can any1 tell me what pick ups matt has used in his lp's thru the years and possibly for what songs as ive just purchased one and im thinking of making a replica sorta thing. i like the tone and clarity he gets out of it.

As far as I know, his latest Silverburst Les Paul uses EMG 81/85's with the chrome cover. His black Les Paul uses the regular black EMG 81/85's. You can replicate his guitars, but replicating his tone isn't as easy. They do use preamps, compressors, etc. when they play live and what-not. Look for your own sound, and tweak it from there. We all love different artists' different tones, but at the end of the day - you want to be able to have a tone that you can call your own.

=Ahsan said:As far as I know, his latest Silverburst Les Paul uses EMG 81/85's with the chrome cover. His black Les Paul uses the regular black EMG 81/85's. You can replicate his guitars, but replicating his tone isn't as easy. They do use preamps, compressors, etc. when they play live and what-not. Look for your own sound, and tweak it from there. We all love different artists' different tones, but at the end of the day - you want to be able to have a tone that you can call your own.

Find your own tone.

In the latest interview I heard with Matt about gear. He pretty much said it's his head, cab, noise gate, and possibly and overdrive pedal (maxon od808 or mxr). Super simple. Now a days he's using the Marshall JVM head but aside from that it's pretty much the same setup. I think reaper has it pretty much down. Wagner also has a good point.

-Chris

@Chris Gardiner: in a recent one hes also said he runs the les paul straight to the JVM and then the JVM straight into the PA now tho,


.... im guessing hell be using a cab emulator , not sure tho

@KGGeorgiou: Straight into a PA? Really? Interesting. Making me think of the rig setup Paolo showed in the demos video using the speaker emulator as you just said. I'd imagine he'd use a emulator as well. I couldn't picture using a direct out from the head straight into a PA. Anything's possible though

-Chris

@Chris Gardiner: yeah im pretty sure i read that on a interview on the RR site, ill try look for the source\

EDIT :

said:
RR: So tell us about your endorsers, you’ve had a few over the years. Who have you been endorsed by?

MH: I am full on now 100% representing Gibson guitars for the Les Paul Customs, Explorers, their 7-string Explorers and SG300 acoustics, which I don’t do live obviously. Marshall, I use JVM210H through a 1960 BB cab. So Gibson, Marshall, Dunlop for strings, picks, accessories, straps, strap locks and EMG pick ups…and I believe that’s it. And my rig nowadays is just my guitar into a head that goes straight into the PA so I don’t actually use a cab or mic or anything, I use no pedals, no channel switching, nothing- just a guitar and one channel.

@KGGeorgiou: Damn, that's the way to go. To hell with lugging a 100 lb cab around haha.

-Chris

=reaper94 said:

=Ahsan said:As far as I know, his latest Silverburst Les Paul uses EMG 81/85's with the chrome cover. His black Les Paul uses the regular black EMG 81/85's. You can replicate his guitars, but replicating his tone isn't as easy. They do use preamps, compressors, etc. when they play live and what-not. Look for your own sound, and tweak it from there. We all love different artists' different tones, but at the end of the day - you want to be able to have a tone that you can call your own.

I beg too differ.


I’m always asked about my tone – ‘Do you have a giant eq rack, fx processors, compressors, walls of bleeping lights and shit? Nope, I’ll tell you what I have: my Les Paul, a Marshall JCM2000 DSL100 head, everything turned up, into a Marshall 1960 BV wall of cabs. The DSL is basically an encapsulation of everything that is the sound that will ‘tear your face off’, the DSL is my tone: loud, aggressive and crystal clear.

@VILARIKA: I figured the quote must have been pretty old when I saw JCM 2000 .

-Chris