A vintage-output humbucker set modeled on the pickups from Billy Gibbons' famous '59 Les Paul, warm and dynamic with plenty of harmonic detail.
26 guitars checked: 25 likely drop-in, 1 requires modification.
For your Epiphone Les Paul Standard 50s
Likely drop-inFits the standard humbucker route. You'll need to solder it in, this isn't a solderless swap.
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Checked 29 days ago
Pickup type
Humbucker
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Needs verificationStandard humbucker footprint and mounting, fits any standard humbucker route. One of Seymour Duncan's most commonly recommended humbucker upgrades in owner forum threads.
26 guitars checked: 25 likely drop-in, 1 requires modification.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in. You will need to solder it in.
Fits the standard humbucker route the stock ProBucker 2 and 3 pickups already sit in, shared across the Epiphone HH range.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in. A more vintage-voiced alternative to a higher-output pickup. You will need to solder it in.
Standard humbucker route, not affected by handedness for the same reason as this guitar's other pickup option. A warmer, more vintage-voiced alternative to a higher-output pickup like the JB.
Fits the standard humbucker route. You'll need to solder it in, this isn't a solderless swap.
Standard humbucker footprint and mounting, matches the ProBucker routing shared across the current Epiphone LP range. One of the most commonly recommended Epiphone LP upgrades in Seymour Duncan's own forum threads.
Fits the standard humbucker route. You'll need to solder it in, this isn't a solderless swap.
Standard humbucker footprint and mounting, matches the ProBucker routing. One of the most commonly recommended Epiphone LP upgrades in Seymour Duncan's own forum threads.
Fits the standard humbucker route. You'll need to solder it in, this isn't a solderless swap.
Standard humbucker footprint and mounting, matches the ProBucker routing shared across the current Epiphone LP range. One of the most commonly recommended Epiphone LP upgrades in Seymour Duncan's own forum threads.
Fits the standard humbucker route. You'll need to solder it in, this isn't a solderless swap.
Standard humbucker footprint and mounting, matches the ProBucker routing shared across current Epiphone HH models. One of the most commonly recommended Epiphone upgrades in Seymour Duncan's own forum threads.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock passive pickups already sit in. You'll need to solder it in.
This guitar's stock Seymour Duncan Sentient and Pegasus set is passive, standard humbucker footprint, independent of the EverTune bridge system.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in. You'll need to solder it in.
Standard passive humbucker footprint and mounting, matches the route this guitar's stock passive Seymour Duncan set already sits in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in. You'll need to solder it in.
This guitar ships with genuine humbucker pickups in a standard humbucker route, not the narrow Jazzmaster single-coil slot found on vintage-style and Player II Jazzmasters.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in. You will need to solder it in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock humbuckers already sit in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in. You will need to solder it in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock Burstbucker pickups already sit in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in. You will need to solder it in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in. You will need to solder it in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in. You will need to solder it in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in. You will need to solder it in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in.
Fits the standard humbucker route the stock Lundgren pickups sit in. You will need to solder it in, this is not a solderless swap.
The Super Swede's Lundgren Design humbuckers are sold on the open market as direct replacements for standard Gibson-style humbucker routes, including owner reports of swapping them into Les Paul-family guitars, which confirms the route on this guitar is a standard humbucker size. The Pearly Gates uses the same standard mounting and should fit the same way.
Fits the standard humbucker route the stock Lundgren pickups sit in. You will need to solder it in, this is not a solderless swap.
The Swede's Lundgren Design humbuckers are sold on the open market as direct replacements for standard Gibson-style humbucker routes, including owner reports of swapping them into Les Paul-family guitars, which confirms the route on this guitar is a standard humbucker size. The Pearly Gates uses the same standard mounting and should fit the same way.
Fits the standard humbucker route the Custom 62 sits in. You will need to solder it in, this is not a solderless swap.
The Custom 62 is a standard-size humbucker in a standard route. A real owner listing for pickups pulled specifically from an Ultra Swede documents a direct swap to a Seymour Duncan set using the stock mounting rings and cavity wiring, and a separate Seymour Duncan forum thread shows an Ultra Swede owner actively planning the same kind of swap. The Pearly Gates uses the same standard mounting and should fit the same way.
Fits the standard humbucker route the HJ-50 sits in. You will need to solder it in, this is not a solderless swap.
The HJ-50 is a standard-size Gibson-style humbucker in a standard route. Real-world reports confirm owners installing Seymour Duncan humbuckers directly into Hagstrom HJ-50-equipped semi-hollows using the stock mounting rings and screws, consistent with a standard humbucker footprint. The Pearly Gates uses the same standard mounting and should fit the same way.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock bridge pickup already sits in. You will need to solder it in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock bridge Accord humbucker already sits in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock neck and bridge pickups already sit in. You will need to solder it in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock neck and bridge humbuckers already sit in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock neck and bridge pickups already sit in. You will need to solder it in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock neck and bridge humbuckers already sit in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in. You will need to solder it in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in. You will need to solder it in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock Jackson High-Output humbuckers already sit in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in. You will need to solder it in.
Fits the standard humbucker route this guitar's stock pickups already sit in.
This guitar ships with active EMG pickups, so fitting a passive set like this one means a full rewire, not just a pickup swap. It also mounts direct to the body rather than in a ring, worth checking the included mounting hardware.
This guitar ships stock with active EMG 81/85 pickups, wired with a 9V battery and no traditional passive volume/tone pot layout, confirmed across multiple retailer listings. Swapping to a passive set like this one means a full rewire, not just a pickup swap. Separately, the stock pickups direct-mount to the body rather than sitting in a surrounding ring, so confirm the mounting hardware included with this set works without a ring.
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If you have fitted any of these to this Pearly Gates humbucker set, tell us what you found and we'll update the data.
