Pickup help

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JoshT1031

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So I'm looking at replacing the pickups in one of my Les Pauls and I need some help. I've been playing guitar for about a year now, I've picked it up really quick according to everyone I know that plays so while my playing has come a long way fairly quickly, I'm still a noob when it comes to parts and equipment. I own two Epiphone Les Pauls(I will buy a Gibson one day when I'm good enough to warrant the cost), one is a Standard Pro with Epiphone ProBuckers and the other is a Les Paul Prophecy GX with Dirty Fingers pickups. I like the sound of the ProBuckers fairly well, they aren't the greatest but they're solid, I know they are supposed to emulate the PAF pickups Gibson used to use. I'm wanting to get some new pickups in the other LP and replace the Dirty Fingers. They have a muddy sound and it just doesn't sound good with the stuff I play, the guitar itself looks great and feels great but the sound just isn't what I want. I have a friend I play with at my church and he has a 08 Gibson LP Standard and I love the sound he gets out of that. So basically what are some good Seymour Ducan pickups that would sound similar to what I want? I'd prefer the cheapest options first please.

As for stuff I like to play, stuff like Guns N Roses, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Metallica, and stuff like that. I don't want anything too heavy or dirty because it won't sound good with the kind of music I play at church.

This is the amp I'll be playing with,

http://www.sweetwater.com/store/det...eMA8YQfePZQoif4kf3ec2xlUr8V-sBMmBoaAjHk8P8HAQ

I hope my description helps, I'm still a noob when it comes to the tech stuff in guitars so any help would be appreciated.
 
Re: Pickup help

The most inexpensive, and since you are only trying to get by with your Epi, that puts into the JB/Jazz or 59 model area of the Duncan line I think. If you can put a few more bills into it, Alnico 2 Pro might be the right ticket for that classic sound using an EL-34/Celestion amp. Or mix/match. Maybe 59 bridge, Alnico 2 neck, or vice versa?

Search for threads on PAFs in this forum. Aceman posted quite a run down, some of them might be expensive for you, but he describes what they sounded like and how they worked together in a Les Paul / Epi type guitar.
 
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