Hello,
I'm looking to replace my stock Gibson Les Paul Standard pickups. I want the bridge pickup mainly for heavy distortion (for metal), yet remain very clear. I feel that currently I either have a great scooped heavy sound that is not clear, or a clear sound that isn't heavy enough. I'd like to be able to tell the different notes that make up the sound, and not only the root note. I also play some rock with lighter distortion, so I'm looking for a pickups that will also excel in that. My pickups is also very noisy, so I'd like to get rid of that.
I use the neck pickup for clean and sometimes solos. The current neck pickup is usually too bassy, and I'd like to change it to a different pickup that will bring out the best of my guitar's clean sound.
I'm really in the dark here, as I never used a different pickups then my stock ones. Any suggestions will be helpful.
p.s. Out of curiosity, which pus do muse and sikth players use?