I picked up my Epi LP Modern last week and I have to say, it is the FIRST Guitar I ever owned where I didn’t want to change the stock pickups, electronics/wiring, pots or caps. I could not be happier with this Guitar. I kinda wish they went the extra mile with not using plastic fret inlays, but I guess you can’t have everything. For a Chinese made Guitar, it’s absolutely astonishing. I swore I would never buy a Chinese Guitar, totally ate my words with this one. It kicks my Korean Epi’s butt all day long.
This is the best demo of this guitar on YT. Bravo! I don't get all the hate for the Probuckers. Yes, the SDs are clearer and more articulate, but the PBs have a lo-fi sweetness and earthiness to them. Kind of shocked that I would like stock cheap-o pickups more, but there it is. Wow, you are such and inspirational player to make a relatively inexpensive guitar sound like a million bucks. I"m so glad I found this video. Thank you for your efforts and cheers!👍🙏✌
The Probuckers are certainly not bad, in fact I'm using it on my Sire S7 now. But I needed a Les Paul type guitar with the classic JB/59 pair, for my presets programming activity
I'm not sure I would call the ProBuckers 'cheapo stock'. They are designed to be the most faithful representation of the original PAFs from what I read. I have listened to a ton of these with BurstBuckers, ProBuckers, Duncan variations. Sound preference is pretty much all that is going on IMO. All sound good, just a little different. I liked the ProBuckers Clean and the better clarity of the SD driven. Now what the hell am I suppose to do.... 🙂
I have the Epi LP Standard 50s Goldtop 2022 with Probucker 1 (neck) and Probucker 2 (bridge). They sound fantastic! They are crisp clear and also punchy. Are very close to the more expensive PAF style pickups on market. From what I hear here, the Duncan's are also good sounding, but different. They are fatter and more compressed. Also I think they have a little bit more output. So no right and wrong here, just different sound. And your playing is stellar! Congrats!
I've just bought a Sheraton with the intention of immediately upgrading the ProBuckers. Until I heard them. They sound great. And the coil split in the neck position sounds so lovely. In short, they're going nowhere.
@@user-vy8jn9mc6g vintage 30 speakers didn't even come out until '86-'87. I'd say Greenbacks, g1265 and g12t75 were on more albums. Same with DiMarzio Super Distortion pickups
I use a 2006 epiphone les Paul plustop pro With the same pickup combo and it sounds better than my brand new Gibson les Paul tribute that cost 1900$cad Plustop? Used online for 300$ Pickups? Long and mcquade for 230$ So 530$ and it slays my brand new 1900$ after tax Gibson les Paul
There's no "better", it's a matter of taste. I needed a guitar with the classic SD JB/59 config. The SD JB is the most popular bridge pickup in the world
Lo mismo! Las Probucker son pastillas que están recibiendo el auge que merecen… Epiphone ha logrado mejoras increíbles en calidad estos últimos años y sus Probucker lo demuestran…
Can someone of you guys explain WHY you (in comments) are voting for PB? SDs are so deep and bright same time and one can dive into that sound. PBs are so flat, sound like 100 years ago. Just want to understand why for someone PBs are good? Is it because you play some Jazz or old R´n´Roll or other reasons? Thanks for sharing..
Great video! I have a LP Modern as well and bought a JB this week and I noticed the guitar has some connectors for the pickups. Any tips on how to swap the pickups? Thanks!
Even if probuckers are getting decent, they cant beat aftermarket pickups...Duncans are just clearer, with a wider frequency range. Hell they just sound much better
I own 4 post 2020 Epiphones with Probuckers, 1st 3 months thought they were best pickups, never change excellent clarity, no mud, after 6 months, started changing them cause, could hear thinner tone when distorted on all 4, by themselves, sounded fine, even good until compared with Seymours or DiMarzios. They sounded fuller, a lot fatter, richer tone with gain, the Probuckers had holes in the tone in comparison and overall thinner tone. Still, for Epiphone, Probuckers are their best sounding pickups, way better than the older pre-2000 Epiphone Probuckers that were muddy, undynamic.
@@danmayes4657 Maybe. But, I don't buy pickups to make videos comparisons, but because I need specific pickups for my needs. The JB is arguably the most popular pickup ever, so I need it in one of my guitars, as a reference, because I make presets for a living :) those videos are just a bonus
Not sure if this is a good A & B representation. Perhaps next time edit video, play exact same notes, chords etc (clean to distorted) versus riffing. Appreciate you sharing.
@@user-qn1tw4nk1e My Mesa Dual and the Oversized Recto cab say otherwise and the ToneZone in my Ibanez Prestige sounds around 10 times better through them. I'm getting a JB and I'm getting rid of that Probucker crap.
