Pickups for a Gibson The Paul

[Aceman]

This is a 1979 Gibson The Paul

-Walnut Body
-Walnut Neck
-Ebony Fingerboard

Tonally, my best description/feeling is that it is not Maple bright, but mores than Mahogany. Definitely punchy and tighter bass-wise.

Interested in something besides the T-Tops. Because I'm just not about T-Tops. Had the guitar over a year.

Something for a nice general all around guitar. Not a metal beast or anything like that, but doesn't need to be a vintage tone either.

Will accept DiMarzio recs, or other.

 

[Securb]

WLH

 

[Lucius Paisley]

Based on a prior post from THIRTEEN?! years ago, you suggested an A2P for a walnut bodied guitar.

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/for...need-pickup-suggestions?p=3661057#post3661057

Would this be relevant to what you're currently looking for?

 

[Aceman]

Based on a prior post from THIRTEEN?! years ago, you suggested an A2P for a walnut bodied guitar.

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/for...need-pickup-suggestions?p=3661057#post3661057

Would this be relevant to what you're currently looking for?

Yeah...theoretically makes sense, but I may feel differently now that I have the guitar in hand.

But A2P isn't a bad suggestion still. Certainly possible. Don't know that I want that fat of highs.

 

[Aceman]

WLH

I thought about those - but I kinda am reserving those for the LTD Viper I'll probably never get.

 

[soulforger]

Dimarzio AT-1 or Air Zone bridge
36th Ann. or Transition neck
​​​​​​maybe I'd also consider a Fortitude bridge with the same neck choices.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Suhr Aldrich! I love mine on my Tribute!

Otherwise, I agree with the suggestion above. I love the AT-1 too. Kinda like a lower output, tighter, clearer JB with a more open, more refined high-end.

 

[Securb]

I thought about those - but I kinda am reserving those for the LTD Viper I'll probably never get.

WLHs as I have said many times make a Les Paul sound like what you imagine a Les Paul sounds like.

 

[Aceman]

Suhr Aldrich!

Oooh - had not considered that. I hear nothing but goodness about it!

 

[Mincer]

Go for the Phat Cat Silencers and have something very different.

 

[AdrianSD]

Custom Custom / Jazz

 

[Aceman]

Custom Custom / Jazz

Intriguing...

 

[Mincer]

The Custom Custom should be paired with the A2P...that's also called the Mincerbucker set.

 

[Aceman]

The Custom Custom should be paired with the A2P...that's also called the Mincerbucker set.

I refer to that as the Fat City combo myself.

 

[eclecticsynergy]

I'm not really a T-top fan, though I did keep one in neck position for many years.
But back in the day, The Paul was the only model that actually made T-tops sound pretty big.

I bet it'd do well with a Super D at the bridge, keeping things sorta-vintage.
IMO a TZ might be too dark in walnut. AT- might work tho. Or a Perpetual Burn.

 

[Mincer]

I refer to that as the Fat City combo myself.

Actually that set is best in something like an alder super strat. Walnut is pretty bright, though, right?

 

[Aceman]

Actually that set is best in something like an alder super strat. Walnut is pretty bright, though, right?

I can't say that I have ever listened to three Walnut guitars side by side, and not next to mahogany or maple to really zone in.

Like I said - I think the best description is brighter than Mahogany, but not like Maple. So, somewhere in the middle. But I wouldn't;t say "OMG - so bright!"

Definitely not this guitar. If anything, that's the T-Tops in it. So imagine a bright-ish guitar with a Jazz set.

 

[Archer250]

59s

If they're too bright just pop in RCA4s in them