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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Matt \M/ on March 26, 2007, 09:27:16 PM

Title: Les Paul Pickups.. etc
Post by: Matt \M/ on March 26, 2007, 09:27:16 PM

Looking for some pickups for an Orville Les Paul - mahogany body w/ maple cap. Want an all rounder with a vintage type sound rather than something really modern .. but with some power.  Must have a really smooth creamy awesome neck tone.
AIC/ Velvet Revolver levels of distortion, but able to do more bluesy stuff well too

Crawler set?

Title: Les Paul Pickups.. etc
Post by: HTH AMPS on March 26, 2007, 09:43:38 PM

AIC - Jerry Cantrell always used JBs and they have a pretty strong midrange tone.  I have Crawlers in my LP and they have that vintage voicing (imo) but with slightly more mids and output.  it's a great all round rock pickup.

VR - Slash uses Duncan Alnico ProIIs so I think the Stormy Mondays would be closest there.  

Overall, I don't think you can go wrong with a Crawler in a Les Paul.  Could also try a Rebel Yell but since there's no spec for them it's hard to say how they compare.

 :twisted:

Title: Re: Les Paul Pickups.. etc
Post by: TwilightOdyssey on March 26, 2007, 09:44:49 PM

Quote from: Matt \M/

Looking for some pickups for an Orville Les Paul - mahogany body w/ maple cap. Want an all rounder with a vintage type sound rather than something really modern .. but with some power.  Must have a really smooth creamy awesome neck tone.
AIC/ Velvet Revolver levels of distortion, but able to do more bluesy stuff well too

Crawler set?

Sure, why not? :)

Title: Les Paul Pickups.. etc
Post by: shaman on March 26, 2007, 11:05:14 PM

would also suggest the black dog for AIC

Title: Les Paul Pickups.. etc
Post by: hunter on March 27, 2007, 06:37:23 AM

Black Dog set

or

VHII set

or

Black Dog bridge, VHII neck

Title: Les Paul Pickups.. etc
Post by: Tim on March 27, 2007, 07:21:31 AM

If you want to get close to the JB but without the mid spike try the Holydiver.

Title: Les Paul Pickups.. etc
Post by: ericsabbath on March 27, 2007, 06:29:43 PM

<-- great for Alice stuff (one of my top favorite bands), but thicker

Title: Les Paul Pickups.. etc
Post by: Matt \M/ on March 29, 2007, 12:18:01 AM

oops, forgot about posting again.
settled on a crawler set after speaking to jonathan (i think - sorry if wrong - bad memory) at feline guitars, sounds like just what im looking for.

Thanks for the replies  :)

Title: Les Paul Pickups.. etc
Post by: Ratrod on March 29, 2007, 06:11:26 PM

Crawlers would be good. They can do a brutal AIC and some wicked blues too. You might want to go easy on the mids and overdrive for a VR tone.