Recently purchased this 2024 50s Les Paul standard and would appreciate advice on pickups.
The guitar feels and plays phenomenally. But I’m feeling that the pickups are lacking balls, they sound great clean and at the edge of breakup but as soon as I get into medium and high gain territory it gets very flubby. I understand it’s a 50s style les Paul and the pickups weren’t made with gain in mind but it just isn’t cutting it for me. Any suggestions for what I should swap them out for, I’m currently considering either the 498t or SD JB. The stock pickups are the Burstbucker 1 and 2s.
The guitar feels and plays phenomenally. But I’m feeling that the pickups are lacking balls, they sound great clean and at the edge of breakup but as soon as I get into medium and high gain territory it gets very flubby. I understand it’s a 50s style les Paul and the pickups weren’t made with gain in mind but it just isn’t cutting it for me. Any suggestions for what I should swap them out for, I’m currently considering either the 498t or SD JB. The stock pickups are the Burstbucker 1 and 2s.