New Bridge pickup for 1984 LP Custom

[Gibson 1964]

Okay, I am guessing the stock pickups in this 84 are probably shaws, which are pretty highly regarded in many circles. I have tried many, many pickups before, and I want to give BKP a try. A pickup I generally like  is  the Wilde (Bill & Becky) L500xl, and in general I like a lot of clarity and focus in the sound. I like high gain as is evidenced by the fact that I play a Soldano SLO, and a Mesa Rectoverb.

The fact is, my bridge pickup sounds pretty much like an awesome neck pickup. Looking at info, the Miracle Man looks like what I might want

Other options that intrigue me are the Ceramic Bomb and Aftermath, however, the Miracle man sounds on paper like what I want the most.

I want to keep stock appearance on the LPC.

I have not had luck finding pictures of all the finishes recently. I would love to see the difference between aged gold and gold.

This is a guitar where I have had to replace the bridge already owing to corrosion so the guitar is a bit of a natural relic. But I try to baby equipment so not too much.

[FELINEGUITARS]

I think Miracle Man will be good - although Cold Sweat may also be great for you if you wanted a little less saturation from the pickup

[Gibson 1964]

Well, I took the plunge and ordered this in Gold. The aged gold looked a hair more aged than the guitar and well, I'll wear the finish off the pickup with my caustic sweat soon enough.

Has anybody else in here ever tried a Miracle Man in a Les Paul Custom? Personally I was afraid of taking anything out of stock with this LP since it is such an awesome player, but I am taking the plunge. I just got sick of being unhappy with the pickup I use most.

I tend to cover a lot of sonic ground. Most of the time I use heavy gain, whether for liquid leads or playing chords. How does the Miracle man handle less gain? Like a vox breaking up or a timmy? I should mention that the LPC seems to have an obscene amount of midrange-low midrange content.

[psalterium]

I own an LP custom, and to me very high output pickups can be a bit overwhelming in this kind of guitar. Personally, I'm heading towards switching both pickups for a VHII (neck)/ Cold Sweat combo, but I play mainly alternative rock with this guitar and occasionally need something a little bit over the top - which the cold sweat delivers.

[ericsabbath]

you still can change your order to cold sweats :D
as a lawrence fan, you'll love it
it's clearer and more open on chords through gain, with sweeter highs, meatier mids and has that magic sparkle on the top (that was gay)
the miracle man is great too, but much bassier, darker, more modern sounding and not as versatile as the cold sweat

[Gibson 1964]

I'll try out the Miracle man, and if I don't like it, go for the cold sweat I think. I build some guitars and I guarantee you I can find a place for the MM somewhere. (I am building a pair of carved tops like a PRS Custom 24 which I suspect would make a home for the MM if it is too much.)

Truthfully, though, I tend to want modern on this guy and HARD will be the name of the game 80% of the time.

[darkbluemurder]

Actually I had the Wilde L-500XL, the Miracle Man and the Cold Sweat bridge pickups all in the same guitar - a mahogany bodied Soloist style guitar with an arched maple top, mahogany neck, 25 1/2" scale, rosewood fingerboard, tune-o-matic bridge and stop-tailpiece.

L-500XL was the loudest and most distorted.
Miracle Man was significantly clearer in the mids and highs.
Cold Sweat was even more clear and had more bite and cut than the Miracle Man. It's the pickup that stayed. And I would highly recommend it with  amps like Soldano and Recto.

Cheers Stephan