its an epi les paul
what kind of pickups (single coil, humbuckers, p90's, 100, ect.) make what kind of difference?
2007-01-08 14:45:48 · 4 answers · asked by faust 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
Pickups and volume can make all the difference in the world. Single coils are thinner sounding, but scream really raw. Humbuckers sound fatter and heavier, and they don't buzz the way single coils do when you're trying to be silent.
If you're looking for the widest tonal possibility, have a repair dude install a coil tapper. This way you can play with the standard humbuckers or, when you flip the tap switch, play with single coils.
Listen to your favorite guitarists. Find out what type of pickups they use and have a tech replace your Epi HB's. Then get the coil tapper. Rock on!!
2007-01-08 15:12:43 · answer #1 · answered by WhoMe 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Adding MORE pickups to your guitar will require some pretty fancy structural modifications to the guitar... something you'd be well advised not to do.
If you want to put in DIFFERENT pickups you'll be limited to full sized humbuckers (with the zillions of variations) unless you want a sloppy looking guitar. P90s and others are smaller than the humbuckers your guitar has right now.
Go out and try different guitars and inquire what kind of pickups it has or peruse the technical info on the websites of pickup manufacturers. Chances are you'll be able to cull something that meets your needs.
2007-01-10 01:17:11 · answer #2 · answered by bikeworks 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The traditional pick up on a les paul is the humbucker. Experiment with some on guitars at a store or other places and see what you like. They make a big difference in sound, and sound or tone is a personal thing
2007-01-08 14:53:19 · answer #3 · answered by Dale B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
howdy, in case you comprehend the thanks to apply a soldering iron, you are able to change the pickup extremely extremely. Any humbucker will fit in there. Which one to get relies upon on how a lot you pick to spend. sure, a more effective useful pickup wil make the guitar sound somewhat more effective useful. for sure the ordinary of the body and neck impose a trouble on how good it would want to ever sound. So a expensive extreme end pickup is wasted in this guitar. yet a average priced pickup will strengthen the way it sounds. go on ebay and browse the pickups for some thing you want. Later,
2016-12-28 12:07:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