintage-spec humbuckers or the mini-humbuckers in LP deluxes, or (in Eric Bell's case) Strat pickups.
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