gibson pickups

[backstab21]

hey guys, i would like to know if installing a gibson pickup into a guitar, will it sound like a gibson?

 

[MrE]

I have not actually tried it, but chances are it will sound quite similar. i think the choice of pickups is responsible for the majority of what you hear in a guitar's tone, but obviously you would want to put those Gibson pickups into a guitar that is of similar construction to a Les Paul.

i.e. Mahogany body with maple cap and set neck with rosewood fingerboard. 8)

 

[ChanMin]

well if you have a mahogany w/maple cap + mahogany neck guitar with humbuckers... my bet is that it will already sound gibsonish without Gibson pickups.

btw some gibson people change to seymour duncan pickups... and their guitar still sounds like a gibson.

 

[brundisium]

so what is a

Gibson sound, Fender sound, Ibanez sound, Charvel sound, Jackson sound
Dean sound, Killer sound, ESP sound, B C rich sound or just a kramer sound?

 

[MrE]

so what is a

Gibson sound, Fender sound, Ibanez sound, Charvel sound, Jackson sound
Dean sound, Killer sound, ESP sound, B C rich sound or just a kramer sound?

i hope you are honestly asking a question and not just trying to be sarcastic :roll:

 

[subversion]

well if you have a mahogany w/maple cap + mahogany neck guitar with humbuckers... my bet is that it will already sound gibsonish without Gibson pickups.

true- Tokai LS70 8)

 

[brundisium]

i hope you are honestly asking a question and not just trying to be sarcastic :roll:

its meant to be sarcastic...

 

[MrE]

i hope you are honestly asking a question and not just trying to be sarcastic :roll:

its meant to be sarcastic...

take it elsewhere, pls.

we are just trying to help this dude find the sound he wants, he doesnt need the sarcasm.

 

[brundisium]

ok, roger that... :lol: