New pickups for a Gibson Les Paul Studio Premium Plus

[Yamhammer]

Hi there,

Which BKPs for LP Studio?

[pagan7]

calibrated set of Nailbombs or Holydiver for "heavy" organic tones

[Yamhammer]

How would the Miracle Man set be?

[CJ]

How would the Miracle Man set be?

i would guess probably HUGE.

[ericsabbath]

all BKPs will sound huge :lol:
each model shines in it's purpose

you didn't say what styles do you play and what do you like in a pickup

[Doadman]

Without more information on your styles I'd say Miracle Man if you want a very metallic sound and Cold Sweat if you want a little more of that traditional Gibson warmth to the tone.

[Yamhammer]

I play especially rock/hardrock

[Doadman]

The Miracle Man is the usual way to go for a Heavy Metal sound and certainly a ceramic pup will cut through the mahogany best. You may find that the MM will sound a bit too thin and artificial to you as it did to me. You can check out Tim's soundclip of a MM as that was recorded using a Les Paul. Alternatively, look at the Cold Sweat bridge as that's what Time advised me to get for my mahogany guitar. It has plenty bite and handles loads of distortion with good pinched harmonics but it is alot warmer and more organic sounding than the MM. Whatever you choose for the bridge I'd seriously consider the Cold Sweat for the neck position as it's exactly what you need. Best of all, e-mail Time and ask for his opinion. He's a great guy and you can trust what he says totally as long as you've given him an accurate description of your rig and what sort of sounds you want.

[Machek]

Man i don't usually give advice on pickup selection cause i only got one bkp set, but what you describe sounds just like what i wanted for my lp: thick, fat but still bity, and the crawler bridge i installed in my all mahogany lp is just about all those things, really. The sound's just got huge balls and loads of agressivity now... it's awesome...and not too dark as i could have read it sometimes...but i advise you to switch your pots to 500k, it's not that pricey

[Yamhammer]

I've emailed Tim about it, but I don't get any response.

Weird...

[ericsabbath]

i advise you to switch your pots to 500k, it's not that pricey

+1
you won't get a full treble response from a humbucker with 300k pots

the holy diver (with 500k) will sound great if you like alnico pickups
nailbomb sounds great in a les paul too (it was the forum's favorite, but no one talks about it anymore :?)

miracle man doesn't sound thin
the bass is big and tight, the lower mids are very organic and nice sounding, but the mids are too compressed and the highs may sound too shrill
the highs and harmonics are very spikey and present, but i wouldn't call it "sweet"  :lol:
great metal pickup

[Yamhammer]

i advise you to switch your pots to 500k, it's not that pricey

+1
you won't get a full treble response from a humbucker with 300k pots

the holy diver (with 500k) will sound great if you like alnico pickups
nailbomb sounds great in a les paul too (it was the forum's favorite, but no one talks about it anymore :?)

Yeah, but I like 300K (volume) for the bridge pickup.

[hunter]

I recommend an uncovered BlackDog in the bridge, a covered Mule in the neck and change those pots to CTS 500K.

It will sound killer and give you exactly the tone you're looking for.

[Tellboy]

Why do the new Gibsons always have 300K for volume and 500K for tone? It should be good, they know what they're doing.

I have been a lifelong Gibson fan but I wouldn't like to stand up in court and swear to the accuaracy of that statement  :lol:

[CUBE]

i take lots of gibsons apart , i have never seen a 300k pot