Les Paul Pickup questions

[fenderforlife]

I'm fixing a broken Les Paul and the pickup is broken. I found a replacment pickup for 300 but I want to know if that is a good price. It seems a bit too expensive. Does anyone know what a good price is?

https://pulldeals.com/itm/Gibson-Les...c-Set-Zebra-57

This isn't really the right forum for this question (there is an electric guitar page here), but Gibson '57 Classic humbuckers typically sell for $150 - $175 each, so $300 for a pair is about right.

If it were me, I'd buy a Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB set for about half that.

[guitararmy]

If you're on a tight budget, I've heard good things about these:
https://www.stewmac.com/Pickups_and_...umbuckers.html

[Dru Edwards]

Originally Posted by Willie Voltaire

This isn't really the right forum for this question (there is an electric guitar page here), but Gibson '57 Classic humbuckers typically sell for $150 - $175 each, so $300 for a pair is about right.

If it were me, I'd buy a Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB set for about half that.

I don't know why Gibson pickups are so expensive. I guess it's because they can. I second about getting a Seymour Duncan but a '59 because it's closer to a '57 Classic than a JB.

fenderforlife (OP): What tone are you going for? I'd recommend a Seymour Duncan but it depends on what you're looking for.

BTW: Welcome to the AGF.

Originally Posted by Dru Edwards

second about getting a Seymour Duncan but a '59 because it's closer to a '57 Classic than a JB.

Agreed - good call.

[BoneDigger]

Moved to electric guitars sub-forum.

[Sonics]

If you want to keep things original, then you may decide to get the pickup repaired. People who make pickups usually provide a rewinding/repair service as a side business.
Lindy Fralin quotes $75 per coil, so if I have my math correct that's $150 for a humbucker. That might seem expensive, but if it's an original vintage pickup, then it's a good investment.



Seymour Duncan, Kent Armstrong, et al. Also provide a similar service.