Alternative Pickup Ideas to Gibson 490r-498t

[Telerocker]

What kind of tones are you after/styles you play?

[ericsabbath]

"doesn't matter, had sex"

https://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=24_57&products_id=137

[Fourth Feline]

I had that very same pair in my Les Paul Standard for a couple of years after purchase ; and when looking for a great pair of pickups to be 'multi-purpose' yet much better sounding , went straight for a pair of BKP Mules.  Perfect.  By comparison, the Gibbo ones sounded blocky, unsubtle and lacking real dynamics and clarity.   Admitedly I am not a high gain sort of player,  but I gather they can handle that ground as well.  :)

As Telerocker just reminded me ; - at the time of me getting the Mules, it really was a  great chance to start again from scratch, and make the guitar fit whatever I desired.  I just felt the Mules sounded  like what a good 'Workhorse ' Les Paul should have sounded like.

[Telerocker]

I had that very same pair in my Les Paul Standard for a couple of years after purchase ; and when looking for a great pair of pickups to be 'multi-purpose' yet much better sounding , went straight for a pair of BKP Mules.  Perfect.  By comparison, the Gibbo ones sounded blocky, unsubtle and lacking real dynamics and clarity.   Admitedly I am not a high gain sort of player,  but I gather they can handle that ground as well.  :)

As Telerocker just reminded me ; - at the time of me getting the Mules, it really was a  great chance to start again from scratch, and make the guitar fit whatever I desired.  I just felt the Mules sounded  like what a good 'Workhorse ' Les Paul should have sounded like.

I'm really growing into Mules (as merely a singlecoilplayer!). They cover many styles and in my coverband I use them from Beyoncé to Joan Jett.