@@theostragonidis7548 well when I read on the Epiphone Pro buckers it's highly acclaimed pickups now when I research yours no such thing is said about them it's your self opinionated BS
Them stock pickups are awesome !! Especially if want more bluesy tones but they have improved a lot on the pickups I must say!
I came for the pickups and stayed for your playing, sounds killer dude! 👍
Thanks !
I picked up my Epi LP Modern last week and I have to say, it is the FIRST Guitar I ever owned where I didn’t want to change the stock pickups, electronics/wiring, pots or caps. I could not be happier with this Guitar. I kinda wish they went the extra mile with not using plastic fret inlays, but I guess you can’t have everything.
For a Chinese made Guitar, it’s absolutely astonishing. I swore I would never buy a Chinese Guitar, totally ate my words with this one. It kicks my Korean Epi’s butt all day long.
Try a Chinese tokai they’ll knock spots of an epiphone .the QC is better than the stuff Gibson is putting out now ,.
@@craigpimlott204 I think Epi modern is way better than Tokai Chinese
The epiphone pro buckers are made the same exact same way as the Gibson burst buckers and with the same Materials
This is the best demo of this guitar on YT. Bravo! I don't get all the hate for the Probuckers. Yes, the SDs are clearer and more articulate, but the PBs have a lo-fi sweetness and earthiness to them. Kind of shocked that I would like stock cheap-o pickups more, but there it is. Wow, you are such and inspirational player to make a relatively inexpensive guitar sound like a million bucks. I"m so glad I found this video. Thank you for your efforts and cheers!👍🙏✌
The Probuckers are certainly not bad, in fact I'm using it on my Sire S7 now. But I needed a Les Paul type guitar with the classic JB/59 pair, for my presets programming activity
I'm not sure I would call the ProBuckers 'cheapo stock'. They are designed to be the most faithful representation of the original PAFs from what I read. I have listened to a ton of these with BurstBuckers, ProBuckers, Duncan variations. Sound preference is pretty much all that is going on IMO. All sound good, just a little different. I liked the ProBuckers Clean and the better clarity of the SD driven. Now what the hell am I suppose to do.... 🙂
I have the Epi LP Standard 50s Goldtop 2022 with Probucker 1 (neck) and Probucker 2 (bridge). They sound fantastic! They are crisp clear and also punchy. Are very close to the more expensive PAF style pickups on market. From what I hear here, the Duncan's are also good sounding, but different. They are fatter and more compressed. Also I think they have a little bit more output. So no right and wrong here, just different sound. And your playing is stellar! Congrats!
My Epiphone Les Paul came with Seymour Duncan's already installed. I like the Seymour Duncan's better, but the probuckers sound good as well.
The older Epiphone pickups don’t sound this good.
That JB bridge pickup is 🔥
I've just bought a Sheraton with the intention of immediately upgrading the ProBuckers. Until I heard them. They sound great. And the coil split in the neck position sounds so lovely. In short, they're going nowhere.
ProBuckers --> Hard rock/Blues stuff
SD JB --> Heavy metal and 80s stuff
i like the probukers better ive never been a fan of the JB but i do like the 59
2:50 - amazing sound and shred!
Probuckers are great just stock. SD's have more high end clarity for a Strat Jackson setup. For LP = Probuckers all day.
What have you decided to do? I like the Seymour Duncan’s. More crisp.
Keeping the Seymour Duncan
@@thibderobAKAfremen great choice
Those are some nice chops you’ve got there my friend.
You seem to catch those pinched harmonics better with the Seymour Duncan pickups. You sound great by the way.
Seems like the PB sounds much better than the SD on the clean tone..and the other way around on distorted tone.
You sold me on these. Definitely getting JB/59 for my custom.
Seymour Duncans to me...like night and day
Les Paul + SD JB + Marshall + V30 = 51% of classic metal tones )
@@user-vy8jn9mc6g vintage 30 speakers didn't even come out until '86-'87. I'd say Greenbacks, g1265 and g12t75 were on more albums. Same with DiMarzio Super Distortion pickups
@@timbuk1126 I was talking about metal, not hard-rock.
I use a 2006 epiphone les Paul plustop pro With the same pickup combo and it sounds better than my brand new Gibson les Paul tribute that cost 1900$cad
Plustop? Used online for 300$
Pickups? Long and mcquade for 230$
So 530$ and it slays my brand new 1900$ after tax Gibson les Paul
The PBs stocks are better than SDs. Especially if you hit high notes. Especially when you play on neckpickups
There's no "better", it's a matter of taste. I needed a guitar with the classic SD JB/59 config. The SD JB is the most popular bridge pickup in the world
Me gustan mas los Probuckers Stock.. Seymour me suena muy metalico
un saludo 🙌
Agr que você falou, é verdade
Lo mismo! Las Probucker son pastillas que están recibiendo el auge que merecen… Epiphone ha logrado mejoras increíbles en calidad estos últimos años y sus Probucker lo demuestran…
How would it sound if you add only one Duncan? If you did what would be the best combination of a Pro bucker & a Duncan?
