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How To make A Epiphone Les Paul-100 To The Pure Ac/Dc SG Sound?...Heard from ppl tat Change the pickups to Duncan distortion so it will have a brighter sound like Angus young's SG...Anyone pls help

Hey ho, and welcome to the forum!

Well, I'm sorry to step on your parade, but 1) your guitar is different to Angus Youngs, and 2) your guitar ain't that good. So, no matter what pickups you put in it, it's never gonna nail this paricular tone. It'll rawk out, it just won't be exactly the same as Angus'.

Distortion will get you a cool sound, but you may wanna go with a more quot;vintagequot; pickup, like the 59, for 60s or 70s sounds.

Tell you what, have a look at the description sof the pickups on the SD website, and listen to the quot;bridge, dirtyquot; sound clips of some of them - download the 59, the distortion, and maybe the Jazz/Blues (JB) to compare them. It won't be exactly like your setup, but it'll give you some indication.

Yeah, my guitar aint tat great...But does it cost alot for all the changing of pickups? I juz wan a tone tat is close to tat

Well, whereabouts do you live? I'm in the UK, and prices are different to the USA or elsewhere. SD pickups will get you a better tone, no doubt about it, just don;t expect to be the next angus - go for something a bit more unique and individual

What setup do you have at the moment? (like, amp, pedals, whatever)

I live in Singapore, really into metal, old school more often...Do play Metallica too...Some other genre too...I am juz 14, haha! I do not have much setups, i only have a Epiphone Les Paul-100 and a Fernandes 15W amp, No pedals

hey hey hey ~ ... Singaporean ? same here.
Angus uses SG with its own custom burst buckers pickups
So it differs ALOT from just an Epiphone

OK, I'd reccomend having a listen to some of the pickups recorded on the site and then taking which one you think would sound best in your guitar (or, rather, wich one you like the sound of most!). DesertRose, can you advise AcDc on prices of stuff over there?

DesertRose, you have Msn? I add u...

Dont forget Malcolm people.

Why not upgrade to a better amp instead?

No budget

oh hi, another singaporean.. haha

a epiphone wont sound like a SG, but u might wanan try a set of 59' or antiquities ....

59's will get the closest to Angus; Malcolm plays a Gretsch, so that will be even harder to get close to.

Considering that you'll be playing in your room with a little amp, I must agree with Benjy: a '59 set or even only a '59 bridge should get you closer...

Yeah it's a les Paul and an epiphone but c'mon guys, it's only for the fun of it...

A new pick-up(s) [59] should get you a tad closer without upgrading to a crazier amp and fancier guitar....

Enjoy

I'm with Surgeon - stop raining on this kid's parade, guys.

The LP100 is actually a pretty cool guitar. If you get a sunburst one, then it has a mahogany body, but thinner than a normal LP. It also has a mahogany neck. That sounds a lot like an SG to me. I think an LP100 with a '59 bridge would make a great AC/DC axe. Plus it looks like a LP from more than 20 feet away.

That said, the biggest improvement would be the amp, as someone already noted. A do-it-yourself Marshall 18 Watter clone would give you AC/DC tone out the wazzoo. The Fender Blues Jr. is a prime candidate for an fairly inexpensive 18-Watt conversion.

If you are into old school metal, I think an invader would work. For AC/DC you could just roll off the volume knob on the guitar.

And for the neck, a distortion would do, and again, roll the volume back to make it clean up for AC/DC.Just my $0.02, but I doubt many will agree with me.