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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Woahohoh on December 13, 2011, 10:06:24 AM

Title: Crawler for Gibson Sg?
Post by: Woahohoh on December 13, 2011, 10:06:24 AM
Hi guys,
 I've recently acquired a sg standard and was think about puttin in some crawlers,
I like to play stuff from the darkness and led zeppelin.
Suggestions? thanks!
Title: Re: Crawler for Gibson Sg?
Post by: ericsabbath on December 13, 2011, 10:26:14 AM
tim recommends lower or higher output models for SGs
the holy diver sounded really cold in a gibson sg I had, and I imagine the crawler would be even colder

how about a black dog, riff raff or vhII?
Title: Re: Crawler for Gibson Sg?
Post by: darkbluemurder on December 13, 2011, 10:31:47 AM
Agree with Eric - Crawler seems way too dark and therefore off the mark for the tones mentioned. Led Zeppelin screams for Black Dogs whereas VHII would be better suited to The Darkness - inspite of the name their guitar tones are rather bright.

Cheers Stephan
Title: Re: Crawler for Gibson Sg?
Post by: Telerocker on December 13, 2011, 10:40:11 AM
The Crawler would indeed be a bit too much. It's already quite beefy in my swampashstrat. Like Eric and Stephan say, something low output like RiffRaffs/ VHII's. You might even consider Missisippi Queens.
Title: Re: Crawler for Gibson Sg?
Post by: Alex on December 13, 2011, 11:56:34 AM
I have a Black Dog in my SG and it sounds great; tons of mids, obviously, but nice top end. The RiffRaff would be the obvious other candidate.
Before the Black Dog I had a Miracle Man in there and that rocked a lot, in fact I think that the MM is the perfect match for SGs and metal. I only changed it because that guitar is not my "metal" guitar, but more my "classic rock" guitar.
Title: Re: Crawler for Gibson Sg?
Post by: Philly Q on December 13, 2011, 12:00:11 PM
Yep, me too.  I think the Crawler would sound way too dark in an SG.

Just to throw another one into the mix, Cold Sweats are great in an SG.
Title: Re: Crawler for Gibson Sg?
Post by: BigB on December 13, 2011, 06:49:06 PM
Yet another vote against Crawlers in a SG - I really love my Crawlers but I feel they just wouldn't work in my SG.