Can someone of you guys explain WHY you (in comments) are voting for PB? SDs are so deep and bright same time and one can dive into that sound. PBs are so flat, sound like 100 years ago. Just want to understand why for someone PBs are good? Is it because you play some Jazz or old R´n´Roll or other reasons? Thanks for sharing..
Great video! I have a LP Modern as well and bought a JB this week and I noticed the guitar has some connectors for the pickups. Any tips on how to swap the pickups? Thanks!
That’s what’s I was looking for, someone who knows how to play doing that review!!!!
The Duncans sound way better in my opinion
Even if probuckers are getting decent, they cant beat aftermarket pickups...Duncans are just clearer, with a wider frequency range. Hell they just sound much better
Did you use the stock quick-connect system when swapping pickups or did you have to replace the pots when you swapped the pickups?
Dunno, I never do any soldering, it was done by a friend
How did you have your guitar setup? I have the same model, trying to get a good feel on it and possibly lower action
What amp are you using? Great playing
Thanks ! Axe-Fx III
Probuckers alnico II vs SD alnico V, obviously is different.
Whats the guitar you used ?
seymour duncan sounded like Scorpion btw
I Like the Fat sound of the PB's is that the Modern Epi?, if so it has PB 2 and 3.
Yes it's in the video title, "Epiphone Les Paul Modern"
@@thibderobAKAfremen thanks did not notice.
Came here to hear some distorted rhythm on the Duncans... didn't happen.
😭
Have a JB in a blue modern one of these. It sounds like a JB in a LP, no surprises.
@@ass_jay thank you
What Epiphone model is the proburker pickup????
It's the same guitar. The Seymour Duncans are the black pickups, without covers ; the Probuckers have a silver cover
I own 4 post 2020 Epiphones with Probuckers, 1st 3 months thought they were best pickups, never change excellent clarity, no mud, after 6 months, started changing them cause, could hear thinner tone when distorted on all 4, by themselves, sounded fine, even good until compared with Seymours or DiMarzios. They sounded fuller, a lot fatter, richer tone with gain, the Probuckers had holes in the tone in comparison and overall thinner tone. Still, for Epiphone, Probuckers are their best sounding pickups, way better than the older pre-2000 Epiphone Probuckers that were muddy, undynamic.
Probucker lebih berkarakter..dab lebih sedap di telinga
Frankly speaking there're not any BIG improvements. Just different sounds. Probuckers more clear, Duncand more fat
Pro buckers all day long
Seymours in an Epiphone be like NASA Grade air conditioning in a dumpster one bedroom
Pro buckets 👍
2:50 3:22
Seymour sound better but probucker also good
JB is very high output
No, it's just a moderate high output. Seymour Duncan have many pickups of higher output than this one, which is the most popular bridge pickup
@@thibderobAKAfremen Pearly Gates would be a better A?B comparo.
@@danmayes4657 Maybe. But, I don't buy pickups to make videos comparisons, but because I need specific pickups for my needs. The JB is arguably the most popular pickup ever, so I need it in one of my guitars, as a reference, because I make presets for a living :) those videos are just a bonus
Not sure if this is a good A & B representation. Perhaps next time edit video, play exact same notes, chords etc (clean to distorted) versus riffing. Appreciate you sharing.
I merged two videos recorded weeks apart
The epiphone pro buckers are made the same exact way as the Gibson burst buckers and the same materials..ill stay with the Pro buckers
But they sound crappy to me. I'll be switching mine.
@@theostragonidis7548 it's all in your head they don't sound crappy
@@user-qn1tw4nk1e My Mesa Dual and the Oversized Recto cab say otherwise and the ToneZone in my Ibanez Prestige sounds around 10 times better through them. I'm getting a JB and I'm getting rid of that Probucker crap.
@@theostragonidis7548 well when I read on the Epiphone Pro buckers it's highly acclaimed pickups now when I research yours no such thing is said about them it's your self opinionated BS
@@theostragonidis7548 the Pro buckers are highly acclaimed pickups yours are not
The probuckers sound better. The Seymour pups sound thin.
You're nuts
Time to get your hearing checked
What guitar?
Ibanez RG550HZY-P_588
Watkins Rapier 44
Mean people. Cruel world.
@The Automaton Collective OK guys, you can stop now. I just realized my mistake.
@The Automaton Collective Thanks. Stupid questions from stupid people deserve stupid answers, I guess.
put some pants on man! haha
at home ? Why ?
You are here for Guitar tones or sightseeing.
There shouldn't be any noise when toggle switching, the Epiphone is so noisy, their toggle switches suck and so do the pro-buckers. Fuck Epiphone
What the hell are you talking about. Absolutely no noise when switching on my Epiphone LP Standard Pro.