• mattt
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Topic: Could you help me choose the right pickups for me please

Hi guys
First post here. First I'd like to say that Joe's music and playing are very inspirational, so thank you Joe!
I've recently bought my first les paul style guitar, a LTD 256 avg, which plays great, but I'd like to change the pickups and ideally get closer to Joe's tone. I've watched lots of youtube videos and read lots of forums and descriptions but I'm just completely lost. So Ithought I might ask here and add some more confusion lol...
So here is what I'm looking for:
something that would get me in the ballpark of Joe's lead tone
chrome or nickel cover
(I sometimes like more distorted slash tones but that's secondary)
(I have a push pull so 4 wire conductor could be a nice addition but that's also secondary)
So far, that's what I've found:
The Seymour Duncan Joe B look good, but they're too expensive for me...
The burstbuckers 2 and 3 seem to fit the bill but they don't get much love on the internet
Gibson 57 classic and + are what I'm leaning toward right now
Gibson livebuckers seem good too but I haven't found much on the internet about them.
I won't have a chance to try these pickups, so any help is appreciated !

Thank you and sorry for this long post
Matt

2 Reply by Jimi75 (edited by Jimi75 2015-05-19 12:41:16)

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Re: Could you help me choose the right pickups for me please

ESP/LTD Build great LP style guitars. I had both, the expensive and the cheaper one and was pretty satisfied with the Seymour Duncan S-series humbuckers. They were hot but also gave great vintage tone. I think it was the S4 and S2.

Here's a vid I have recorded long time ago...you'll get the idea:
http://youtu.be/h17yaQI0MCk

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3 Reply by mattt (edited by mattt 2015-05-19 13:00:03)

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Re: Could you help me choose the right pickups for me please

Thank you guys for your answers !
More options to consider, I think I'm going crazy ! : )
Unfortunately, there is no magic pickup that will give me the same tone !
Sounds great Jimi, congrats
Greetings from France

ps: I'd like to post a link to a soundcloud track I recorded this morning, but I get a warning message:
Too more links in message. Allowed 0 links. Reduce number of links and post it again.
I acually can't post any link at all. Is it because I didn't introduce myself properly in the correct forum?

4 Reply by RickB (edited by RickB 2015-05-20 09:07:00)

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Re: Could you help me choose the right pickups for me please

mattt wrote:

Thank you guys for your answers !
More options to consider, I think I'm going crazy ! : )
Unfortunately, there is no magic pickup that will give me the same tone !
Sounds great Jimi, congrats
Greetings from France

ps: I'd like to post a link to a soundcloud track I recorded this morning, but I get a warning message:

Too more links in message. Allowed 0 links. Reduce number of links and post it again.
I acually can't post any link at all. Is it because I didn't introduce myself properly in the correct forum?

The anti-spammer bot won't let you post links until you have amassed a post count over 10 to 20. Welcome to the forum.

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