What pickups?

SteveF1

Hi all. Looking for some recommendations please. I have an Epi 94 Les Paul and I'm looking to upgrade the pickups. Used to play The Who, The Jam, OCS, Oasis and Stereophonics etc. All suggestions welcome.

meltedbuzzbox

Nothing wrong with a set of Seymour Duncan's

stimpsonslostson

Contact Oil City, Mojo or Alegree. Any of them could provide exactly what you're after. 

On the budget end of the spectrum IronGear and ToneRider are worth investigation- I've fitted Iron Gear Dirty Torque and Blues Engine to my partscaster & they're giving me great modern rock tones. 

Teyeplayer

Once you’ve done a bit of research and decided what you want, pm me if you want a second hand set of Seymour Duncan 59s with nickel covers.

TTony

Do you have a budget in mind?

You could spend £70 on IronGear, or £200 on many other options, or more ...

SteveF1

No not really

mikem8634

stimpsonslostson said:

Contact Oil City, Mojo or Alegree. Any of them could provide exactly what you're after. 

I'll second this.

Talk it through with any of these chaps and you will not regret it.

fastonebaz

I fitted seymour duncan alnico pro IIs in my epi les paul 1995 and they are a perfect match.   Great tones.

thomasw88

Irongear or if you want uber cheap then vanson pickups are great sounding for buffet all money. 

thegummy

I recently got a pair of Bare Knuckle Mules and they are fantastic. I could confidently buy another set of pickups from Bare Knuckle and would expect to receive great pickups.

Certainly not suggesting they're better than any of the names mentioned here (in fact, if I was buying another set - and I hope I don't but probably will at some point) I'd probably try out Oil City or Alegree. But from my own experience, Bare Knuckle Mules are the best humbuckers I've personally played.

meltedbuzzbox

The best will be mojo. Just saying

menamestom

meltedbuzzbox said:

The best will be mojo. Just saying

I've just put a set in my Midtown, they are very nice. 

Fuengi

Marc at Mojo makes superb pickups. 

Entwistle are incredible value. 

p90fool

SteveF1 said:

Hi all. Looking for some recommendations please. I have an Epi 94 Les Paul and I'm looking to upgrade the pickups. Used to play The Who, The Jam, OCS, Oasis and Stereophonics etc. All suggestions welcome.

With that list of music I'd bung a pair of humbucker sized P90s in it. 

They're all vintage tones with a fair bit of character, and unless you have fantastic amps most humbuckers will be too bland for that stuff. 

impmann

If you are on a budget - Vanson PAFs. Less than £30 a pair IIRC and a step up from the Epi pickups.

DannyP

I can recommend Oil City Forces Sweethearts - should suit the vintage vibe your influences suggest.

OilCityPickups

impmann said:

If you are on a budget - Vanson PAFs. Less than £30 a pair IIRC and a step up from the Epi pickups.

If you are strapped in the cash department I can heartily recommend Vanson, though of course it'd be lovely for you to buy from myself or Mark at Mojo ... but not everyone can throw shed loads of cash at their guitars. Vanson are at least a good as Irongear ... and you heard that from a pickup winder.

SteveF1

p90fool said:

SteveF1 said:

Hi all. Looking for some recommendations please. I have an Epi 94 Les Paul and I'm looking to upgrade the pickups. Used to play The Who, The Jam, OCS, Oasis and Stereophonics etc. All suggestions welcome.

With that list of music I'd bung a pair of humbucker sized P90s in it. 

They're all vintage tones with a fair bit of character, and unless you have fantastic amps most humbuckers will be too bland for that stuff. 

I have a Peavey Classic 50 amp

p90fool

SteveF1 said:

p90fool said:

SteveF1 said:

Hi all. Looking for some recommendations please. I have an Epi 94 Les Paul and I'm looking to upgrade the pickups. Used to play The Who, The Jam, OCS, Oasis and Stereophonics etc. All suggestions welcome.

With that list of music I'd bung a pair of humbucker sized P90s in it. 

They're all vintage tones with a fair bit of character, and unless you have fantastic amps most humbuckers will be too bland for that stuff. 

I have a Peavey Classic 50 amp

Then P90s will sound great for that stuff IMO. 

Funkfingers

p90fool said:

Then P90s will sound great for that stuff IMO. 

p90fool recommends P90s. Quelle surprise!

For maximum versatility, I suggest either Seymour Duncan P-Rails pickups via Triple Shot mounting surrounds or Fishman Fluence Classic humbuckers. 

Have a butcher's hook in the Parts £ section.

p90fool

Funkfingers said:

p90fool said:

Then P90s will sound great for that stuff IMO. 

p90fool recommends P90s. Quelle surprise!

Haha I'm aware of that, and don't usually, but that list of artists is begging for some fat single coils. 

Smooth, compressed humbuckers are actually a barrier to most of that stuff IMO.