New pick ups for my SG

[BenHagerty]

I have an epiphone SG and put nice pick ups in it 

I love them but it doesn't sound as loud as the old ones. I had no idea how to put em in or what I was doing. I think they are sitting too low maybe?

[glimmertwin]

I have an epiphone SG and put nice pick ups in it 

I love them but it doesn't sound as loud as the old ones. I had no idea how to put em in or what I was doing. I think they are sitting too low maybe?

I strongly discourage against putting the pickups higher to get volume.  Some pickups are hotter than others.  If you raise the pickups, yes you will get a hotter sound - but at the expense of definition & clarity.  My pet peeve is when I walk into most music stores and they always set up the humbucker instruments with the pickups way too high so they sound more rocking at first glance.  Do yourself a favor and set them where they are suppose to be according to the pickup maker's instructions.  If it isn't gainey enough for you, get a hotter pickup but you don't have to sacrifice the notes you are playing to rock out.  If you need 'em, I have some generic setting recommended by dan erlewine for humbuckers...I can dig it out of whatever book I saw that in.  Good luck! 

[BenHagerty]

Well, I didn't get them to be louder, they just are substantially not as loud

[OffYourFace]

Well, I didn't get them to be louder, they just are substantially not as loud

What did you put in exactly?  and are they 4-conductor or 2?  The stock Epi pickups are hot ceramic pickups, very loud.  Once I know what you put in, I can help you more.

[JazzBlaster]

humbuckers if they are wired in series or paralel makes a huge difference.

David

[kuel]

perhaps your new pickups weren't wound as hot as the old ones / lower ohm rating?

[BenHagerty]

http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ ... sku=306010
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/ ... sku=306020

[callum]

I strongly discourage against putting the pickups higher.

+1

because the magnet (of the pickup) is closer to the strings it tends to dampen them somewhat more.

not a good plan!

i would imagine your new pickups have less output, since if it was a wiring problem you'd probably be getting no sound at all...