Gibson Tony Iommi pickup demo

[supraludwick83]

You suck ass...

[SentryNombre]

@supraludwick83

Thanks!

[Wyocaster]

Is the pickup in the bridge or neck or both

[SentryNombre]

I just caught news that Tony Iommi has Lymphona. Get well, man.

[canetasamigas]

@SentryNombre excuse the ignorance, but how many pickups came when you purchased?

and im sorry for the bad english

[SentryNombre]

@canetasamigas

LOL. Too many. 

[cast390]

Watchin a lefty play is wired

[manbearpig937]

ok i have an epiphone g 400, and my style is usually hard rock, so i was wondering if these pickups would be better than the stock ones and if so how much better?

[TheCapa612]

@manbearpig937 MUCH BETTER

Epiphone pickups are pretty crappy compared to these, but I would recommend Gibson dirty fingers pickups, they are amazing.

[manbearpig937]

@TheCapa612 well now im actually thinking about a seymour duncan invader in the bridge and a jazz in the neck

[actionsauce5]

Looks like you live in barracks.

[padgotohell]

Is this pickup can be out in both positions, neck and bridge.

Did you use them in both positions in this clip thank you.

[SentryNombre]

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[PlayaDontHate24]

DEMOING GUITAR EQUIPMENT IS USELESS ON A SOLID-STATE AMP...WTF

[SentryNombre]

@PlayaDontHate24

"Don't be a hater. LOL"

[CyValkarion]

@SentryNombre He's right though. You're not gonna get the true voice of a pickup through a solid state.

[SentryNombre]

@CyValkarion

True...but then again, how much of a "true tone test" are you going to get through a youtube vid? This is only to give you an idea. This can't replace finding one at a shop and test driving it. (Even with a tube amp on the vid...that stuff isn't conveyed very well once compression is pushed into a video like this. Peace Out...)

[CyValkarion]

@SentryNombre That's also very true. You'll never get the same depth through a compressed file and your computer speakers.

[simboy1]

I just put one of these in the birdge of my g-400 custom, and but whenever I have it selected my other pickups (i have 3 humbuckers) sound all hollow and muffled, has anyone else had this problem?

[SentryNombre]

@simboy1

They're dark sounding pickups. You can try a 1meg pot but you'll lose any volume control. The best config I found for them was to use a coil split which brightens the tone up a bit. They're dark and thick...as requested by Iommi who probably uses a lot of treble and midrange on his amps.

[62SG]

@SentryNombre Back in the day he used to turn the treble and mids on his amp all the way up and his bass down to nothing. He also played most of the songs with the neck pickup, switching to the bridge for the solos. He also disconnected the tone control, used really long curly cords and used a treble booster. Its like half the time he was trying to make his sound as dark as possible and the other half trying to make it as bright as possible.

[SentryNombre]

@62SG

This doesn't surprise me at all. Those pickups really were made for him. For me I found them useful with a coil split for rhythms and full on for leads. I'll admit they weren't as dynamic or as useful in a live situation as some of Gibson's other pickups. Overall I'd say my favorite combination that I've tried was an Alnico 5 Burstbucker 1 in the Neck position (with a Burstbucker Pro as a second choice) with a '57 Classic Plus in the bridge. Straightforward rock tones.

[CyValkarion]

@simboy1 they could be wired out of phase or something. check your wiring.

[ferbicus]

@simboy1 They also breakup and have a natural fuzz sound so they're better suited for drop tunings

[severintheperson]

did you just put a iommi pickup in a LP? :O noooo!!

[SentryNombre]

@severintheperson

Yes I did. I had them in a G-400 for a while too. Now I don't have them in any of my guitars at the moment. (The best pickup combo I found for that Epi was a Gibson BB1 in the Neck and a '57 Classic Plus in the bridge.)

[SentryNombre]

@severintheperson

Yes I did. I had them in a G-400 for a while too. Now I don't have them in any of my guitars at the moment. (The best pickup combo I found for that Epi was a Gibson BB1 in the Neck and a '57 Classic Plus in the bridge.) I bought one for 200 bucks...nice guitar...I eventually sold it.

[Glockenator]

Sound WICKED. I'm thinking of putting them in my Epiphone G-400 with coil tapping. I don't wanna fuck with my beautiful Gibson SG Special

[bluecrow00]

want your hat 

[thestrugglewithin]

I'm amazed that so many people like these pickups.

I have the Iommi SG and the tone + sustain sucks in comparison to a normal epi G400 SG.

My dad has the same guitar, same problem.

Im actually replacing the Iommi pickups for the epi G400 pickups to see if it is a guitar issue or the pickups

[SentryNombre]

@thestrugglewithin

These pickups aren't for everyone. I don't have any experience with the Epi G400 line or the Iommi sig. I would say that if it's sustain that's an issue, a better choice may be to go active with something like Seymour Duncan Blackouts.

[ShadowT23]

@SentryNombre would these pick ups be good in a 1980 dean cadillac that is used for metal play gold colored

[keithgatti]

@thestrugglewithin can i buy your iommi then

[thestrugglewithin]

@keithgatti

haha nah sorry mate, the neck joint access in terms fret coverage on the Iommi SG is the best out there. I'll just have to tweak or replace the PUs

[TheAustinWalls]

would recommend these over 57 classics?

[SentryNombre]

@TheAustinWalls

Unless you're willing to install 500k push/pull pots against the pickups for coil splitting....No, I wouldn't.

[SentryNombre]

@TheAustinWalls

No.

[hydrolph]

that song/solo at 3:06 is well good.

what song is it from or did you make it?

nice sound you've got

[SentryNombre]

Random wanking.....thanks for listening. The demo didn't turn out as well as I wanted it to...I was sort of the mind to just get as many tones as I could out of that one amp setting.

[Jimboismagic]

very nice sound! i want to try to put them on a ltd viper!