Hi, first time poster here. It's been a long time since I've bought an aftermarket pickup and thought I might reach out for suggestions. I have an Ibanez AS73 (semi-hollow, maple body, mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, two humbuckers, stop tailpiece) that I love, but I'd like to replace the neck pickup. It's very warm and rich, which I love, but the low end is very boomy. I've lowered the pickup's height significantly, but the boomy, overwhelming low frequencies are still there. When I turn down the bass knob on my amp to satisfaction, then the bridge humbucker's bass is too attenuated. I've also increased the bridge humbucker's height to compensate, but can't seem to find a good balance, so I thought maybe I should replace the neck humbucker.
It's my only guitar with humbuckers, so I do want to still have a warm, rich sound with pleasant midrange frequencies, but ideally with enough clarity in the treble frequencies that I can get a crisp attack with my tone knob wide open. The Ibanez Wiki says that the stock pickups are Classic Elites, which are ceramic and have 9.5K (neck) / 11.0K (bridge) DC resistance. I'm happy with the stock bridge humbucker, and I wouldn't mind at all if the neck pickup replacement is lower in output than it--I mostly use the neck humbucker for clean to lightly breaking up sounds you might associate with jazz and blues, and occasionally switch to the bridge humbucker when I use saturated, sustained tone. I do use the middle position as well, if that makes a difference.
What might you recommend for this scenario?
It's my only guitar with humbuckers, so I do want to still have a warm, rich sound with pleasant midrange frequencies, but ideally with enough clarity in the treble frequencies that I can get a crisp attack with my tone knob wide open. The Ibanez Wiki says that the stock pickups are Classic Elites, which are ceramic and have 9.5K (neck) / 11.0K (bridge) DC resistance. I'm happy with the stock bridge humbucker, and I wouldn't mind at all if the neck pickup replacement is lower in output than it--I mostly use the neck humbucker for clean to lightly breaking up sounds you might associate with jazz and blues, and occasionally switch to the bridge humbucker when I use saturated, sustained tone. I do use the middle position as well, if that makes a difference.
What might you recommend for this scenario?
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