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

  2. 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?
  3. 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'.)
  4. 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?
  5. I don't know what kind of music you want to play. But here's my two cent suggestion:

    If you choose PAF- style humbuckers for your LP, you should go for something different in the EX. If you want it to be more "cutting" you could go for ceramic pickups like the SD Dimebuckers or for something like the SD SH4 Jeff Beck - high output Alnico V, very prominent in the high mids. I've been using the JayBee and liked it a lot.

    You can listen to soundsamples on the SD website.

    Alex
  6. Men, yesterday evening I was at a concert my grandfather gave in a village near my house. There I met a guitar player who had tons of gorgeous guitars.

    After the show (by the way, they played covers of The Unforgttable Fire and of Trip Through Your Wires) I went up the the stage and talked to that guitar player (he was called Jose Remesal or something like that).

    We talked for a long time and when I told him I was learning some guitar, etc. he told me... "You wanna play the best guitar on the world?" and I answered "Man, my granfa owns a Gibson Les Paul Artisan and I've played it tons of times!!". He laughed and said "Close your eyes". He put a guitar on my hands and when I opened eyes I had a Gretsch 6128 Duo Jet on my hands. He said "Play it", and all I have to say is:


    OH MY GOD.
  7. Originally posted by Alex:I don't know what kind of music you want to play. But here's my two cent suggestion:

    If you choose PAF- style humbuckers for your LP, you should go for something different in the EX. If you want it to be more "cutting" you could go for ceramic pickups like the SD Dimebuckers or for something like the SD SH4 Jeff Beck - high output Alnico V, very prominent in the high mids. I've been using the JayBee and liked it a lot.

    You can listen to soundsamples on the SD website.

    Alex


    basically, i want U2 sound. I want my explorer to sound like Edge's, and my LP to sound like Edges. Thats basically it. I know he uses vintage pickups (which are hard to find ex. T-Tops & Burstbuckers) So yea. Im trying to get my guitars to sound like his.
  8. If you want your guitar to sound like edge's you should try to replicate his setup. Try vintage pickups in your LP and EX. If you decide for Burstbuckers you could think about equipping the LP with #1/#2 and the EX with #2/#3 for more versatility. The LP will most likely have some more low end anyway while the EX might have a little stronger midrange.

    But no one can promise you that one of your guitars won't outshine the other. This depends on a lot of things, not only the pickups.

    Alex
  9. Originally posted by Alex:If you want your guitar to sound like edge's you should try to replicate his setup. Try vintage pickups in your LP and EX. If you decide for Burstbuckers you could think about equipping the LP with #1/#2 and the EX with #2/#3 for more versatility. The LP will most likely have some more low end anyway while the EX might have a little stronger midrange.

    But no one can promise you that one of your guitars won't outshine the other. This depends on a lot of things, not only the pickups.

    Alex


    Yea I've accepted the fact that a Gibson Explorer will outshine an Epi LP. I just don't want the LP to come completely..what's the word... not useless, but basically i dont want to NOT ever use it after I get the explorer. What do you mean by #1/#2 and #2/#3? And say I put the same pickups in both guitars. Would the LP have a lower end than the explorer anyway just because the way its set up and the electronics and all?

    EDIT : Is the word I was looking for obsolete?
  10. The LP design supports the low end of the guitar while the SG / EX design promotes the mids - I don't fully understand why but that's what everybody agrees about.

    The Burstbucker idea was just an example. I'll try to explain it:

    Gibson makes five kinds of Burstbuckers. All of them have in common that the coils aren't exactly alike, but one coil has just a few more windings than the other. This is said to produce a more authentic tone because in the late 50s they weren't able to count the number of windings exactly.

    There are Burstbuckers and Burstbuckers PRO. The PRO ones are waxed and meant to replicate the slightly hotter 59 humbuckers while the others are NOT waxed and meant to replicate the 57 vintage humbucker sound.

    Among the Burstbuckers (not PRO) you can choose between Burstbucker #1 (slightly underwound), #2 (slightly hotter than vintage) and #3 (a bit hotter). It's recommended to put the hotter one in bridge position but you can also use the same type in both positions. The Burstbucker PROs are made in neck and bridge version.

    Basically my suggestion is to equip both guitars with different pickups to keep their sounds different. This would also keep the LP's own right of existence. I'd put the hotter ones into the EX.

    So maybe Burstbucker #1 for LP neck, Burstbucker #2 for LP bridge and a pair of PROs for the EX. Another suggestion could be a pair of GFS- PAF in the LP and a pair of PROs in the EX. Or maybe a pair of SD Seth Lovers for the LP and Burstbuckers #2 (neck) and #3 (bridge) for the EX.
  11. Originally posted by Alex:The LP design supports the low end of the guitar while the SG / EX design promotes the mids - I don't fully understand why but that's what everybody agrees about.

    The Burstbucker idea was just an example. I'll try to explain it:

    Gibson makes five kinds of Burstbuckers. All of them have in common that the coils aren't exactly alike, but one coil has just a few more windings than the other. This is said to produce a more authentic tone because in the late 50s they weren't able to count the number of windings exactly.

    There are Burstbuckers and Burstbuckers PRO. The PRO ones are waxed and meant to replicate the slightly hotter 59 humbuckers while the others are NOT waxed and meant to replicate the 57 vintage humbucker sound.

    Among the Burstbuckers (not PRO) you can choose between Burstbucker #1 (slightly underwound), #2 (slightly hotter than vintage) and #3 (a bit hotter). It's recommended to put the hotter one in bridge position but you can also use the same type in both positions. The Burstbucker PROs are made in neck and bridge version.

    Basically my suggestion is to equip both guitars with different pickups to keep their sounds different. This would also keep the LP's own right of existence. I'd put the hotter ones into the EX.

    So maybe Burstbucker #1 for LP neck, Burstbucker #2 for LP bridge and a pair of PROs for the EX. Another suggestion could be a pair of GFS- PAF in the LP and a pair of PROs in the EX. Or maybe a pair of SD Seth Lovers for the LP and Burstbuckers #2 (neck) and #3 (bridge) for the EX.


    Sounds like it makes a lot of sense. Because as you also pointed out, I want my LP to have a right of existence. I was going to put the GFS PAF's in the LP originally anyway, I've only heard good things about them and they're cheap as hell. As for the explorer, that one might be a more complex decision to make. Again, I do want the sound for the explorer to be a little hotter and more cutting, so maybe I will like the 498r and 500t thats coming with it. We'll see, thanks a lot for the help man!
  12. T-Tops in an Explorer is a good idea for your Explorer. I've also heard some put them in Epiphone Explorers with great success.

    For your Les Paul... Burstbuckers are good. Seth Lover's are good. Fralin makes some tasty pickups; humbuckers and single coils for your Strats.

    As for T-Tops in your LP, that'd work too. T-Tops were in the late 1970's to mid-1980's Les Paul... so they'd work in there too.
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