Author Topic: Slash / Jimmy Page Sound? How? (Read 18981 times)

apmaman · « **on:** March 27, 2006, 06:26:07 PM »

ive been recommended to get bareknuckle pickups for my Epiphone Les Paul Standard.
I'm after a slash/jimmy page sound.. i was looking at the Mule and the Black dog? would these get that kinda sound?
any other recomendations? i kinda like the VHII as well.... i dont know what ones to get

PhilKing · « **Reply #1 on:** March 27, 2006, 06:35:48 PM »

The Black Dog will nail the Jimmy Page sound! A VHII has a little more mellow sound to my ears, and the mule is the more classic Peter Green sound. The Black Dog just pushes the mid-range right in the Zep sweet spot.

TwilightOdyssey · « **Reply #2 on:** March 27, 2006, 07:08:45 PM »

+ 1,000,000 to the Black Dog.

I was literally blown away by that pup!!

dave_mc · « **Reply #3 on:** March 27, 2006, 07:28:44 PM »

Black Dog bridge, Mule neck (alnico II, since slash uses that?)? Would that work, BK conoisseurs?

this sounds suspiciously like a guy I sent here from UG, lol.

:twisted:

Tim · « **Reply #4 on:** March 27, 2006, 08:28:06 PM »

Absolutley.

It all depends how you want to approach this.......Slash's tone is very different to Pages.
Black Dog humbuckers have plenty of mid for that classic Brit hard rock tone whereas something like Stormy Mondays with Alnico II magnets will get you closer to Slash's smoother PAF tone.So a combo of the two might well be ideal for you.

dave_mc · « **Reply #5 on:** March 27, 2006, 09:58:19 PM »

^yeah, that's the basis I was going on, Tim- slash uses the neck pickup mostly and JP uses the bridge mostly (maybe, i just made the page one up, it sounds like bridge though, most of the time, for rhythm anyway), so I'd get the bridge Pup for JP, and neck (Al II) for slash.

donovan.x · « **Reply #6 on:** March 27, 2006, 10:20:45 PM »

Are we talikng Slash " November rain solo/sweet child intro"? I want that tone to come out of my neck pup! I had a 2002 Les paul when they first came out with the new burstbuckers and I was expecting to turn into Slash himself but I was really let down.

dave_mc · « **Reply #7 on:** March 27, 2006, 10:58:10 PM »

^alnico II, that's what you want. :D

_tom_ · « **Reply #8 on:** March 28, 2006, 12:07:03 AM »

I have the Alnico IV Mule in the neck slot and can get good Slash style tones from my epi LP. I heard Alnico II was muddy so I didnt go for that one.

carlaz · « **Reply #9 on:** March 28, 2006, 12:22:32 PM »

Quote from: donovanx

Are we talikng Slash " November rain solo/sweet child intro"? I want that tone to come out of my neck pup! I had a 2002 Les paul when they first came out with the new burstbuckers and I was expecting to turn into Slash himself but I was really let down.

Slash famously uses (claims to use, anyway) Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pro (APH-1) pups. The closest BKP would have to be a A2 Stormy Monday. You could go Stormy Monday neck and Black Dog bridge. :) The BD is noticeably hotter than the SM, but the combo would probably work pretty well. An SM/Mule mix would also be pretty smooth, I'm guessing.

aisuru · « **Reply #10 on:** March 28, 2006, 12:30:07 PM »

for Page, i reccomend a Black Dog.

for Slash, i reccomend a bottle of Jack Daniels :lol:

seriously though, i've got an A-IV Mule neck and a A-V Black Dog bridge in my SG and i can get into the region of both. as well as a few dozen other tones.

Skybone · « **Reply #11 on:** March 28, 2006, 06:30:59 PM »

I just highly recommend the Black Dog. Awesome pickups.

dave_mc · « **Reply #12 on:** March 28, 2006, 06:40:38 PM »

Quote from: _tom_

I have the Alnico IV Mule in the neck slot and can get good Slash style tones from my epi LP. I heard Alnico II was muddy so I didnt go for that one.

well, it can mush up slightly if you increase the gain too much, but it does sound super smooth, which is what you want for slash.

I haven't tried Alnico IV though, it might be as good, minus the muddiness, lol.

apmaman · « **Reply #13 on:** March 30, 2006, 08:16:27 AM »

Quote from: dave_mc

Black Dog bridge, Mule neck (alnico II, since slash uses that?)? Would that work, BK conoisseurs?

this sounds suspiciously like a guy I sent here from UG, lol.

:twisted:

yes it would be hehehe :P

apmaman · « **Reply #14 on:** March 30, 2006, 08:16:47 AM »

Quote from: dave_mc

Black Dog bridge, Mule neck (alnico II, since slash uses that?)? Would that work, BK conoisseurs?

this sounds suspiciously like a guy I sent here from UG, lol.

:twisted:

yes it would be hehehe :P
just making sure i get the right ones before i fork out the money

Author Topic: Slash / Jimmy Page Sound? How? (Read 18981 times)

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