Phat Cat and SD Distortion in Les Paul w/ triple pups

[Primaldad]

Have a question in regards to Epiphone Les Paul Black Beauty with triple humbuckers…I have a 2020 Joe Bonamassa ‘58 Black Beauty that came with Probucker 2 in Neck and Mid and a Probucker 3 in bridge…
Wondering if anyone has any info or ideas on what it would be like if put the Probucker 3 in the neck and got a SD Phat Cat for mid and SD Distortion for Bridge…
If anyone knows how these triple humbuckers are wired, you may understand the tone/ sound I’m thinking would be possible with the combo…I want a thick but clear/ hot bluesy metal tone…or just throw the Phat Cats in the Epi burst…both could benefit from an upgrade on pups
Anyone done this or have any thoughts? Thanks!!

 

[hamerfan]

Great idea. Maybe the ProB 3 is a bit thick in the neck, but that's just a matter of taste and amp.
A set of PC is a bit of a one trick pony and does not do the metal as good as a Super Distortion.

 

[RevDoom73]

It's an interesting idea. That Probucker 3 in the neck position is going to be pretty powerful....which may or may not be to your liking.
I like a pickup like that in the neck pos. for aggressive bluesy metal lead tones, personally.
But I think that pickup combination could potentially work for what you're after.
As for the burst and Phat Cats, I recently played a friend's Slash Epi that he swapped out the pickups for Phat Cats and it sounded quite good.
Angry and percussive but clear.

 

[Mr. 80's]

I have a 2020 Epi LP Standard 60's that came with the PB 2 & 3 and plan on someday putting either a Duncan Distortion or Duncan Custom in the bridge and will be leaving the PB2 in the neck. IMHO it will go just fine with either one. I hardly ever use the neck position on any guitar but I do actually like how the PB2 sounds. If I had the 3HB Epi Custom I'd probably just go with the PB2 in neck PB3 in the middle and the Distortion in the bridge. With 3 HB guitars you can either go with a neck or bridge model in the middle just depends what you end up liking. IMHO the PB 2 & 3 are pretty nice sounding PAF's and should mix good with vintage style high output HB's of the day like the Custom and Distortion.

 

[crguti]

I installed a Phat-Cat neck and SD Distortion bridge in a semi-hollow guitar. The Distortion can be a bit too aggressive if you're planning to do less high output stuff, although this combination is great for me bcs for the stuff I like to do, thick clean parts with chorus or phaser I go to the neck and heavy stuff I go to the bridge.
The Phat-Cat is single coil so you get hum.