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Choosing pickups for my g400
« on: September 09, 2010, 09:35:01 PM »
Hi, this is my first post on the forums. I've got an Epiphone sg g400 (not the most prestigious guitar in the world but love it :). I'm looking for a vintage tone to play some bluesy rock style songs. The bridge could do with something with thick mids and bass, but not too powerful. I was thinking about The Mule myself. In the neck, maybe something a bit brighter. Would the Mississippi Queen go well with a Mule? All suggestions welcome.

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Re: Choosing pickups for my g400
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2010, 10:05:47 PM »
Missisippi Queen would go very nicely with a mule or you might consider an Emerald in the bridge if you fancy something a bit beefier in the low and low mids region - the MQ would still match up nicely with that
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Re: Choosing pickups for my g400
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2010, 10:25:51 PM »
Sounds good. Are there any humbuckers in BKP's range that are similar to the mississippi queen's style? I'm interested in the the brightness of a p90, but i do like the depth of a good ol' humbucker. I don't want it to be too twangy.

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Re: Choosing pickups for my g400
« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2010, 10:28:58 PM »
It's also to do with the looks of the guitar. I would like a pair of zebra open coils as i think they look sweet in sg's  :D

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Re: Choosing pickups for my g400
« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2010, 11:14:22 PM »
How about Riff Raff's? Or for hotter performance, but still cleaning up well, a set of Rebel Yells? Neck-pickup is not too hot (8.3k).
« Last Edit: September 09, 2010, 11:18:54 PM by Telerocker »
Mules, VHII, Crawler, MM's, IT's, BG50's.