I have an Edwards Kiko L guitar.
It has a Hot Rails in the neck and a Custom 5 in the bridge.
This is a maple neck through guitar with mahogany body sides and a maple cap. It's really bright!
I bought a PATB1b for the bridge, but want to replace the neck pickup too.
With the addition of 3 more frets (5 more than I'm used to), the neck pickup is closer to being a middle pickup. It's also slanted, so I'm not sure if pole pieces would line up properly on a standard stacked humbucker.
I've been looking around at 27 fret guitars on the web. Seems like they all have rails type pickups (with the exception of a Hamer that had a PA-STK1N). Most of them have Hot Rails.
Things I would like to change about the pickup in the neck of my guitar:
Slightly less output
Darker, warmer tone
More PAF like tone
Warmer clean tone, maybe not as "Urgent" sounding as the HR
Things I want to keep with the neck pickup:
Humbucker sound
Brilliant harmonics
Incredible sustain
Incredible clarity
Keith Merrow at Duncan suggested the Cool Rails. Everything I have read here says that the CR is brighter than the HR. I absolutely do not want brighter! As it is now, I run the tone knob down about 1/3.
I love the way this guitar plays, just need to find the right neck pickup.
Any suggestions?
It has a Hot Rails in the neck and a Custom 5 in the bridge.
This is a maple neck through guitar with mahogany body sides and a maple cap. It's really bright!
I bought a PATB1b for the bridge, but want to replace the neck pickup too.
With the addition of 3 more frets (5 more than I'm used to), the neck pickup is closer to being a middle pickup. It's also slanted, so I'm not sure if pole pieces would line up properly on a standard stacked humbucker.
I've been looking around at 27 fret guitars on the web. Seems like they all have rails type pickups (with the exception of a Hamer that had a PA-STK1N). Most of them have Hot Rails.
Things I would like to change about the pickup in the neck of my guitar:
Slightly less output
Darker, warmer tone
More PAF like tone
Warmer clean tone, maybe not as "Urgent" sounding as the HR
Things I want to keep with the neck pickup:
Humbucker sound
Brilliant harmonics
Incredible sustain
Incredible clarity
Keith Merrow at Duncan suggested the Cool Rails. Everything I have read here says that the CR is brighter than the HR. I absolutely do not want brighter! As it is now, I run the tone knob down about 1/3.
I love the way this guitar plays, just need to find the right neck pickup.
Any suggestions?
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