vanessa Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I looked at the Epiphone Les Paul Black Beauty and found in its specs that it had 3 pups : 2 Alnico Classic humbuckers and 1 Alnico Hot Humbucker . My questions are : 1) What are the differences between these 2 pups ? 2) where is the Alnico hot humbucker located ? (i.e. neck, bridge or middle ? ) Thanks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkwire Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 A hot humbucker has more windings around the coils, which gives the pickup a higher output; i.e. a 'hotter' sound. I would guess that the hot pickup would be in the bridge position. Alnico refers to the metal that the magnet in the pickup is made of...a combination of Aluminum, Nickel, and Cobalt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RotcanX Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 A pickup's output is actually a function of two factors; number of coils (turns of wire) and magnet strength. Essentially there are two types of magnet material used in pickups; the aforementioned Alnico and then there's ceramic magnets. Ceramic magnets are less expensive and they also have a stronger magnetic field. You'll find ceramic magnets used in very high output pickups; examples would be the Gibson 496R and 500T pickups as used in Flying Vs, Explorers, and for some reason that escapes me, the Les Paul Classic. Because of their lower cost, Epiphone uses ceramic magnet pickups in their low-end guitars such as the Special II and the G-310. G&L uses ceramic magnets along with reduced windings in some of their pickups to get a reasonable output but without the filtering that excessive windings can cause. Although weaker and more expensive, diehard guitar purists prefer the vintage tone of Alnico magnets. Note that Alnico also can be split into several subclasses; in the old days they used Alnico II but today you mostly see Alnico V. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesstringer Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Welcome to the forum Vanessa. This is a great place with more information than you'll probably know what to do with , great people and fun, and yes the hot HB would be in the bridge pup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessa Posted June 25, 2008 Author Share Posted June 25, 2008 Welcome to the forum Vanessa. This is a great place with more information than you'll probably know what to do with ' date=' great people and fun, and yes the hot HB would be in the bridge pup.[/quote'] ================= Thanks Funkwire, RotcanX and bluestringer ! I felt at home already ! I just bought a Epiphone Les Paul standard .. It sounds great on the Roland Cube-60 . Being a tinker at heart, I am contemplating buying the Epiphone LesPaul 100 then change its pups ( open coil Alnico v humbucker 700T/650R) with genuine Gibson 57' classic humbuckers ( at around 80 $US a pop on the Net ) . What do you think ? I love to hear your comments . Thanks... Best regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tulsaslim Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Vanessa, quite honestly I wouldn't put $160 worth of pickups into an LP100. If I were you I'd visit guitarfetish.com & get you some GFS pickups ($30-$35 apiece) to put in there. I have had real good luck with them (I've put several different one's in some of my guitars) & so have many of the folks here on the forum. The pickups are, in fact, very good and there are many different humbucker 'types' to choose from. The 'Vintage '59's' sound very close to the Gibson '57s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesstringer Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 I couldn't agree more with Tulsa ! The GFS are great IMHO, I've always had good luck with them and they are alot more cost effective. You don't need to to spend that kind of $$$ on a LP-100 to have the same effect ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessa Posted June 25, 2008 Author Share Posted June 25, 2008 _Thanks , tulsalim ...I'll check this site out . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessa Posted June 25, 2008 Author Share Posted June 25, 2008 I couldn't agree more with Tulsa ! The GFS are great IMHO' date=' I've always had good luck with them and they are alot more cost effective. You don't need to to spend that kind of $$$ on a LP-100 to have the same effect ![/quote'] ================ Holly Molly ! What's a site and all these pups ... Thanks again bluestringer for your kind advices! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaRouteDu Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Yeah GFS has some really good pups. Wouldnt buy enyother pickup ecept if they were Gibz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iansmitchell Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 The site is guitarfestish.com The best pickups are: Vintage 59 Mean 90 Dream 90 and their Overwound strat set I'd suggest staying away from the tremolos (other than the solid steel floyd rose) and not using thier potentiometers(pots). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanessa Posted June 26, 2008 Author Share Posted June 26, 2008 _Thanks for these great tips ! I'll keep them in mind ... BTW , their prices are unreally low for pups , all under 40 $ US ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesstringer Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 _Thanks for these great tips ! I'll keep them in mind ... BTW ' date=' their prices are unreally low for pups , all under 40 $ US ![/quote'] That's one of the best parts, but the best is that they are great sounding pups ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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