DD or '59 for the neck of my Les Paul?

[Boleslaw Gers 666]

I will be using a Custom in the bridge of a Les Paul, and I'm torn between these two pickups. I want that sweet sustain of a Les Paul, but I want pretty high output. Will the DD give me the same sweet Les Paul smoothness, just with more output? And also, is the '59 neck hot enough?

 

[Kac]

Re: DD or '59 for the neck of my Les Paul?

IMO the '59 neck is hot enough.

ROck ON - Kac

 

[madstrummer]

Re: DD or '59 for the neck of my Les Paul?

Yeah, I agree. The '59 has a tremendous punch. A great pup indeed. I tried to install one in the neck of a strat and could not get it to sit low enough to balance out the bridge. It was that hot.

 

[theodie]

Re: DD or '59 for the neck of my Les Paul?

I tell you what, I played a DD neck for the first time last night and I was highly impressed and suprised!!! The 59 is a great pickup also. For me it might be a hard call. I would go for the 59 if I would want cleaner tones and the DD neck if I would want to play more distorted leads with the neck. Though both, will pull off each!!

 

[bbking1021]

Re: DD or '59 for the neck of my Les Paul?

Yeah, I agree. The '59 has a tremendous punch. A great pup indeed. I tried to install one in the neck of a strat and could not get it to sit low enough to balance out the bridge. It was that hot.

+1

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: DD or '59 for the neck of my Les Paul?

A normal PAF type pickup in the neck of a LP will have enough output to balance with pretty much anything in the bridge.

I'm partial to the Pearly Gates at the neck of a LP. Listen to ZZ Top's "Cheap Sunglasses" or "Brown Sugar" and you'll know why.