Pickup for Les Paul (Need Help Please)

[Jeff_H]

Re: Pickup for Les Paul (Need Help Please)

This may not be "thrash" metal, but it's metal. It is a CC in a double fat strat thru my JCM 800. No added distortion other than what the amp has on tap. Speakers are V30's, miked 1" off the cone edge, and about 2" from the grill cloth. SM57 directly into the recording software. No compression, no added effects...just dry as your mother in law's Turkey on Thanksgiving.

If the link doesn't work for some...soundclick is picky, click on "my soundclips" down in my sig, and go to CC metal demo.

I think the CC does a pretty damn good job. It's not a Distortion, Custom or Dimebucker, but pretty damn good.

http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=835463&q=hi

 

[Robert Delahunt]

Re: Pickup for Les Paul (Need Help Please)

This may not be "thrash" metal, but it's metal. It is a CC in a double fat strat thru my JCM 800. No added distortion other than what the amp has on tap. Speakers are V30's, miked 1" off the cone edge, and about 2" from the grill cloth. SM57 directly into the recording software. No compression, no added effects...just dry as your mother in law's Turkey on Thanksgiving.

If the link doesn't work for some...soundclick is picky, click on "my soundclips" down in my sig, and go to CC metal demo.

I think the CC does a pretty damn good job. It's not a Distortion, Custom or Dimebucker, but pretty damn good.

http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?songid=835463&q=hi

First off, I envy your equipment

Second, ok, Hard Rock and maybe early metal, yes. Maybe it's hair splitting, maybe not. However, my apologies. It must be the wood and quality of my Ibanez that's causing me issues then. I guess I'll sell it.

 

[Metallica1234]

Re: Pickup for Les Paul (Need Help Please)

I know that James and Kirk use EMG's, but I don't want active pickups.

I've narrowed it down to 3 pickups:

1. SH-6 Duncan Distortion B
2. SD DimeBucker B
3. EMG HZ H4 B/EMG HZ H4A N

I've read that the DimeBucker sounds really good distorted but doesn't sound good clean, and that it produces a lot of feed back.

 

[krall]

Re: Pickup for Les Paul (Need Help Please)

I know that James and Kirk use EMG's, but I don't want active pickups.

I've narrowed it down to 3 pickups:

1. SH-6 Duncan Distortion B
2. SD DimeBucker B
3. EMG HZ H4 B/EMG HZ H4A N

I've read that the DimeBucker sounds really good distorted but doesn't sound good clean, and that it produces a lot of feed back.

I just got a LP last week and I asked the same question about a good PU for metal (in my case, black metal)..I'm ordering the SH-6 in the bridge this week, and the Jazz for the neck.

 

[emilio]

Re: Pickup for Les Paul (Need Help Please)

i heard that EMG passives suck balls.

 

[emilio]

Re: Pickup for Les Paul (Need Help Please)

by the way the dimebucker WILL NOT get you any nice cleans. unless you like slightly overdriven ones. that is not really clean though.

 

[Robert Delahunt]

Re: Pickup for Les Paul (Need Help Please)

i heard that EMG passives suck balls.

I've played them before, they don't. They just sound like passive versions of their actives. But I never liked the EMG sound anyways: too transparent and clean, almost acoustic-like. If I needed such a sound, maybe, but I don't.

 

[Aceman]

Re: Pickup for Les Paul (Need Help Please)

I've always been happy with my Distortion for early Metallica

 

[Metallica1234]

Re: Pickup for Les Paul (Need Help Please)

How about the SD SH-8 Invader?