Pickups for Stoner/Doom?

[Nateispro]

I have a set of EMG's in my les paul and i know that actives make fuzz pedals react different then passives but i can't decide on what passives... i was thinking vintage output bareknuckles or maybe some 36th anniversary PAF's from dimarzio but i really am just shooting in the dark. I tune to C standard with it and use 12-60 so i want a set of pickups that won't get muddy. Yay for tax return gas

[soundgardener75]

SD SH-5 Duncan Custom.

[VTM]

I use a Gibson Iommi and also tune to C standard. No mud.

[Elessar [Sly]]

Bare knuckle Warpigs are THE doom pickup. The SH5 is good, but doesn't touch the Warpigs.

[SenatorClayDavis]

There isn't really a "right" way to do stoner/doom - but in general I feel like you can't go wrong with PAF style pups, maybe slightly overwound but not too hot.

[benjamin801]

A surprising number of those guys seem to go for AGI/Lace pickups.

[wrongnote85]

There isn't really a "right" way to do stoner/doom - but in general I feel like you can't go wrong with PAF style pups, maybe slightly overwound but not too hot.

this right here.

[GAS KING]

yeah stoner is about finding your sound.

great stoner tone can be found in abundance with various combinations of gear.

depends what you're going for.

[colejustesen]

I really like the way my Wilde L600 sounds with my fuzz. Out of all the humbucker loaded guitars that I have the Wilde plays the best. It is an alnico III based humbucker with magnetic rods instead of bars. Bill Lawrence/Wilde pickups are amazing clear and sound awesome in lower tunings! I would recommend the 4.8H for the bridge and the 3.6H for the neck.

They are great sounding, and cheap!

http://www.wildepickups.com/The_Custom_Series.html

Cole

[100 watt]

I use EMGs but I roll the volume back if I use fuzz

[Nateispro]

There isn't really a "right" way to do stoner/doom - but in general I feel like you can't go wrong with PAF style pups, maybe slightly overwound but not too hot.

This seems to be what i've read... I was thinking about maybe a BKP mule or something along those lines... I have a set of 80's Super Distortions but they've mellowed out a little too much so they're almost too bassy in C standard.

[100 watt]

I used to run Duncan Invaders for that kinda stuff, but they can tend to get a bit muddy if you don't have your mids set just right.

[NeloAngelo]

gibson pickups.

[Dropsix]

Bare knuckle Warpigs are THE doom pickup. The SH5 is good, but doesn't touch the Warpigs.

Basically.

[Killzone]

A surprising number of those guys seem to go for AGI/Lace pickups.

^^^^^ this!!! Alumitones or drop and gains

[ovid9]

I've actually been using the neck pickup on my Agile a lot for that style. Its a GFS Dream 90 which is pretty much a hotly wound singlecoil in a HB case. Its about 8.2k pull I think?

I sort of wish they wouldn't say they have P90 tone as they don't really seem to, but they have a GOOD sound to them. Especially when I'm running them into fuzz or stacked ODs.

As has been said before you can find a TON of things that will work great for this sort of sound.

[Van_Muddlestein]

For my stoner/doom stuff I tend to prefer lower output pickups, but lately I've found myself really wanting to mess with higher output options to see what that's about. Like a lot of people have said, there really is no right and wrong way to do it. Just figure out what sounds kick ass to you. It is a fact though that you can't go wrong with Dimarzio Super Distortions though.