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james

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Which pickups for SG?
« on: May 15, 2006, 03:58:07 AM »
Hey.

I scored a Gibson SG firebrand off ebay, and it has some cheap after market humbuckers.

I'm definetly going to replaced them with BKP's, but I'm not sure which kind would be best. I usually play stuff anywhere from Hendrix to Muse...So it needs to have a fair amount of output, but not too much.

I was considering The Mule, as it's close to the PAF, isn't it?

What do you guys think? :)

Searcher

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Which pickups for SG?
« Reply #1 on: May 15, 2006, 04:42:25 AM »
I'd go for a Mississippi Queen neck and Abraxas bridge.  I see from your sig. you have a MQ already, so if you don't wanna double-up then I'd suggest a pair of the Abraxas pickups.
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PhilKing

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Which pickups for SG?
« Reply #2 on: May 15, 2006, 11:43:44 AM »
You might want to try Riff-Raffs in the SG.  A little brighter than the mule and just a touch more drive.  With the all mahogany SG, I think they will give you the PAF sound that you want, with all the clean tones.
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