yoshiii1 Posted October 23, 2019 Report Share Posted October 23, 2019 Hello I was at the music store trying out the Boss CE-2 Wazacraft, and a EHX Small Clone. I played them with a Gibson Les Paul Tribute and then the Epiphone Lucille. When I played the Les Paul, all of the effects sounds and things came thru clear and strong, but when I played the Lucille, the effect sounds were hard to notice. Could this be because of the type of the pickups in the Les Paul and Lucille? If I bought the Lucille and changed out the pickups, would that help with better tone and sound? Now I am leaning towards the Les Paul Tribute but I do not like the dull finish and boring look without the binding and the feel of the neck. I do want a semi hollow and I like the Lucille. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted October 24, 2019 Report Share Posted October 24, 2019 (edited) How old is the Lucille? Epi pickups from 15 or so years ago are not as good as they in the last 6 to 8 years I don't know if the Lucille is still in production, I could check but, that's something you can easily do. On the other hand.. Why not take a look at the Sheraton Pro IIs. Pro Bucker pickups are good, and the over all hardware much improved to the Pre Pro II models no need IMO to change ANYTHING.... I had a mid 90s Sherry sold it eventually,, pickups flat out sucked. I bought another one in 2015 and ... MUCH better.. I'll be hanging on to this one... Edited October 24, 2019 by kidblast Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihcmac Posted October 25, 2019 Report Share Posted October 25, 2019 (edited) Make sure you have Lucilles Vari-Tone rotary switch on 1 so you will hear the pickups at full power with no notch filters like on settings 2 thru 6.. Edited October 25, 2019 by mihcmac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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