How does seymour duncan invaders on a epiphone lespaul sound?

Question:u think it would work or would it fail?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: u think it would work or would it fail?

They have high output, like the other answer said, and they have a lot of bass. That is not necessarily a good thing for tone. One of the reasons that the emg's sound so much better is that they intentionally cut a lot of their bass... that clears up a lot of the mud and gives a nice tight sound.

I don't see a problem necessarily with Invaders, but to sound good you're going to want to do a few things. You might want to lower the bass side of the pickup a bit. You will definitely want to cut your bass before it gets to any digital circuitry and/or your amp. An EQ pedal would be a great investment, and you're going to want to cut below 300 hz.

Bass = mud, contrary to popular belief. Cut your bass before it gets to your amp, boost mids, add treble to taste, and keep your bass control on your amp pretty low.

Or get some pickups with high output and less bass output. I use JB's, but I also don't play uber death metal. I get a very good heavy, crunchy rock tone though.

I'm typing the link below from memory, but that should be right. It's the master list of SD's pickups, and it gives the EQ differences between them. Invaders have 7/8/4, so high bass, high mids, low treble. Research pickups like the Duncan Distortion, for instance... with 5/8/9, it's going to put out much less "flab" and a lot more mids and treble.... ie, volume and definition.

Saul

invaders are a very high output pickup. They have like no tone just output. I hate them. If you are playing metal i would go with emg's the 81/85 combo is awesome. for rock and blues a duncan 59 or like slash a alnico 2