lp studio sounds muddy - pickup suggestions?

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Originally Posted by meltedbuzzbox

Chuck Norris would never play a Tele

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It would be too scared and play itself!

Chuck norris can play hotel california on a triangle... Jus' sayin'

For 'cut' on LPs I always suggest 500k pots, 50s wiring and pickups with alnico 5 magnets, isometrically wound and of moderate to low output. Before I changed out the Wilkinsons on my two V100s they were muddy as a warthog's bollocks, so if your Les Paul is less defined than one of those you may have a problem! I'd try pots/fifties wiring first as they're probably the simplest option.

If writing doesn't do the job I would recommend Tonerider Alnico IV Classics HBs

They are the brightest and clearest HBs I've ever heard.

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Originally Posted by felineguitars

Some suggestions
1)Firstly the LP may have 300k ohm pots in it for vol and tone - swap these for 500k

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This.

500K pots will help but I'd check the wiring for poor joins, especially on the pickup selector switch, I have a Les Paul that always sounded muddy on the neck pickup until I resloldered the tags on the switch. Sloppy work from the Gibson Custom shop.

i will have to take a look at the switch, it does cut out on the mod setting sometimes

*mid setting

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Originally Posted by welly_59

i will have to take a look at the switch, it does cut out on the mod setting sometimes

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I thought you had a Paul Weller signature model for a while there. ;)

I've got an LP Studio Deluxe 60s and there;s nothing muddy about the sound. So it may be worth having the guitar checked out for faults before you spend more money on new pickups.