Which Pickups should I buy

[Kuka777]

I have a Epiphone Lespaul 100.....I want to buy new pickups....I need your help....Please suggest....I play Metal but i also enjoy playing stuff like Led Zepplin and blues...Pleas Help Me!!!!

 

[Harry Hughes]

More info (rig, other bands styles you like to play etc).

 

[viewerfromnihil]

More info (rig, other bands styles you like to play etc).

This though I'll probably say EMG anyways.

 

[Kuka777]

More info (rig, other bands styles you like to play etc).

I don't know what a rig is srry but im still a newbie.....its my first guitar and the pickups seem to make a annoying reverb sound.....and whats makes me think that the pickups are messed up is that my amp dosent have any effects, i play on a Marshall MGSeries10CD, it only has a clean channel and a overdrive channel.....I like playing Metallica, Pantera, Sepultura, Disturbed, Led Zepplin(as i mentioned), Black Sabbath, and....thats pretty much it.

 

[Eligos]

You should get the good pickups that sound sweet, bro

 

[Eligos]

Make sure they're not gay though.

 

[Harry Hughes]

Honestly, until you get a much better amp, forget about pickup changes, through a Marshall MG CD10 you'll unlikely to hear enough of a difference to justify getting new pickups, that amp could make my guitars sound horrible, and mind you my Brian Moore Guitars I2000 series listed in my sig is pretty much top shelf as far as South Korean production line guitars go (I have played US made Jackson Soloists and even those didn't play any better than my BMG) and my Ibanez 7 string has some crazy fucking sustain and body resonance, a sign of a high quality instrument.

Just work on improving your chops for now, be it alternate picking, legato, vibrato, bending etc etc and save that money you planned to put towards new pickups and put it towards a new amp instead and you'll thank me later down the track, seriously.

 

[Eligos]

But don't get a gay amp.

 

[waif]

Get a better axe, as well. A gilded turd is still a turd.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Just work on improving your chops for now, be it alternate picking, legato, vibrato, bending etc etc and save that money you planned to put towards new pickups and put it towards a new amp instead and you'll thank me later down the track, seriously.

This but also remember to focus on having a solid rhythm technique. The first step in having good tone is to have a good (or good sounding at least) technique.

Work with what you have until you get the best sound you possibly can out of it and then start buying more gear. Save up during this period of course. But yeah, as Petrovsk said, get a decent amp rather than upgrading pickups.

 

[Harry Hughes]

Well yeah, I did say improving chops, which does include having a solid rhythm technique.
I don't consider a guitarist that doesn't have solid rhythm skills to have good chops, no matter how well they can play lead. It's all about being a musician, rather than a guitarist, if that makes sense.

 

[Kuka777]

yeah you guys are right......is should get a better amp.....ill look around for a much better one.....what do you guys think of the line 6 spider series amps?

 

[Ryanr101]

What do you want to sound like?

I'm mean I see what bands you like to cover. But, if you want to write thrash songs EMGs would be better than some seymore duncan blues pickup. that could be good if your going to do a Led Zeppelin/GNR type writing.

As for amps depends on what you want to spend. I want a ENGL Powerball but seeing how "I bee's pour" that is not going to happen. Go play shit that you would not think would be good. Check out Vox, I think the dude from Children of Bodom plays that shit. Mesa is good but depends on style.

 

[Harry Hughes]

The current Line 6 Spider IV combos are MUCH better sounding than the old Spider III and IIs, but a country mile, because they use more up to date modeling algorithms

 

[saivenkat]

Honestly, until you get a much better amp, forget about pickup changes, through a Marshall MG CD10 you'll unlikely to hear enough of a difference to justify getting new pickups........
DigBands

 

[XxSNAPxX]

Go with a nice hot pair of blackouts....cant miss

 

[viewerfromnihil]

yeah you guys are right......is should get a better amp.....ill look around for a much better one.....what do you guys think of the line 6 spider series amps?

Do it. These amps are a great bang for your buck if you plan on having at home for personal practice.

 

[Harry Hughes]

Make sure it's the latest Spider IV series though, series III and II sound like complete dog shit in comparison.

 

[[Insert Name Here]]

Personally, I'd recommend staying away from anything solid state like the Spider's and going with a tube amp. It may be a bit more expensive but it will also sound a lot better. And as far as your question about pickups, I recommend either the Seymour Duncan Blackouts or the Seymour Duncan Dave Mustaine Livewires. Both are excellent pickups and are also very versitile. A word of caution though: If you do plan on getting new pickups, you'd better have some good soldering skills otherwise it will be a very tedious and frustrating job.

 

[redfly]

If you go the websites of the bands you like to play, many of them have a gear section that tells what pickups they use.They might be expensive though!Also many interviewers ask about pickups.