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Jusatele said:
Only the kind that don't hum, and only for Clean, and softly overdriven tones.
For fat Jazz, and full tilt Rock & Metal, Humbuckers rule.
What guitar pickups should i buy for my guitar
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Only the kind that don't hum, and only for Clean, and softly overdriven tones.
For fat Jazz, and full tilt Rock & Metal, Humbuckers rule.
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I think it depends on the guitar. I like my JB in my Les Paul style guitar, although it's a slight bit hotter than what I prefer, the tone is quite good.
I do not like the Jazz I currently have in one of my super-Strats, as it seems to have too much high-end, and not enough mids. It's also a bit too low in output, and what's strange is that it is advertised at 7.72k ohms, yet it measures only 7.1k.
I just pulled the trigger last night on a Dimarzio Air Norton for the neck position, to replace the Jazz. It's already been shipped. :icon_biggrin:
The plan is to send the Jazz to Seymour Duncan to have a chrome cover put on, and stick that in the neck position of my LP guitar. Right now it has a '59, which I think would sound great in the bridge position, but it's too bassy in the neck position.
I do not like the Jazz I currently have in one of my super-Strats, as it seems to have too much high-end, and not enough mids. It's also a bit too low in output, and what's strange is that it is advertised at 7.72k ohms, yet it measures only 7.1k.
I just pulled the trigger last night on a Dimarzio Air Norton for the neck position, to replace the Jazz. It's already been shipped. :icon_biggrin:
The plan is to send the Jazz to Seymour Duncan to have a chrome cover put on, and stick that in the neck position of my LP guitar. Right now it has a '59, which I think would sound great in the bridge position, but it's too bassy in the neck position.
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OK, your playing style palette is pretty broad, makes choosing a cohesive, balanced set of pickups difficult. I'd tend to perservere with what you have. There really isn't one guitar that will do all styles, often players with a range of styles have different guitars for different styles. By replacing pickups you will also change the tone of the instrument you have and it may wreck what you already have going for it.
Realistically you'd use the bridge pickup for rock and metal & an occassional screamer solo for blues. Single coil you'd use for blues and maybe some chimy jazz tones or a bit of rock rhythm, and the neck humbucker you'd use for Jazz mellow tones and a fat lead solo sound (rock, blues, metal).
Personally, I'd go for a cleaner and lower powered set of pickups. A PAF clone in the neck, a mid powered single coil, and a slightly higher powered bridge humbucker that might resemble a hotter PAF. Use a higher gain amp, or a pedal or two, if you wanna launch into heavy metal territory. The key would be balancing the pickups so one is not dramatically hotter or quieter than the others.
I have deliberately not named any brands or models, as there are literaly dozens of them out there, and any balanced combo of these pickups would do the trick to satisfy your ears. You could also look at P90 in humbucker case for the neck, a stacked single coil humbucker for the mid and a higher powered brdige humbucker in a set up if the balance could be found. :dontknow:
Realistically you'd use the bridge pickup for rock and metal & an occassional screamer solo for blues. Single coil you'd use for blues and maybe some chimy jazz tones or a bit of rock rhythm, and the neck humbucker you'd use for Jazz mellow tones and a fat lead solo sound (rock, blues, metal).
Personally, I'd go for a cleaner and lower powered set of pickups. A PAF clone in the neck, a mid powered single coil, and a slightly higher powered bridge humbucker that might resemble a hotter PAF. Use a higher gain amp, or a pedal or two, if you wanna launch into heavy metal territory. The key would be balancing the pickups so one is not dramatically hotter or quieter than the others.
I have deliberately not named any brands or models, as there are literaly dozens of them out there, and any balanced combo of these pickups would do the trick to satisfy your ears. You could also look at P90 in humbucker case for the neck, a stacked single coil humbucker for the mid and a higher powered brdige humbucker in a set up if the balance could be found. :dontknow:
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My guitars are balanced by style, I use the PRS for more of the gibson sound, my strat is my Jack of all trades, with 2 humbuckers and as ingle coil it can imulate a lot of sounds but my tele is my main axe, it has the sound I want, the sound I like to hear. I can do blues, a lot of rock, and C&W with it, just where I like to be.
I have never found a axe that plays it all. Like so much of the advice that keeps being posted, what sound do you want this guitar to sound like?
Look at guys onstage, they have more than one guitar and change for different songs, especially guys doing covers. Guys with contracts and stuff tend to stick with less guitars as they are using the guitars of their sound. But the more albums they record, the more that sound evolves and the more guitars they carry around on the road.
I have never found a axe that plays it all. Like so much of the advice that keeps being posted, what sound do you want this guitar to sound like?
Look at guys onstage, they have more than one guitar and change for different songs, especially guys doing covers. Guys with contracts and stuff tend to stick with less guitars as they are using the guitars of their sound. But the more albums they record, the more that sound evolves and the more guitars they carry around on the road.
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