Mid focused humbuckers for all mahogany LP Custom 57 reissue

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Robbocopy

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I have a Gibson Les Paul Custom '57 Reissue, i e an all mahogany Les Paul with ebony fingerboard and no maple top. It's great and I love it, but the previous owner had changed the pickups to a pair of DiMarzios. A Norton at the bridge and 36th Anniverary PAF in the neck position.

The pickups are not bad at all, but I think I can find something which suits me better.

The pots and caps are all stock and changing them to an RS-kit will probably open up the sound a bit. But I still feel that I need to find other set of pickups.

I am looking for something which is more mid focused with better string definition. I already have a big bat humbucker Les Paul (an R9), so I don't need that kind of sound. I will use it with a slightly overdriven vintage Marshall Super Lead with a matching vintage Marshall cab.

The Norton isn't bad, but more mids and string definition would suit me better. Any ideas? A humbucker which sounded close to a SD Custom Soapbar (which I have in the bridge position of my Gold Top R6) would probably be close to what I am looking for.

I have a 59 which I used to have in the neck position in a LP Standard which I sold five years ago. I liked that, but perhaps a Jazz of something else would give me more bite and string definition. (Less flute, if you now what I mean.) Or are the 59 and Jazz similar to the 36? Any ideas?

The pickups must look like humbuckers (black without covers), so Phat Cats and P-Rails etc will not work for me.

I play classic rock, 70's hard rock, e.g. riff based music with plenty of big open overdriven chords.

Thanks.
 
Re: Mid focused humbuckers for all mahogany LP Custom 57 reissue

Both of those pickups are fairly middy, and so at most all mohagany LPs. The Custom P90 is slightly scooped, so I think what you might have is too much mids, causing it to fatten up too much and lose definition. A WLH or Slash set should do nicely, enough treble to give that bite and definition, but still enough mids to keep it from sounding thin and screeching
 
Re: Mid focused humbuckers for all mahogany LP Custom 57 reissue

How 'bout a '59/Custom Hybrid? It's got a nice, sweet midrange but some treble up top to cut through and provide definition. I'd pair that with a Jazz in the neck.
 
Re: Mid focused humbuckers for all mahogany LP Custom 57 reissue

GilmourD said:
How 'bout a '59/Custom Hybrid? It's got a nice, sweet midrange but some treble up top to cut through and provide definition. I'd pair that with a Jazz in the neck.
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+1 on those.
I bet that'd be a great combo in an all-mahog LP- and a nice range of tones to contrast & complement his R9.
 
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