Thinking strongly of replaceIng my neck pickups....

[Dark Order Lord]

Hey all,

I just ordered another of my SD Custom Shop 'Tyrannotitan' humbuckers when I watched the video they made demoing the SH18 pickups, so I was thinking of replacing my '59 neck pickups in both my V's with Whole Lotta neck pickups.... What you all think?

[darthphineas]

Re: Thinking strongly of replaceIng my neck pickups....

Question is: what do you think?

What are you looking for that's different from what you have?


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[Condemned soul]

Re: Thinking strongly of replaceIng my neck pickups....

Don't really know what you are looking for however, here are some WLH observations.

Keep in mind, I sure am not a pro reviewer and here are observations with my test bed which consists of a SG Standard thorough a small stock amp, the Mesa Express.

This pickup seems easier to live with than a 59 because the bass isn't as pronounced or boomy like a 59 can be. The WLH is like a smooth 59 with some dig-in grit. Also this pickup splits nicely with a slight power loss and still has a full sound.

[PeterJCruz]

Re: Thinking strongly of replaceIng my neck pickups....

I actually have a neck CS pickup on it's way. It just left Friday or late last week. I had asked for a "side by side" humbucker version of the YJM Fury neck pickup. I know the fury IS a humbucker but it's stacked.. I had asked MJ is we could get the same sound, tone, eq, etc.. of the Fury and pop it into a side by side bucker for my neck position. It apparently took a good while.. and needed some help from the engineering dept I was told. The same guys that worked with YJM on getting his pickups right.. are the ones who essentially worked with MJ to design my neck pickup. I should have it this week!! =)

Of course, that is the sound I'm going for... what sound DarkOrder are you going for? Don't forget some of the popular bridge pickups have a "neck" version.. or even the Hybrid can be used in the neck opposite your beast bridge pickup. =)

[Dark Order Lord]

Re: Thinking strongly of replaceIng my neck pickups....

Don't really know what you are looking for however, here are some WLH observations.

Keep in mind, I sure am not a pro reviewer and here are observations with my test bed which consists of a SG Standard thorough a small stock amp, the Mesa Express.

This pickup seems easier to live with than a 59 because the bass isn't as pronounced or boomy like a 59 can be. The WLH is like a smooth 59 with some dig-in grit. Also this pickup splits nicely with a slight power loss and still has a full sound.

Wow dude, sounds good. I like the clean sound of the '59, but on overdrive its a little too scooped/ hollow sounding, and when you dig into it , it has this annoying transcient peak at the beggining of the note, kinda harsh, and your right about the bottom, and I play all mahogany body/neck with ebony fret board. So I really liked the demo that Duncan did with that blues dude .... I really wanted to know everyones opinion on the WLH necks in general, what to expect.