another pickup suggestion question

[rockskate4x]

Hey everybody, I have a JB/Jazz set of pickups that sounded great in my epiphone SG. I put them into an ash/maple strat build thinking it would sound brighter, and got what I expected, except for one thing: I got the standard strat string spacing and the JB isn't f-spaced, so as a result, the high e and low E sound duller than they used to, even though the overall brightness has increased everywhere else. So now I'm in the market for an f-spaced bridge pickup. I know I could just get an f-spaced JB, but I haven't tried that many pickups and think it would be fun to do something similar but different.

TONES...

I play many styles of music. The JB was plenty tight and chunky for the metal stuff I play, so I don't need much higher output than that. I would also like to get some tasty twang in split and parallel modes if possible. Not asking for a tele pickup when it splits (I hope to build a tele eventually), but a good tapped sound. I play lotsa Jazz and blues on the other pickups (Jazz and a dimarzio VV in the mid) so something complementary that is hot enough for metal would be great.

 

[ShannonH]

How about a custom custom or a custom 5? They are in the 14k zone, and can clean up really well, but have enough oomph to get it with your amp. I also think the Rebel Yell from Bareknuckle is great, but spendy.

 

[Rouse]

+1 on bareknuckle