Whats your favorite pickup combo for your les paul?

[CEG85]

Tom Anderson H3 and H1

 

[JerEvil]

Seymour Duncan '59's are great in a Les Paul. So is the JB/Jazz combo.

JB/Jazz combo SLAYS in my custom LP build.

 

[Ventura]

I'm a fan of the stock '57 and '57 Classics in some Lesters.

Otherwise - a calibrated triumvirate of Emeralds in my 3 pup 57 Black Beauty, Black Dogs in my '68 Firemist Custom, Mules 57 GoldTop, Riff Raffs '59, can't remember the rest but I've got a few more Lesters....with a few more BKPs.

 

[glip22]

I never played better than OX4 when I went through a bunch. Unpotted and there was no feedback. Handles gain with great clarity. Much more than the Bare Knuckles and much more alive sounding. I like BK's but the OX4 were something else.

 

[ericsabbath]

after a couple dozen pickups, been happy with a bare knuckle riff raff/mule set for years in my 73 les paul custom

holy diver/emerald in my lp-based short hydra

 

[marshall2553]

Let's revive this one. I have a lemonburst LP Classic 120th Anniv. model with the stock 57 Classics. I want to replace them, but really want double cremes. I already have a Wolfetone Marshallhead bridge pup in double creme. AFAIK, the only other manufacturer who makes them in double creme is DiMarzio. Would a 36th Anniv. work in the neck with a Marshallhead in the bridge? Or do I need to just spring for the Wolfetone Dr. Vintage or Legend in double creme?

I've had Dimarzio 36th Anniversary and PAF Master sets in a couple of LPs and I really like them. They both sound great in the neck and bridge, though I think I prefer the slightly higher output 36th.

Haven't tried Wolfetones yet. Right now I'm so happy with the Custom Buckers and Alnico II Pros I have in my LPs that I stopped looking.

 

[Flavatrocious]

LPC - MCP Dragon Suit (b) / MCP 2nd Degree BB .

 

[mojotone]

In my '73 goldtop Deluxe (routed for humbuckers), I have settled on the SD Pearly Gates in the neck and a Custom Custom for the bridge. I tried the A2, A5, and A8 magnets in the bridge pickup, and came back to the A2 for good. For that guitar, the search is over.

 

[Starman22]

SD Custom Shop Pearly Gates (aka Bill Gibbons Custom Shop) are sublime.

 

[gibson5413]

Tom Anderson H3 and H1

I have this in my Anderson Bulldog and I LOVE them!! I have another Bulldog coming my way and thinking about putting the same combo in it but I am really intrigued by the Suhr Thornbucker set. We shall see!

 

[CEG85]

Tom Anderson H3 and H1

I have this in my Anderson Bulldog and I LOVE them!! I have another Bulldog coming my way and thinking about putting the same combo in it but I am really intrigued by the Suhr Thornbucker set. We shall see!

They really are great.
Especially the H3. Real beefy/thick sounding pickup.
I dropped them in a Les Paul Custom.

It's crazy because the h3 and h1 have such a big difference in output but sound great together.

Heard great things about Suhr pickups as well.
Anything Tom Anderson and Suhr put out are top quality stuff.
Can't go wrong.