Halp: new pups for my les paul

[kaboom]

I want to change out the pickups in this guy:


The neck pickup is ...okay, but the bridge pickup sounds whimpy. I'd like to try a new set. The duncans were put in by the old guitarist, who played in a nu metal band. I would say i like single coil toanz better, but i have limited experience with humbuckers. I think these les paul specials originally came with p90s, but i wanted to get some suggestions from people who know guitar pickups.

[colossus]

What kind of sound are you going for? Budget?

[Disarm D'arcy]

If you like P90s, why not go for P90s in humbucker format such as the Gibson P94 or The Creamery Hum 90 and so many others.

[Mudfuzz]

If you like P90s, why not go for P90s in humbucker format such as the Gibson P94 or The Creamery Hum 90 and so many others.

I agree, also look at the Duncan Phat cat and the Rio Grande bastard, I like them better then the P94.

[cheesecats]

you could try something really different and go for a joe barden hb two tone

[tuffteef]

u need to get those ox4 pickups

[Holy Schnikes]

If you go with HBs, look at Bare Knuckle or Motor City and get a 4-conductor option to wire 'em up with coil tap or better yet, series/parallel options. I have a BKP Abraxas set in my LP Custom, vintage hot style bucker, basically a refined PAF with some extra balls to handle the series/parallel switching with little to no volume loss. I use push/push tone pots to execute the switching. I LOVE those pickups.

[Psyre]

I think you should definitely get humbuckers if you have limited experience with them. It's always nice to have diversity imo. I think Schnikes suggestion on Bare Knuckles is great. In my LP I use dimarzio's liquifier and crunchlab duo (John Petrucci's model despite not being much of a fan of his) and I think they are great and very different from eachother, yet blend great. I don't play prog or metal much but they fit my style greatly. Came recommended to me by Gunner Recall. Also they come in cream!

[Mudfuzz]

For what it's worth I'm thinking about putting Duncan Pearly Gates in my epi goth lp or dimarzio tone zones...

[Helter]

I have a Bare Knuckle Black Dog in my les pauls bridge and it is awesome!

[Holy Schnikes]

I think you should definitely get humbuckers if you have limited experience with them. It's always nice to have diversity imo. I think Schnikes suggestion on Bare Knuckles is great. In my LP I use dimarzio's liquifier and crunchlab duo (John Petrucci's model despite not being much of a fan of his) and I think they are great and very different from each other, yet blend great. I don't play prog or metal much but they fit my style greatly. Came recommended to me by Gunner Recall. Also they come in cream!

Diversity rules IMO also, the more options the better.

And like you mentioned, don't let any "artist endorsement" sway the decision, just go off specs/description/sound clips/etc. My Abraxas set was designed for Carlos Fucking Santana who I couldn't care less about but they're so good! The bridge just RIPS and the neck is the best thing EVER, full and bassy but tons of chime and clarity. Perfect pickups for my LP. Thanks Carlos Fucking Santana!

[MEC]

GFS Mean 90's=CHEAP AND AWESOME!

[Disarm D'arcy]

I had a pair of GFS' Dream 90 that were very lacking, I'd advice against those. The Mean 90s seems closer to what I expect in a P90

[uck]

If you haven't already, try adjusting the Duncans' height(s) and poles. Depending on which Duncans they are you can look at a magnet swap or even a rewind which would be a lot cheaper than any options already mentioned.
FWIW, the BG humbucker-sized P90s are great. Nice price point as well. Phat Cats aren't bad. Much better after swapping the bridge A2's for A8's or ceramics.

[DarkAxel]

when it comes to HBs, I'm all about DiMarzio

Air Norton/Classic for the neck position... and if you like something agressive but not TOO hot, Tone Zone for the bridge

if you want to go with something lower output, put an Air in the bridge position as well

in my experience most of the guitars with Seymours had this weird bite i didn't really like