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Title: Glam/Hard Rock pickups for Les Paul?
Post by: josef on September 30, 2011, 01:14:01 PM

I'm getting a Les Paul soon and I'm looking for a bridge pickup suited to early 70's British hard rock. Any recommendations?

Title: Re: Glam/Hard Rock pickups for Les Paul?
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on September 30, 2011, 01:27:18 PM

By 70s glam I assume you maybe mean Sweet, Slade, T Rex, Bowie, Suzi Quattro, Mud, Queen, Rubettes, Gary Glitter

High gain pickups weren't really around in the early 70s so you want to look at the vintage end of the range .
A lot of LPs used at that time had what are referred to as Patent number pickups because they had the patent number stamped on the bottom of the pickup

Closest in the BKP range is the Riff Raff

You could also use a Mule

Or if you want a touch more oomph then look at the Emerald as that kind of still fits the bill

(Black Dog and VH2 will work but are less obvious choices, and you could get away with a Crawler if you neededthe guitar to be more hard rock ...

Title: Re: Glam/Hard Rock pickups for Les Paul?
Post by: josef on September 30, 2011, 01:39:31 PM

Bowie and T. Rex definitely. Thanks for the tips, man.

Title: Re: Glam/Hard Rock pickups for Les Paul?
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on September 30, 2011, 03:09:57 PM

Quote from: josef on September 30, 2011, 01:39:31 PM

Bowie and T. Rex definitely. Thanks for the tips, man.

Then I would say Riff Raff or Emerald

I'm a bit of a Bolan fan myself - hence my logo artwork

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v662/felineguitars/Feline%20strings/feline-bolan-200pxweb.jpg)

Title: Re: Glam/Hard Rock pickups for Les Paul?
Post by: Telerocker on September 30, 2011, 04:59:05 PM

RiffRaffs.

Title: Re: Glam/Hard Rock pickups for Les Paul?
Post by: darkbluemurder on September 30, 2011, 05:08:39 PM

Based on the descriptions Riff Raff would be more the Glam and Emerald more the Hard Rock side.

Cheers Stephan

Title: Re: Glam/Hard Rock pickups for Les Paul?
Post by: AndyR on September 30, 2011, 06:35:27 PM

Yep, I'd say Riff Raffs too.

When it's not playing blues, my SG does a lot of Marc Bolan, Mick Ronson, Zal Cleminson, and Slade type noizes :D

Didn't realise you were a Bolan fan as well Jonathan - I just didn't spot the reference on the logo, kinda obvious when you point it out :lol:

Title: Re: Glam/Hard Rock pickups for Les Paul?
Post by: Nolly on October 01, 2011, 11:12:57 PM

I'm going to side with the Emeralds here - they are very specifically aimed at reproducing those 70s sounds.

Title: Re: Glam/Hard Rock pickups for Les Paul?
Post by: Brow on October 02, 2011, 04:25:47 PM

I have a Riff Raff in the bridge of my V and it's great for those Bolan-esque moments  :lol: