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Yesterday I went to GC on my lunch break and wound up buying an Epi LP Standard. I want to change out the pickups, what should I get? I'm mostly into '77 Punk and 60's garage. I'd kinda like to get a quot;Live at Leedsquot; sound if possible.

I'm not all that bright: What is 60's Garage? This will me at least.

As far as '77 punk, I think you are in luck as the variety of pickups back then was literally 2% of the variety nowadays. Guys like Steve Jones (Pistols) and Mick Jones (Clash) and hundreds of known bands on either side of the Atlantic still had same set-up... stock Les Paul, a Marshall, a stompbox or two...maybe a DiMarzio Super distortion in the bridge.

There are recent threads mentioning the killer quot;Live at Leedsquot; was recorded with P90's in an SG.

Seymour puts out great pups (duuuuuuuuuuuhhh), but the Gibson Dirty Fingers is one snarling/loud/proud pickup. It has a definite 100% humbucker tone. Not like a P90. You may want to quot;purposequot; build this guitar for either P90's or humbuckers as the quot;Live at Leedsquot; tone and some of the others covers LOTS of musical ground.

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A huge 1 on the quot;idolsquot; list. Greg Ginn is a god too me. Ron Asheton/James Williamson (Stooges) would make my list too.

Get a set of Phat Cats and 4 500k CTS pots. This will do what you want.

The Phat cat sounds nice! All this recent talk on the board about P90's has me thinking a getting another guitar just for that wonderful open quot;without having that....eewwww yucky stratquot; tone. The punkish snarl would almost seem built-in as long as the signal level is is high enough to drive the amp.

Sorry, if my .02 opinion is highjacking your post!


Originally Posted by Benjy_26Get a set of Phat Cats and 4 500k CTS pots. This will do what you want.

I agree...if you want your LP to sound like it has P90's in it. That's what was used on the Live at Leeds album: P90's.

Personally I'd go with humbuckers though.

I've had great luck putting a Jazz neck or 59 neck pickup paired with a JB in the three Epi Les Pauls that I've worked on.

Lew

I had an Epi '56 GoldTop w/P90's but I do a lot of recording at home and they were too noisy and microphonic. That's why I got rid of it and got the standard. I loved the tone though. Anyway, 60's garage is the precusor to punk. Too many bands to list, check out the Nuggets or Pebbles comps. for details.

If the '90s are too noisy, a set of 59's would work well.

If you want a bright, twangy, and raunchy sound, check out TV Jones' TV'trons. They are Filter'trons made to fit a 'bucker cavity. They'll make your LP sound a bit like a Gretsch, which is cool for those 60's garage sounds.