hey, i just need some opinions on my pickups. i want a nice strong sound, but something the matches my guitar. i have a wine red Aria PE Specail aniversary les paul copy( only 300 made) and pretty much everythings gold plated on it ( machine heads, nuts, pick up selctor, bridge, amp jack) i was wondering if gold plated pick ups would do? my local gitar store said they would give horrible sound and the gold would wear off eventually. he said solid black screamin demons would do or even zack wyldes. i just want an opinion on this before i make the desicion.a lil over 2oo bucks at stake, i dont want to screw up.
thanks,
-pete
PS- to help make this desicion i could post a couple pictures if you all would like.
What type of music? The most important parts of the pickup are material and windings, not the cosmetics. 'Gold' doesn't really describe what type of pickup the salesman steered you away from. You can have a look at:
http://www.seymourduncan.com/products/humbuckersdescr.shtml#JB153Model
there's a screaming deamon listed on that page as well, read through the descriptions. There should be something gold and suits your music.
"Things may get a whole lot worse/ Before suddenly falling apart"
Steely Dan
"Look at me coyote, don't let a little road dust put you off" Knopfler
i play from classic to modern rock, alt, punk, etc.
i personally like dimarzio pups 8)
even god loves rock-n-roll
I just put the seymours up as an example and because they have food easy to read descriptions, lets see dimarzio, rio grande, lindy fralin. I'm missing a few. This is dangerous territory! :D
"Things may get a whole lot worse/ Before suddenly falling apart"
Steely Dan
"Look at me coyote, don't let a little road dust put you off" Knopfler
Why not try some Gibson pickups?
These pickups have a impressive review rating.
If you know something better than Rock and Roll, I'd like to hear it - Jerry Lee Lewis
I agree with Wes...
Gold Gibson pups would make that LP scream. I would suggest...
Classic Les Paul setup is 498T/490R
Agressive high-output is 500T/496R (although I don't know if they come in gold)
Otherwise I would also suggest Duncan Seth Lovers.
-=- Steve
"If the moon were made of ribs, would you eat it?"
Seymour Duncan recommend you a pickup configuration:
http://www.seymourduncan.com/SDToneWizard/index.shtml