Which pickups for Jimmy Page wiring Les Paul?

[KX36]

Hi, I'm going to stick the Jimmy Page wiring into my Epiphone Les Paul and I wondered which Seymour Duncan pickups people would recommend I bought. The mod involves coil splitting on both pickups, adding a reverse phase switch on the bridge and parallel/serial pickups. I know it has to be a 4 conductor pickup, but that doesn't really narrow down the options that much with Seymour Duncans

The style of music and therefore the "hotness" of the pickups should be obvious from the mod I'm doing, I'm looking at SH-1, SH-55; that sort of thing, but I haven't actually seen or heard any up close.

Any advice would be appreciated

 

[Gingrel]

Re: Which pickups for Jimmy Page wiring Les Paul?

Be aware that the SH-1 and SH-55 don't come with 4-con as standard, you'd have to special order one.

 

[KX36]

Re: Which pickups for Jimmy Page wiring Les Paul?

I seem to be able to order them fine from http://www.guitarandampshop.co.uk/acatalog/Humbuckers.html so that's not really a problem, the question is which pickups would be most suitable?

 

[JOLLY]

Re: Which pickups for Jimmy Page wiring Les Paul?

Actually, the mod you're doing is not at all obvious to the style of music you play. Anyways, I'd probably just go with a set of 59's.

 

[blueman335]

Re: Which pickups for Jimmy Page wiring Les Paul?

Two of the most popular Duncan PAF's in LP's are a pair of '59's and a pair of PG's. Both are excellent.

I've put the Jimmy Page system in a few Epi LP's and I prefer using two 250K push-pulls on the bridge, with two 500K's on the neck. I get mine from StewMac.

 

[gripweed]

Re: Which pickups for Jimmy Page wiring Les Paul?

The '59s are probably the closest to what Pagey had in that guitar. If you decide you want a pickup with a2, I'd say the PGs. I have an Epi LP and '59s suit those guitars really well.

 

[Diocletian]

Re: Which pickups for Jimmy Page wiring Les Paul?

Another vote for 59's since you're after Pagey's tone. I also love the A2Pro in Epi LPs.

 

[OctopusRider]

Re: Which pickups for Jimmy Page wiring Les Paul?

Does anybody know how to get '59's with 4-conductor wiring in the U.S.?

Thanks!

 

[tmmblues]

Re: Which pickups for Jimmy Page wiring Les Paul?

PGs please!

 

[MojoMonster]

Re: Which pickups for Jimmy Page wiring Les Paul?

Does anybody know how to get '59's with 4-conductor wiring in the U.S.?

Thanks!

Special order from any SD dealer.
Or you can troll eBay.

MM