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Posted: 3/12/2008 10:24:51 PM | I recently purchased an Epiphone G-400 Goth guitar. It's a watered down Gibson SG
I suppose, but it was under 400.00 and it looks and sounds amazing! The playability and sustain are incredible. I plan on changing the pickups, but as far as neck thru body design goes and bridge action, I can't believe how sweet it is! I tried a Fender Thinline Tele the same day, but chose the G 400. Anyone else own this guitar or similar Epiphone offerings? Comments, feedback? Any suggestions about replacement Humbuckers? | |
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Posted: 3/16/2008 12:18:19 PM | | In my opinion, the Epiphones have been really great lately(past few years) When I was teaching in the eighties I used a Gibson LP and I had the opportunity to go and get the guitars off the racks. I compared the Epis to the Gibsons side by side on the same amp. Those days the Epis were so far behind the Gibson it was insane. These days I tried the same thing and coudn't tell a lot of difference. As far as pickups, You can google your favorite guitar players and find out what they use. I personally like the Dimarzios that came on my Custom Tele. The LP got to be too heavy but the buckers sound fat and thick enough so the shoulder wear trade of works for me | |
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Posted: 3/17/2008 3:10:45 AM | I reciently purchased a Epiphone LP studio. Loved it to death. Unfortunately there was a hidden airpocket in the neck wood that caused the headstock to snap right off.
Love that limited lifetime waranty.
Anyhow, I became real fond of the Seymour Duncan Jazz/JB combo in dual humbucker guitars.
The Jazz is a nice smooth neck pickup that has a real nice warm sound, not to unsimilar to classic sounding humbuckers. Plenty of tone and 4 conductor leads to allow all sorts of modifications. Despite it's name, this pup works for nearly any style.
The JB, is a high output bridge humbucker used by a lot of professionals in nearly every style. It has brilliant highs, without sounding crispy single coil like. Still holds true to the fat sound of a good humbucker though. I think it's the most popular bridge pup ever made. However it is a high output pickup, and it doesn't sound like the classic PAFs if that's what your going for.
This is just what I use, and you can get the set for 200 installed. Seymour Duncan isn't the only good company, I heard lots of good things about DiMarzio, Bare Knuckles, and the slightly pricey Bill Lawrence humbuckers. For a true gibson sound though, try to get your hands on some burstbuckers or PAFs.
I would honestly suggest staying away from active pups like EMGs. First they require re-wiring of the guitar. Sure they are quiet, but they lack the personality that a good passive humbucker has. Think of it like being on a date with a good looking woman, but having nothing to talk to her about. | |
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Posted: 3/21/2008 9:43:12 PM | My friend has a Epiphone LP and we recently done a pickup trade. He gave me the neck pickup from the LP (stock chrome covered) and I gave him a single coil originally out of a squire strat. I put the humbucker in my guitar (a severely over modified/tweaked to death $350 Yamaha rgx model) stripped down to one pickup in the bridge)
To our amazement, that single coil in my friends LP brought out a clarity that a humbucker sometimes lacks on the neck however it still retained the thick "notey" LP sound and quality. Everybody who has heard that guitar since on the neck pickup thought it was sweet both clean and distorted.
For a bridge pickup, . . . say somthing by seymour duncan like the custom SH 5 (made more so for rock/metal tones) just for a suggestion but it realldy comes down to the sound that you really wants and what may potentially works best with your guitar. | |
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Posted: 4/10/2008 12:17:41 AM | | Well thanks for the help...I'm scribbling this all out to take to the music shop. | |
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Posted: 4/10/2008 6:02:35 AM | | I was talking to a pro guitar tech recently and he stated that high end Epiphone guitars are actually better than some of the more recent Gibsons. I know you can't replace the name, but Epiphones have come a long way in the last six years. Just make sure that if you get an Epiphone it is under 3 years old, unless it is a classic. | |
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Posted: 4/10/2008 5:14:05 PM | Anyhow, I became real fond of the Seymour Duncan Jazz/JB combo in dual humbucker guitars.
I don't have an Epi, but weighing in on this...wholeheartedly agree, excellent combo. I have a JB Jr. in my Strat at the bridge as well - great pickup. As a point of interest - I had the Jazz/JB combo in my Les Paul, but I was looking for a slightly different color in the bridge so I replaced the JB with a Duncan Stag Mag, which I love just as much. The SM overdrives as well as the JB, but it's a little more defined - more like a single coil than the JB, like you mentioned, but different overtones and more crunch than a single. Then I replaced the tone pots with push-pull pots and wired them to tap the single coils with one pot (for when I do want that sound) and switch phasing with the other. Voila, tone and versatility!
I would honestly suggest staying away from active pups like EMGs. First they require re-wiring of the guitar. Sure they are quiet, but they lack the personality that a good passive humbucker has. Think of it like being on a date with a good looking woman, but having nothing to talk to her about.
Bwahahaha!!! Exactly!!  | |
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Posted: 4/11/2008 1:08:47 AM | Any suggestions about replacement Humbuckers?
If you go to seymourduncan.com/support/audio-samples you can play audio clips of each pickup for tone.
Or seymourduncan.com/comparetones will lead you to a similar page where you can compare them side-by-side. | |
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Posted: 4/11/2008 8:57:53 AM | | The electrics are very nice, but be careful with the acoustics, the necks can warp. | |
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Posted: 4/11/2008 11:17:15 PM | I have an Epi Les Paul Classic and I just got a pair of DiMarzio DP211 and DP 212. They are AWSOMWE!!!! You should try them. I'm ordering another set for my black Les Paul Standard with bobbins in black and yellow. It should look as good as it sounds. You should try them! | |
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