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evenfell

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Pickup advice - Gibson les paul classic custom 2007 for metal
« on: December 21, 2012, 06:57:38 AM »
Hey guys. First post here.
I just bought my first Gibson LP.
I did not really like the pickups so I want to change them and heard BKP was great.
Guitar: Gibson Les Paul classic custom 2007
Body: Mahogny
Fretboard: Ebony
GEAR: Axe fx (no prefered amps), Yamaha UD stomp delay.

Music preferences: I do play rock, hard rock, tight metal, ambient/shoegaze cleans
Bands: Papa roach, Sigur ros, system of a down, Scar symmetry, Karmah, Children of bodom and alot of other metal bands.

What I would like: A bridge pickup that can play tight metal as well as bright cleans, that responds to guitar volume
What I am not after: Djent tuned down metal pickup

For a preference I tend to like di marzio pickups EVO2 (that I had in a former guitar), but I would like a mix between a dimarzio and add some midrange and bottom dark tone.

I have read in another forum that some people consider the miracle man a dimarzio bright sound mixed with a darker tone?
Can anyone give me some advice on this?

ericsabbath

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Re: Pickup advice - Gibson les paul classic custom 2007 for metal
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2012, 10:18:13 AM »
the miracle man would be closer to the dimarzio steve's special voicing
I like it for most of the bands you mentioned
it's also worth having a coil split
Riff Raff, Mules, Black Dog, VHII's, Cold Sweat

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Re: Pickup advice - Gibson les paul classic custom 2007 for metal
« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2012, 02:20:30 PM »
Miracle Man, or Cold Sweat or even Rebel Yells.
Mules, VHII, Crawler, MM's, IT's, BG50's.