Hi there,
I’ve been playing guitar almost 4 years now, of which the last year has been professionally taught. I’m only just starting to really develop as a player and start improvising properly with stuff that I can almost be proud of (but not quite). Until about a month ago I’ve been playing on a crappy Marshall solid-state amp with a GT-8 plugged into it, but now I am using a rather nifty Laney LC30-II all-valve Class A amp instead of the arsey Marshall. It’s really good – clean channel is amazing and the distortion has so much gain I often just cant stop smiling whilst chugging away on a few power chords.
Thing is I’m playing on an Epiphone Les Paul Std., with stock pick ups. My guitar tutor a few weeks ago commented that the pickups weren’t all that great and for humbuckers they had a particularly low output.
Now that I’m playing with what I think is a fairly decent amp I cant help but think that I’m being robbed of sweet, glorious, tone because of the stock pickups I’m using – which is why I’m here
I need some new pickups to help me in my quest for the ultimate tone so could do with some suggestions. Here’s a few artists that I like, to give you an idea of what stuff I play – Pink Floyd, Satriani, Metallica, Guns n Roses and a whole bunch of other stuff kinda floating round those styles. I think I’m leaning towards metal/heavy rock these days, but don’t want to be left with pickups that only sound good with this style of music. So kinda high gain but also able to do smoother stuff and classic rock.
Any suggestions would be helpful, but at the moment I’m thinking SH-4 JB for the neck and SH-2 jazz for the neck. Is this going to give me a sound in that ballpark or have I lost the plot somewhere?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Cheers
Alex
I’ve been playing guitar almost 4 years now, of which the last year has been professionally taught. I’m only just starting to really develop as a player and start improvising properly with stuff that I can almost be proud of (but not quite). Until about a month ago I’ve been playing on a crappy Marshall solid-state amp with a GT-8 plugged into it, but now I am using a rather nifty Laney LC30-II all-valve Class A amp instead of the arsey Marshall. It’s really good – clean channel is amazing and the distortion has so much gain I often just cant stop smiling whilst chugging away on a few power chords.
Thing is I’m playing on an Epiphone Les Paul Std., with stock pick ups. My guitar tutor a few weeks ago commented that the pickups weren’t all that great and for humbuckers they had a particularly low output.
Now that I’m playing with what I think is a fairly decent amp I cant help but think that I’m being robbed of sweet, glorious, tone because of the stock pickups I’m using – which is why I’m here
I need some new pickups to help me in my quest for the ultimate tone so could do with some suggestions. Here’s a few artists that I like, to give you an idea of what stuff I play – Pink Floyd, Satriani, Metallica, Guns n Roses and a whole bunch of other stuff kinda floating round those styles. I think I’m leaning towards metal/heavy rock these days, but don’t want to be left with pickups that only sound good with this style of music. So kinda high gain but also able to do smoother stuff and classic rock.
Any suggestions would be helpful, but at the moment I’m thinking SH-4 JB for the neck and SH-2 jazz for the neck. Is this going to give me a sound in that ballpark or have I lost the plot somewhere?
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Cheers
Alex
