Long time no post, but my neck pickup has annoyed me long enough and it's time for a change.
I have a Yamaha SJ550HR which does the job well enough for me, but the neck pickup is too dark and muddy for my liking. At least with my current setup anyway. I gather these pickups had an association with Santana back when they were made and it certainly ticks the "smooth" box, but it just doesn't work for me. As my username suggests, the Jazz is my choice in my other guitar, so something a little clearer and a little brighter is what I have in mind.
The trouble is, the existing pickup and mounting rings use three screws. Two on one side and one on the other. I don't know why but I had never even noticed this before, and have found since browsing Amazon for SD, Dimarzio and Tonerider pickups that all the humbuckers I was considering come with just two, one on either side.
So can anybody suggest or recommend any decent neck humbuckers they have experience with that use a three screw mount? And perhaps a description of what it is like? I know I could resort to drilling another hole between the two in the mounting ring, or modify the new pickup on that side, but I thought there must be some good ones out there that will drop straight in. I'm open to anything really as long as it can liven her up a bit on that position!
This guitar also allows for coil tapping, so a pickup with the correct wiring to be split would be preferable. Thanks!
I have a Yamaha SJ550HR which does the job well enough for me, but the neck pickup is too dark and muddy for my liking. At least with my current setup anyway. I gather these pickups had an association with Santana back when they were made and it certainly ticks the "smooth" box, but it just doesn't work for me. As my username suggests, the Jazz is my choice in my other guitar, so something a little clearer and a little brighter is what I have in mind.
The trouble is, the existing pickup and mounting rings use three screws. Two on one side and one on the other. I don't know why but I had never even noticed this before, and have found since browsing Amazon for SD, Dimarzio and Tonerider pickups that all the humbuckers I was considering come with just two, one on either side.
So can anybody suggest or recommend any decent neck humbuckers they have experience with that use a three screw mount? And perhaps a description of what it is like? I know I could resort to drilling another hole between the two in the mounting ring, or modify the new pickup on that side, but I thought there must be some good ones out there that will drop straight in. I'm open to anything really as long as it can liven her up a bit on that position!
This guitar also allows for coil tapping, so a pickup with the correct wiring to be split would be preferable. Thanks!
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