Topic: Gibson SG Pickup change...

I have a Samick Greg Bennett which has some genuine Wilkinson PAF style pick ups fitted. These are not the pick ups found on e-bay, rather the ones he puts in his Fret King Green Label range. They sound combined with the Samick guitar great, a friend of mine that is a Fender pre 1965 purest usually comes to jam and will only play my Gibson SG, yet these days he comes in sits down and plugs the Samick in.

The Wilkinson's in both our opinions separates the stings better, is more defined, and how I play seems to extenuate the highs very nice giving a better clarity to the cords.

So today I went and got my SG out and played it and thought I should play this more. To be honest it just plays better.

I would like some advice.....as anyone every changed the pick ups in a SG if so to what. As anyone tried the alnico 8 magnet in one. This seems to be a favored thing on SD forum.

Just in case you thought why not put some more Wilkinson PAFs in the SG...The SG is full of treble and the Wilkinson's pronounce the highs, I think the overall sound would be to brittle.

Imagine if the words of Imagine ever came true.....

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Re: Gibson SG Pickup change...

what about the DiMarzio pickups ?

Re: Gibson SG Pickup change...

Try bare Knuckles, great pickups, marred only by their price, but worth it.

Just Another Geetarman

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Re: Gibson SG Pickup change...

I might roll my own....

Imagine if the words of Imagine ever came true.....

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