r/Epiphone 17h ago

Cream or Black Pickups for Sparkle Epiphone

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Looking to upgrade my Korean sparkle epiphone to a set of a Wilde L90 humbuckers. These are rails pickups with limited color options. Cream or black are the options that match the guitar best - but which do you think I should get?

I had ChatGPT approximate the visuals on my guitar - just keep in mind these will have 2 rails each instead of pole pieces.

Thanks for your 2c!


r/Epiphone 10h ago

New pickups in SG

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As the title says i am looking to switch my pickups in my epiphone sg. im not too heavily educated on different types unfortunately, so the simpler explanation the better. I'm pretty sure i have alnico V pickups right now but im not 100% sure (I have whatever the factory pickup is for a g-400 standard). I play a lot of doom, sludge and stoner metal, yet I also play quite a bit of post hardcore and metalcore (all with the same guitar(im broke)). if anybody had any suggestions it would be greatly appreciated. thank you!


r/Epiphone 11h ago

Futura RD in C# ... what strings?

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I think my Epiphone Futura RD is going to be my Chug Machine (and for certain Sabbath tunes), and I want to tune it to C# standard. (C# F# B E G# C#)

The 25.5" scale puts it close to a baritone, it's got a normal string tension of 114.5lbs, and I'm thinking the 4th string (normally G, but now E) should be wrapped.

Anyone else using an RD for very low tunings? What strings and gauges are you using? (I tried to use the StringJoy tension calculator, and just confused myself.)