pickup change advise for supergrade

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davesowden

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thinking about changing the neck pup in my early 80s supergrade. love the guitar but find the neck position a bit dark and murky at times. just wondering if any forum members have had success with a similar swap-i,m thinking of a humbucker sized p-90 style pup as a possible replacement. any suggestions guys???
 
Foe a humbucker sized P90 I would definetely recommend the Iron Gear Alchemists, cheap but sound great, got a set in my LS80 and love em!!
 
How early 80's? Is it a stock Burny pup... braided L8001 or VH1? want to sell it ? :D
 
sorry 3pup i think i,ll hang on to the neck pup if i swap it. i would want to be able to return the guitar to its original state in the future.
i like the idea of an iron gear alchemist-i had never heard of them before but i have subsequently read some good things about them on the net. for the price of them i probably couldn,t go far wrong! anyone else out there tried them?
 
Phat Cats are very nice in a Love Rock,I like these a lot and recomend them.
 
i like the idea of a phat cat. i,ve thought about using them in the past. what do they sound like compared to a p-90?
 
my 92 les paul has now got 2 Bare Knuckle Crawler pickups in - a vast improvement on the original Gibson ones. So if you are going to swap I dont think you will get much better than these for classic rock sounds (if thats the sound you are after that is!) Check out Harmony Central for Bare Knuckle reviews - pretty much every one is a 10/10 - downside? pricey - but they hold their value very well secondhand and seem bombproof.
 
thanks for the advice guys-think i,ve settled on trying a phat cat. if anyone has one for sale let me know
 
davesowden said:
thanks for the advice guys-think i,ve settled on trying a phat cat. if anyone has one for sale let me know

actually, I do as I am not using mine currently. Do you want the set or just one? You can PM me if you like.
 

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