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i recently purchased a g400 .. and i was wondering if the pickups were any good .. my birthday is coming up and my girl wants me to tell her what i want .. so i was thinking hell y dont i just change the pick ups .. i play almost every type of music .. and theres not a genre of music that i play more than others .. so i was wondering what kind of pickups do you guys recommend .. i dont know much about pickups.. any input is appreciated .. or should i just stick with the factory ones .. thanks

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Well, the '61 reissue SG comes with '57 Classics; and the VOS SG Standard (most likely based on a '64 prototype, although they don't tell) has Burstbucker I and II pickups. So that's what Gibson feels is best for that 'SG tone'. And the BB Pros are pretty fine too.

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Well' date=' the '61 reissue SG comes with '57 Classics; and the VOS SG Standard (most likely based on a '64 prototype, although they don't tell) has Burstbucker I and II pickups. So that's what Gibson feels is best for that 'SG tone'. And the BB Pros are pretty fine too.[/quote']

 

I put a set of burstbuckers into one of those blue G400s and didn't like them so much I dumped the guitar. I like 57s better and that is what I should have gotten. Not sure what is in my faded Gibson they sound close to 57s. My 1965 G400 not too bad but may upgrade the PUs at some point to 57s.

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I put Burstbucker Pros in my epi LP and it is a tone monster. I put a '57 classic (neck) and a '57 Classic plus in the bridge of the Wilshire. I didn't think the ouput would be greatly different in the classic plus but it is. It's not a problem, it is just a bit louder than the '57 classic. In any event, all these pups sound great. The BB Pro's have a little nastier "bite" to them that the '57's don't have, the '57's are super smooth and creamy especially clean, and the ouput of the BB pro's is much higher.

 

Choices, choices.......

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+1 on the Burstbuckers' date=' I've got a Pro in my neck and a II in my bridge. They sound great. If I was to do it again I might try Pros all the way around.[/quote']

 

I'm sold on these as well...but they are NOT cheap.

 

(Just sayin')

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and i was wondering if the pickups were any good

 

Do you think their good? We can't tell you if their good or not. And changing pickups isn't the first thing you could do. For less than a $1, you could change out the capacitor if you want the tone brighter or darker. Ask for something else.

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Duncan SH-6 Set has a Duncan SH-6n and an SH-6b for the nicest hottest sound imaginable.

Very close to Burstbuckers even if it is ceramic coil.

I just can't understand why no one can else has any idea about these pickups.

I think they're awesome.

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Duncan SH-6 Set has a Duncan SH-6n and an SH-6b for the nicest hottest sound imaginable.

Very close to Burstbuckers even if it is ceramic coil.

I just can't understand why no one can else has any idea about these pickups.

I think they're awesome.

 

Timmy was looking for versatile, not just allaround Mayhem dude...

"A SH-6 very close to a Burstbucker"... Which BB would that be? BB1, BB2, BB3 or BB Pro?

 

The Seymour Duncan "Hotrod" set SH-4/SH-2 would offer some nice varied sounds for almost the same money as a single BB.

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Timmy was looking for versatile' date=' not just allaround Mayhem dude...

"A SH-6 very close to a Burstbucker"... Which BB would that be? BB1, BB2, BB3 or BB Pro?

 

The Seymour Duncan "Hotrod" set SH-4/SH-2 would offer some nice varied sounds for almost the same money as a single BB.[/quote']

BB Pro

The SH-6 pickups clean up very nicley.

They are Very versatile and I think they sound very nice clean.

But when you need the crunch they can definitely supply it.

They are alot more tame than a Dimarzio Super Distortion that in my opinion has a hard overbite that doesn't clean up very well at all.

Of course the 'Hotrodded Humbucker Set' is the bomb but the SH-6 pair just ups the ante a bit.

And for the same price.

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