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  1. * edit * Opps, double post.
  2. Thanks for the tips guys. Alex I would totally go for GFS too, but like you said, I kinda want to put more expensive and better pickups in a Gibson, it just wouldn't feel right putting 30$ humbuckers in it. I do love GFS though, I currently have a set in my strat.

    I'll keep an eye out for the T-Tops, apparently they're about 200$ for one! I mean one humbucker, not one set. That's nuts! Like I said, I'll see how I like the sound once I get it. If I don't, well, we'll see
  4. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:Thanks for the tips guys. Alex I would totally go for GFS too, but like you said, I kinda want to put more expensive and better pickups in a Gibson, it just wouldn't feel right putting 30$ humbuckers in it. I do love GFS though, I currently have a set in my strat.

    I'll keep an eye out for the T-Tops, apparently they're about 200$ for one! I mean one humbucker, not one set. That's nuts! Like I said, I'll see how I like the sound once I get it. If I don't, well, we'll see


    Seth Lovers are about $200 each. But good tone is SOOOOOOOO worth it.

    It's like Payless Shoes... when you pay less, you GET less.
  5. Mmmmmm... Explorer goodness.







  6. Yes we all know you own a 1976, bought by your girlfriend (if I remember correctly). Do you have the T-Tops in yours still? Do the T-Tops and Seth lovers sound similar?
  7. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:Yes we all know you own a 1976, bought by your girlfriend (if I remember correctly). Do you have the T-Tops in yours still? Do the T-Tops and Seth lovers sound similar?


    Sorry... like any proud "parent"... you tend to pull out your pictures of the "kids".

    I will hush now.
  8. tish, don't listen. Brag all you like and show the pics

    Those War era pics look the same to me



  9. I thought we were playing "you show me yours and I'll show you mine".

  10. Haha. Yea I guess we were playing that, but I still don't have mine, so we'll play more once I get it

    But yea, do you still have the original T-Tops in yours? And can you compare the SH55 and T-Tops for me? If you've tried them? I mean do they sound similar, in the way that the SH55's sound like Edge's explorer?
  11. Originally posted by RattleandHum1988:Haha. Yea I guess we were playing that, but I still don't have mine, so we'll play more once I get it

    But yea, do you still have the original T-Tops in yours? And can you compare the SH55 and T-Tops for me? If you've tried them? I mean do they sound similar, in the way that the SH55's sound like Edge's explorer?


    I've got the T's in mine. I've not used the SH-55's but I've had many recommend them as replacement p'ups for Explorers or Les Pauls (Lads on the U2 Rec list have recommended them, many are tribute Edge's so they are 'tone conscious'.)
  12. Here's my beef. I'm getting the Explorer, and I have an epi les paul. They're both humbucker guitars, so they're going to sound a little similar. But I don't want the explorer to totally take over my les pauls position in my guitar family. I want my les paul to sound beefy, but at the same time a little bit cutting, and the explorer to sound more cutting, not so much beefy. I was thinking of getting the GFS 59's in my Les Paul, I hear they're good and a lot of people go with those for Epi LPC's. Would there be a tonal difference? Is the explorer going to outshine my les paul no matter what? Because I DO NOT WANT THAT TO HAPPEN!!!!

    And have you ever tried the 57/62 Fender strat pickups? I heard them in a cover of Bad and I thought the tone was gorgeous. Any comment on those?
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