Pickups For My New Agile Les Paul Copy
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St_Genesius
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I had a Custom in the bridge of mine and it was a punk and metal MACHINE.
The Distortion in the neck was also good, but hard to balance with the Custom, so I never touched the middle position.
The Distortion in the neck was also good, but hard to balance with the Custom, so I never touched the middle position.
beaubrummels
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500T / 496R
or
Distortion set
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Distortion / 496R
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Custom / Jazz
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Whole Lotta Humbucker set
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Black Winters set
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Distortion set
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Distortion / 496R
or
Custom / Jazz
or
Whole Lotta Humbucker set
or
Black Winters set
smashed39
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I’ve got a high budget for pickups. I had a Duncan distortion before in my older Les Paul and loved it. I’m leaning the way of the Custom/Jazz set for this guitar but I’ve also heard good things about the 59 when put in a Les Paul. I like a good mid rangy high output pickup in the bridge. In the neck I’d like a smooth lead tone sound similar to slash/Clapton/bonamassa woman tone
beaubrummels
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For the neck, for that sound, try an Alnico 2 Pro. (It's a Jazz with an A2 magnet.)
Ace Flibble
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For "thick" and "attack", an SD Custom is definitely the way to go in the bridge. A Gibson 500T would be my second choice; it's hotter and both the highest treble and lowest bass are louder than with the Custom, so it can sound either deeper or brighter than a Custom depending on what frequencies your amp and speakers emphasise most.
For the neck, I'm going to go against what many have suggested so far and say the Jazz is far from 'thick', nor does it have particularly sharp note attack. A Pearly Gates will give you a thicker tone than the Jazz (or most stock pickups) with about the same kind of single-note response, or the Sentient gives you a slightly thicker tone plus a little sharper note attack compared to a Jazz (or the PG, or a '59). Sticking an A4 or A5 in a Pearly Gates will give you sharper response like the Sentient but still a little thicker-toned.
That said, DiMarzio are the pros when it comes to thick neck pickups with significant note attack; their LiquiFire, Air Norton, PAF Pro and Rainmaker all do that job in various flavours of output and bass response to suit different tunings/string gauges.
For the neck, I'm going to go against what many have suggested so far and say the Jazz is far from 'thick', nor does it have particularly sharp note attack. A Pearly Gates will give you a thicker tone than the Jazz (or most stock pickups) with about the same kind of single-note response, or the Sentient gives you a slightly thicker tone plus a little sharper note attack compared to a Jazz (or the PG, or a '59). Sticking an A4 or A5 in a Pearly Gates will give you sharper response like the Sentient but still a little thicker-toned.
That said, DiMarzio are the pros when it comes to thick neck pickups with significant note attack; their LiquiFire, Air Norton, PAF Pro and Rainmaker all do that job in various flavours of output and bass response to suit different tunings/string gauges.
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