Spec me a humbucker!

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Hey all,
I've had an Epiphone SG400 for a few years now and been meaning to change the pickups for ages, since I think for the money it's an excellent guitar, very playable and well built, but the stock pickups sound pretty terrible. For the neck I'm looking for something warm and full sounding and was thinking a Seymour Duncan '59, I've played guitars with them before and they're a pretty classic sounding option. I'm open to other suggestions though.

The bridge is a different matter and, since I never really use the middle selector on the guitar, it doesn't need to be that balanced with the neck pickup. I'm really looking for something that brings out harmonics and tapping, since my current pickup loses it on the high end and just sounds brittle, with a nice crunch. I've been looking at the Rio Grande Fat ******* (heh) pickup since I know Matt Bellamy used to use one when his tone was a bit fuller and crunchier, and he never seemed to have any problem with harmonics. Any ideas on what else might suit me?

 

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Ooh, good call, that sounds ace.

 

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I'd consider looking seriously at your strings and amp EQ

I do pay close attention to my other kit but the SG pickups really are terrible. I do need some new strings at the moment though.

Cheers for the suggestions as well, I will check them all out.

 

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Thought I might as well tell you what I went for in the end. Decided some uber-high output thing would lose its novelty after a while so went for a SD Custom (SH-5) which are pretty hot but can do cleans and things very nicely too. In the neck I made a last minute decision to go for a SD Seth Lover instead of the 59, just sounds a bit more alive, especially with overdrive. Got the nickle covers for the proper SG look and ordered 5 packs of D'addario strings too. Grand total with delivery, just over a hundred quid. Have to love the exchange rate!