Humbucker Help

[Nekropigeon]

Looking to purchase my first set of aftermarket humbuckers. These will go in a Les Paul (mahogany body, mahogany neck & ebony fret). I feel that my current humbuckers are a little too muddy, especially the neck. They are no name Alnico Vs. I play mostly punk, 70s to 90s. In the end, I'm looking for some higher output humbuckers, more crunch, more bite. I like a lot of the BareKnuckle vintage humbuckers (from the samples), but I'm worried I won't be able to get that higher edge when it is time to let it loose. Any recommendations?

Thanks

[Roobubba]

Depending on your amp, any of the vintage hot range can get really heavy. Sure, it's not their primary function (well, it is for my black dog, but that's in a baritone with big strings downtuned to A), but you shouldn't find any problems geting heavy enough when you want to. The alternative is to bump up to slightly higher output humbuckers like the cold sweat, which might work well for you in that axe...

I'm sure others of a less brutal persuasion will pipe up with more useful ideas.

Roo

[Madsakre]

Warpigs!!

[FELINEGUITARS]

Depends on the era of Punk you like
For early Pistols Steve Jones stuff - lok at the Emerald - it is a recreation of the pickup that would have been in his early 70s LP Custom

Typically Punk sounds best when the guitar sounds pretty open (IMO)
So the lower output stuff like the Emerald or mule, Black Dog or VH2 works well there
Riff Raffs would also be good as they are pretty open sounding
The Abraxas  and Rebel Yell would also work pretty well in the mid range , and I'd agree that a Cold Sweat Set will work great too if you want a harder rock edginess to it

[Nekropigeon]

Thanks guys.  I pump the LP through a Class 5 Marshall, which has a decent stock vintage sound, but I'm just not getting the clear tones with current setup. I'm not worried about getting to heavy metal (I got a Krank Distortus Maximus pedal for when I want to get into insane mode :) ) Thanks for Emerald tip, FelineG. Pistols, Clash, Stiff Little Fingers, early Ramones crunchy stuff is what I'm after on one hand, but also into the next wave of Bad Religion, Face to Face, Strung Out, bands that get that warm tone but play a lot of palm-muted open strings & muted strings on chords. I'm really leaning towards the VHII for the bridge. In that scenario, should I go with the set or look for another neck pickup style to compliment...say an Emerald.

[phlip]

Owning a Mahongany body, Neck and Ebony board Les Paul myself I can say for sure that Rebel Yell's cover everything you are looking for tone wise.
They can do Pistols/Rut's etc with ease and can cover modern 'Punk' wonderfully. The upper mid crunch of the guitar tone on 'Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll' by Social distortion just falls out of the guitar with any cranked mid gain amp.


EDIT I posted during your last reply.
Strung Out Cemetery Tone is easy for the Rebel Yell too.

[leerocker]

Owning a Mahongany body, Neck and Ebony board Les Paul myself I can say for sure that Rebel Yell's cover everything you are looking for tone wise.
They can do Pistols/Rut's etc with ease and can cover modern 'Punk' wonderfully. The upper mid crunch of the guitar tone on 'Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll' by Social distortion just falls out of the guitar with any cranked mid gain amp.


EDIT I posted during your last reply.
Strung Out Cemetery Tone is easy for the Rebel Yell too.

paul fox guitarist from the ruts was a friend of mine (rip) i sold him my gibson sg loaded with warpigs and he loved it and was used a lot on the last gigs he did so use that as a sign! warpigs are great id also look at mules i have them in my lp and they are great for rock and punk and sound lovely clean

[Roobubba]

Owning a Mahongany body, Neck and Ebony board Les Paul myself I can say for sure that Rebel Yell's cover everything you are looking for tone wise.
They can do Pistols/Rut's etc with ease and can cover modern 'Punk' wonderfully. The upper mid crunch of the guitar tone on 'Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll' by Social distortion just falls out of the guitar with any cranked mid gain amp.


EDIT I posted during your last reply.
Strung Out Cemetery Tone is easy for the Rebel Yell too.

paul fox guitarist from the ruts was a friend of mine (rip) i sold him my gibson sg loaded with warpigs and he loved it and was used a lot on the last gigs he did so use that as a sign! warpigs are great id also look at mules i have them in my lp and they are great for rock and punk and sound lovely clean

But bear in mind that warpigs and mules are very, very different beasts!

Rebel Yells would certainly work well, as would VHIIs. In the absence of strong preference for a specific bridge/neck pickup, go for a calibrated set - they're designed to work well together!

(PS contact Tim (see front page of website). He's very very helpful, and unfeasibly knowledgable. Tell him what you've told us and he'll tell you what will work best. I always trust his judgement and I've not been let down yet!)

Roo