JimmyO
New member
Hi folks,
This is my first post and hope you can help me select some new humbuckers. I have a 1980s Les Paul copy made in Korea by GTX that I have owned since I was 14. I'm now in my 30s and have a pretty good selection of guitars, but want to update this one and replace the hardware, pickups and electronics. Although it's a copy I took it to my guitar tech and he explained that they used a nice piece of mahogany and maple cap, and it has a great 50s style neck with the frets still in great shape. I'm going to get the 50s style wiring kit from mojotone and am looking for a PAFish pickup that can also rock. I play anything from 60s Clapton and Peter Green, to Jimi Page, Slash and early Eddie Van Halen. I also play jazz and blues. My amps are an Avatar 45 watt JTM45 clone and a Mesa Lonestar Classic. I like to get my overdrive from the amp and control things from my volume and tone controls.
I used to have a JB and 59 in the guitar but moved them to a different guitar as the JB was too strong in the bridge and the 59 a bit scooped, though I did like it's clean tones. I have burstbucker 2&3s in a epiphone les paul, and I have dimarzio super distortion and paf36th in a charvel type. I really like the paf 36th in the neck and was considering a paf 36th set for the GTX. Based on the price and good reviews they seem like a good value and quality.
I contacted Seymour Duncan to see what they would recommend and they came up with the whole lotta humbuckers. From the sound clips and reviews these also look great and I love 70s Page and classic rock. However they are quite a bit more expensive that the paf36ths. So my question is does anyone have experience with the WLH's and PAF 36ths and have a strong preference for one over the other? Thanks!
This is my first post and hope you can help me select some new humbuckers. I have a 1980s Les Paul copy made in Korea by GTX that I have owned since I was 14. I'm now in my 30s and have a pretty good selection of guitars, but want to update this one and replace the hardware, pickups and electronics. Although it's a copy I took it to my guitar tech and he explained that they used a nice piece of mahogany and maple cap, and it has a great 50s style neck with the frets still in great shape. I'm going to get the 50s style wiring kit from mojotone and am looking for a PAFish pickup that can also rock. I play anything from 60s Clapton and Peter Green, to Jimi Page, Slash and early Eddie Van Halen. I also play jazz and blues. My amps are an Avatar 45 watt JTM45 clone and a Mesa Lonestar Classic. I like to get my overdrive from the amp and control things from my volume and tone controls.
I used to have a JB and 59 in the guitar but moved them to a different guitar as the JB was too strong in the bridge and the 59 a bit scooped, though I did like it's clean tones. I have burstbucker 2&3s in a epiphone les paul, and I have dimarzio super distortion and paf36th in a charvel type. I really like the paf 36th in the neck and was considering a paf 36th set for the GTX. Based on the price and good reviews they seem like a good value and quality.
I contacted Seymour Duncan to see what they would recommend and they came up with the whole lotta humbuckers. From the sound clips and reviews these also look great and I love 70s Page and classic rock. However they are quite a bit more expensive that the paf36ths. So my question is does anyone have experience with the WLH's and PAF 36ths and have a strong preference for one over the other? Thanks!
