RTP-area local music and culture

[david gourley <davidg AT ipass.net>]

rossi AT webslingerZ.com (Chris Rossi) wrote in the 
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> Hey.  I've got a Les Paul studio with microphonic pick ups.  Piercing 
> feedback with any kind of gaininess in the signal at all, even mild 
> overdrive.  I'd like to replace them but am having a hard time tracking 
> down any good info.  So far everyone I've called on the phone falls 
into 
> one of two categories:
> 
>    1) Uh, we got some pickups on our wall that say "Gibson" on them.  I 
> don't know if they'd work in a Les Paul.
> 
>    2) We have these sweet sounding boutique pickups for $230/pair.
> 
> I'd rather buy from somebody who at the very least knows what it is 
> they're selling and speak about it intelligently.  Or failing that, I'm 
> hoping maybe somebody here who knows more about guitar pick ups than I 
> do will point me to some info that would enable me to make a decently 
> informed choice and maybe even some place employing intelligent 
informed 
> people willing to sell them to me.
> 
> As a point of reference, I'd rather have a sweet toneful pick up than 
> something with a really hot output.  That's what the gain on my amp is 
> for.  In all likelihood these Lindy Fralin pick ups for $230 would 
sound 
> fantastic, but that's a lot of dough.  Maybe just the stock replacement 
> parts from Gibson would be fine, but I can't even find those on the 
> Gibson web site, much less info anywhere else.  Anybody?
> 
> I started to get into this several months ago and walked into a local 
> store and asked the guy there what they had in pick ups for Les Paul 
> style guitars.  He picked up a set of pickups and said, "These."  I 
> asked, "Why?"  And he goes, "That's what I use."  I didn't buy from 
that 
> guy.
> 
> Thanks for any help,
> 
> rossi
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I'm having the same problem with my Epiphone.  I don't need super-hot 
p/u's, so I was looking into whatever a Patent-Applied-For or equivalent 
to Seymour Duncan's 'Pearly Gates' ... Then I got distracted by some 
other project. 

Generally, the hotter p/u's have more inductance, which will reduce high-
end response.  Conversely, the clearer p/u's will have lower inductance 
and lower output.  Then there's the 'coil-splitter' switching, which I 
find favorable.

Seems like you wouldn't have to go $200, but I haven't priced 'em lately.

david