Led Zep knockoff: opinions wanted!

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Zeppelin'73

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I've got an epiphone Les Paul i've been trying to upgrade, but I can't decide on what pickups I'd like to put in it. I play in a classic rock cover band and really dig Jimmy Page's humbucker tone, but the ones Gibson put in the Jimmy Page signature model (They're modified BurstBuckers I believe) aren't available as replacements.

Anyone have recommendations for a good pair of humbuckers?
 
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Depending wholly upon your Epi and amp, a 59b and a PGn. Or the Zang Pagey 2 set, should get you pretty close.
 
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IanBallard said:
He used a DiMarzio Super Distortion for a while in the early 70's. I'd say that in the bridge and Zhangbucker "Pagey 2" for the neck.
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Why does everyone think that? In the early 70's Jimmy had a T-Top in the bridge NOT a Super Distortion. If you look it u you will get the same info. In the early 70's many players hated DiMarzio Pickups because you couldn't wax pot them because the would melt.
 
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Zeppelin'73 said:
I've got an epiphone Les Paul i've been trying to upgrade, but I can't decide on what pickups I'd like to put in it. I play in a classic rock cover band and really dig Jimmy Page's humbucker tone, but the ones Gibson put in the Jimmy Page signature model (They're modified BurstBuckers I believe) aren't available as replacements.

Anyone have recommendations for a good pair of humbuckers?
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You don't want those anyway. My buddy has a Jimmy Page LP, and the pickups are way too hot imo. Page played mostly with stock humbuckers and did use a Super Distortion for a bit. Now if you're talking FIRST album or Stairway solo...that's a single coil Telecaster.

Here's a neat site.

http://www.dolphinmusic.co.uk/article/2572-jimmy-page-s-recording-secrets.html

I had a 65 or so Gretsch 6150 I believe, and with the amp pinned and using a strat I got oh so close to Pagey's tone. FWIW, a few years back I virtually nailed the Song Remains The Same tone with an Epi LP, Duncan 59 bridge, Dimarzio Super 2 neck through a Crate Blue Voodoo of all amps. The middle position tone was to die for.
 
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IanBallard said:
He used a DiMarzio Super Distortion for a while in the early 70's. I'd say that in the bridge and Zhangbucker "Pagey 2" for the neck.
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Why does everyone think that? In the early 70's Jimmy had a T-Top in the bridge NOT a Super Distortion. If you look it u you will get the same info. In the early 70's many players hated DiMarzio Pickups because you couldn't wax pot them because the would melt.
 
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LedSabbath said:
Why does everyone think that? In the early 70's Jimmy had a T-Top in the bridge NOT a Super Distortion. If you look it u you will get the same info. In the early 70's many players hated DiMarzio Pickups because you couldn't wax pot them because the would melt.
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I was about to type out almost the exact same thing.
He never used a Dimarzio...ever
 
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you can pot old buckers you just need to be very careful with the wax temp


get a pair of 59's and call it a day. they will give you what you need if you have the chops
 
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Ideally, I would go for T-Tops. But, I agree that you should just go for the '59s, and be done with it.
 
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Page used a Super D? First I've heard of it.

I'd get 59s.
 
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I don't know how old you guys are, but I could swear that in the 70s, there was an article in some guitar magazine about Page and a Super D. It wasn't one of his favorites, and maybe it was just an endorsement like the Univox amps? I do remember him being linked to the pickup somewhere along the line, but only for a microsecond. I saw this mag in the very early 80s over a friend's house.
 
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I don't remember ever seeing a photo of Page with a guitar with a Super D's hex poles in it, and none of the stuff he recorded sounds like a Super D either.
A PAF maybe, but not a Super D.
 
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