PRS pickups in Epi Les Paul

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So i'm having a rough time trying to figure out which pickups to put in my Les Paul. I mentioned i wanted a tone like Sum 41's, so i did some searching, and found out that Dave plays a PRS McCarty. Now how close would i sound to Dave if i put those pickups in my Epi Les Paul. Thanks in advance guys.
 
Re: PRS pickups in Epi Les Paul

Can't answer your question but my Epiphone Elite Les Paul Standard sounds amazing with my Seymour Duncans SH1 & SH5. I love this guitar! Elite & Elitist Epiphones are awesome Les Pauls. I wouldn't trade this guitar unless it for something extremely valuable. After the trade I would sell the valuable guitar and buy a bunch of Elitist and put different SD pickups in each one. I'm craving some Seth's or possibly the 50th Anniversary pickups from MF.
 
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should sound good, but remember that dave uses prs guitars as well as pups :) deryk used to use lps and SGs, altho lately ive seen him with a tele, odd as it seems... anyway, sum41 is a band with 2 guitars, and one guitar is never gonna get that exact sound. you should get a decent dave-like sound with the prs pups tho.
 
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There is more than one model of PRS pickups. Which pickups does he use? Do you know the model of his guitar if you don't know the pickups?
 
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I know i won't sound EXACTLY like Dave, but i want to sound as close as i can. I'm pretty sure he uses a PRS McCarty for the studio (so i'm assuming he's using the McCarty pickups) but when i saw them live, he had 4 LP's, an Explorer, and a McCarty. I think he had one more, but i can't remember what it was. and yeah, Deryk used a dark grey tele with stickers on it for the whole show.
 
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Boleslaw Gers 666 said:
Does anyone else think PRS needs a hotter neck pickup to match with things like the HFS?
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I think the VB is hot enough to keep up with the HFS, I just don't think it sounds very good. :( I really like the Dragon 2 pickups but didn't have much use for the Dragon 1's when I tried 'em.

I'll probably keep the HFS/VB in my '89 CE but the '94 will probably get some new pickups at some point.
 
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