I need some help...

[Chestnut King]

Hi. I have a Gibson Les Paul Classic and I want to change the pickups on it and my first choice is Seymour Duncan. I play stuff from very heavy to clean as a whistle, so I need a warm and aggressive pickup at the bridge and something crystaly at the neck, and I would love to get that without damaging the esthetics of the guitar (currently hasfactory nickel covered humbuckers). I would appreciate some insight from you guys. Thanks.

 

[Rainmaker]

Re: I need some help...

Seymour Duncan has just introduced Classic Cover humbuckers, which is just your standard hummer, with either a nickel cover or a 24-carat gold cover... so you asked in perfect time!

For super cleans in the neck and super dirty in the bridge - I'd say Jazz in the neck and JB in the bridge.

Or... '59 in the neck and Custom Custom in the bridge.

One resource... well, a forum... that never fails is our very own Vault...
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/forumdisplay.php?f=8

Reviews of heaps of stuff up there^

Look at
Reviews of Duncan Humbuckers for Metal & Heavy Distortion
Reviews of the JB Model Humbucker
Which Pickups (neck and bridge) compliment each other well?
Reviews of the Alnico 2 Pro and Pearly Gates Humbuckers
Reviews of the Custom Series Pickups
Reviews of the 59 Model

 

[Neeradj]

Re: I need some help...

A Custom (SH-5) in the bridge. Agressive, with great harmonics and still sounds pretty thick in a Les Paul. Clean ups aren't super but heck it cleans up and you didn't need that for the bridge

Pearly Gates in the neck, has some kinda bite to it and can do a little bit of country clean. Still sounds great for lead and rhythm work in the neck. Don't know if it sounds crystally. I find the '59 sounding somewhat like that, but I think it sounds woofy and inarticulate overdriven. I'd go with the Pearly Gates since it's a little more versatile. Both would go great with the Custom

PS: Welcome to the forum, stick around and you'll be suprised how friendly and helpful most of the people here are!

 

[theodie]

Re: I need some help...

I would go with the custom and a jazz or a custom custom and a jazz. The standard custom will be a little more aggressive and the custom custom will be warmer than the custom.