Stoner/doom/metal pickups for eb-3

[wentworthk]

I got an epiphone eb-3 that I'm pseudo restoring and am looking for people's opinions on what pickups to put into it. I'm going for a stoner/ doom metal sound

The neck pickup on these is apparently very tricky to get to sound non muddy, so what are people's thoughts for what pickups I should put into this thing? Keep in mind I'm a newb...

 

[Derek Balonek]

Personally I'd suggest keeping the neck p'up for doom. It has a heavy, bassy tone to it that works well in that style IMO.

If you'd like a brighter tone there, the DiMarzio Model One is a drop-in replacement.

For the bridge area, I've heard of people putting J-p'ups there. Maybe a guitar-type humbucker or a P90 would be interesting, I've thought about dropping one of those in there.

 

[Alex Xander]

I have the Model One Dimarzio in my Gibson, it's a marked improvement on the original (cheap too), but has a tone profile quite similar to the factory pickup.

If your budget can stretch to it, look at the Curtis Novak replacements. He can custom wind to whatever sound you are chasing. He does one that came up in a thread here recently that he advertises as "the opposite of the original". A very hifi kind of tone. I was totally blown away by how good it sounded.

 

[Fuzzbassian]

If you haven't seen it already,we have a Stoner/Doom bassists thread
You could find some good advice in there. Alot of the guys in there don't trawl through the other sections of the TB forums all too much.

Personally,I'd be looking for some kind of neck humbucker,but given the inherent muddiness of said bass,you may need a high output bridge pickup as well to give it some presence.

 

[Gabeja15]

they're expensive as hell, but Novak winds bisonic/darkstar-like pickups into EB humbucker cases. Those things should shatter eardrums

 

[ctmullins]

they're expensive as hell

I've been looking at those too. They're actually about the same price that Fred was charging for his Dark Stars. Certainly pricier than the DiMarzio, but certainly not hellishly expensive. Remember, you get what you pay for, most of the time!

Those things should shatter eardrums

Agreed!

 

[Blank_0101]

Hey I'm doing the same thing

Go to Ebay, get an artec mudbucker for under $30, it's 30k output like the real mudbuckers of the past, and cheap.

Get some 500k audio or 1 meg pots for better sweep and clarity.

 

[wentworthk]

Askrere, you didn't by chance get it off of that riceagemusic seller did you?

 

[wentworthk]

Also, as I mentioned I'm a newbie, I get pots and clarity, but sweep? 1 meg? 300k?

 

[wentworthk]

I meant 500k- I see this often in regards to pots (why are they called that?) what's the difference between 500k 300k and 250k?

 

[Meddle]

I would go with stereo wiring or something, to get the best out of the two pickups. Something like a 1meg would give you greater clarity.