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Humbucker recommendations?
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:13 am
by Nick
I have a guitar routed for three buckers. I already have a phat cat that I'm putting in the middle (around 8k), and a 59 that I'm putting in the neck (also around 8k). For the bridge I want something with 4 conductors, that sounds good when split and is matched relatively to the other two pickups in general sound. I really love the sound of the 498T in my Les Paul but I don't want to spend half of what the guitar's worth on a bridge pickup, and the 2nd hand ones usually are ripped out of a Les Paul studio and are only 2 conductor. I don't want to throw just anything in there though. So yeah, conditions are it has to sound good split, has to be hot enough to compete with the other two pickups for volume, and has to have a bright full sound. Alnico preferred.....any ideas?
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:18 am
by Wilbur
Dimarzio???
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:30 am
by robroe
dirty fingers ?
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:32 am
by superfuzz
Maybe a wide ranger? It might not look right, but they sound good. im not sure how hot they are, but the ones that I have used were fairly bright.
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 5:40 am
by Nick
robroe wrote:dirty fingers ?
A quick ebay search brought this up....DO WANT!!!!
But anyways, I don't have too much fondness for ceramic humbuckers...last one I had was a Super Distortion which I liked for a while, but it's really not what I'm after now.
Posted: Sun Jan 11, 2009 7:06 am
by robroe
that guitar must sound like a fucking parade
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 12:28 am
by Nick
http://www.seymourduncan.com/comparetones/view/96
I'm thinking that will get the job done...any opinions?
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 4:25 pm
by ultratwin
The SD is probably what you're after. We've also a similar deal:
Though it looks retarded in a thrash metal sort of way, the GFS Loudmouth is a real winner, both straight out and split. I was espcially surprised especially how bright and crunchy it sounded at full strength, and had pretty much everything we needed in single coil'd mode when installed in the Emily the Strange G-310.
![Image](http://us.st12.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/yhst-50206111187217_2028_25720145.gif)
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 5:26 pm
by Doog
SINGLECOIL!
Hahaha, not really.. just to annoy Dots.
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:11 pm
by dots
Doog wrote:SINGLECOIL!
Hahaha, not really.. just to annoy Dots.
hahahaha
was wondering when one of these would spring up in the thread.
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:22 pm
by Josh
TV Jones!
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:49 pm
by Nick
![Image](http://tottinge.blogsome.com/images/p_rails.jpg)
I'm starting to think this might be the ULTIMATE tone machine. It's too bad the demo videos on SD's website feature annoying fast funk/blues chord riffing so you can't tell how the damn thing would sound in an actual musical use. But I could replace my on/off mini switch with an on/off/on mini switch and get p90, rail single coil, and humbucker. It should fit under a closed nickel cover too to hide the fugliness.
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:53 pm
by BobArsecake
Nick wrote:![Image](http://tottinge.blogsome.com/images/p_rails.jpg)
I'm starting to think this might be the ULTIMATE tone machine. It's too bad the demo videos on SD's website feature annoying fast funk/blues chord riffing so you can't tell how the damn thing would sound in an actual musical use. But I could replace my on/off mini switch with an on/off/on mini switch and get p90, rail single coil, and humbucker. It should fit under a closed nickel cover too to hide the fugliness.
I really want one of these for the Vista Musicmaster project I bought from James too long ago.
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:13 am
by mickie08
BobArsecake wrote:Nick wrote:![Image](http://tottinge.blogsome.com/images/p_rails.jpg)
I'm starting to think this might be the ULTIMATE tone machine. It's too bad the demo videos on SD's website feature annoying fast funk/blues chord riffing so you can't tell how the damn thing would sound in an actual musical use. But I could replace my on/off mini switch with an on/off/on mini switch and get p90, rail single coil, and humbucker. It should fit under a closed nickel cover too to hide the fugliness.
I really want one of these for the Vista Musicmaster project I bought from James too long ago.
I want to get a beat up strat or something and throw a set of these in it... Maybe even a jagmaster or squire tele deluxe...