I need some major help choosing a neck pickup for my Jackson Rhoads V. The guitar is a maple neck with rosewood fretboard, and the body wood is mahogany, with only a tung oil finish. Also, a floyd rose original and an EMG 81 in bridge position with only 1 volume. I'm also switching the EMG out for a JB model, as I have played it through my amp before, and it sounds better than the EMG, and I've seen the light. My current amp is a 5150 combo (JJ tubes), with which i am having no trouble getting a nice metal crunch. But i need to get a good lead tone, especially for sweeps, which means i need to get a neck humbucker. the only problem is, there's not enough room on my guitar for another humbucker. So I've cut it down to 3 choices: the JB junior, lil '59 or the hot rails. could anybody tell me which is better for neck position? I have spent a few weeks going over the tone charts and still can't decide! I need a strong humbucker sound so that sweeps and arpeggios won't have the harsh high end that they do now, with only my EMG. My favorite lead tone is Michael Arnott's, so i was thinking about going for the lil '59 for the neck position, because he uses a full size JB in the bridge and the '59 in the neck. Only problem is, i don't know how well the lil '59 and the '59 compare.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Allen Miller
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you,
Allen Miller
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