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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

SD SH-5 Duncan Custom.

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

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

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.

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

SenatorClayDavis wrote: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.

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.

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

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

SenatorClayDavis wrote: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.

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.

gibson pickups.

Elessar [Sly] wrote:Bare knuckle Warpigs are THE doom pickup. The SH5 is good, but doesn't touch the Warpigs.

Basically.

benjamin801 wrote:A surprising number of those guys seem to go for AGI/Lace pickups.

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

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.

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.