I just received it, bought on the net-Euroguitar first impression unpacking, it smells seriously and despite a slight apprehension as the blind purchased impossible to try in store I am very pleasantly surprised -ĥ7 microphones are very good - the color AND ARE TABLE HCS beautiful - excellent sound Having owned a hagstrom suede (very good for that matter) Epiphone has more possibilities Sounds very good well-defined bass, crisp highs, great clarity, great sound and rock bass distortion that serious sending this guitar has a very good sustain surprising. I do not see any flaws yet - varnish, everything is nickel frets. Very nice surprise to unpacking the case - low action - no frizz Super nice handle - the guitar is very well balanced - it weighs its weight - no more. Standard 3-position selector Mechanical GROVER. GIBSON CLASSIC pickup and neck pickup 57 + GIBSON CLASSIC 57.ġ volume and 1 tone by micro microphone with push / pull function. Mahogany set neck with long tenon system. This is why people tend to always be trying new pickups, trying to find ones they like for different styles etc.Table carved flamed maple AAA grade. There are numbers associated with them all but often, for one reason or another competing models from different brands all sound slightly different. Key to finding a pickup you like is to first hear one you like, find out it's specs in terms of resistance and magnet used, try and make sure it wasn't just a sick amp / pedal setup, and then find pickups with similar specs, listening to review videos to try and narrow it down.Īt the end of the day pickups and volume / tone pots are always a "feel" kind of thing.
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Here's a PDF from seymour duncan explaining some of the basic science behind guitar pickupsīut DC resistance, type of magnet (alnico II vs alnico V vs ceramic(ceramic are cheaper and usually sound worse), gauge of wire used to make the pickups etc. That being said, there are some BASIC features of guitar pickups. Outside of that, there are literally hundreds of guitar pickup brands and models, and it can be absolutely dizzying.
But keep in mind your amp is going to seriously effect how any guitar sounds, so just take everything with a grain of salt, since the reviewer might be playing out of a killer amp that will make anything sound good, or they could be playing out of a shit amp where the best pickups in the world will sound like crap. Seymour Duncan and DiMarzio are probably the most popular, and have TONS of review videos out there testing different models and such, so you can try to listen to what they sound like before you buy whatever model. If you'd rather just having something that's great out of the box, and don't mind paying extra for that luxury, then go with a pricier model.
If you like the idea of tinkering with guitar electronics (soldering etc) then it might be worth picking up a cheaper guitar and putting the work in yourself.
For that price you can have a set of pickups, hand wound, to get precisely the sound you're looking for. You're basically paying a huge upcharge on the pickup to have gibson's name on it. But pickup quality is super subjective, so just because it's Gibson and just because it costs a ton of money, doesn't guarantee it's gonna be the sound you want. The gibson '57 humbuckers cost I think around $137 each if you want to buy them. Other than they are are exactly the same. The only difference between those and the epi les paul standards (cost around $350) is the flame maple top (pretty tiger stripe looking wood grain) and upgraded pickups.