Seymour's brightest sub-10k bridge humbucker is ?

[SirJackdeFuzz II]

Just a quick question :

According to your ears, what is Duncan's brightest [bridge] humbucker, in the sub 10k region ?
The pick up is intended for a stupidly warm 'Gibson scale' guitar.

Thanks to all.
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EDIT : does Seymour Duncan have an equivalent to the DiMarzio EJ Custom ?

https://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/vintage-output/ej-custom-bridge

[Clint 55]

Stock, probably the A5 Jazz but really any of them. Swap in an A5 or an A9 if you want to die.

[TVFV]

I would get the Jazz set and be done with it. I replaced a Burstbucker 3 with a Jazz Bridge and difference was stark. The BB3 didn't even sound that bad but the Jazz just had so much more clarity and chime. The Jazz Bridge also has one the best clean tones by itself I've ever heard.

[SirJackdeFuzz II]

I would get the Jazz set and be done with it. I replaced a Burstbucker 3 with a Jazz Bridge and difference was stark. The BB3 didn't even sound that bad but the Jazz just had so much more clarity and chime. The Jazz Bridge also has one the best clean tones by itself I've ever heard.

Thanks TVFV

[Mincer]

That would be the Jazz, to me. The neck Full Shred in the bridge might be a touch brighter.

[beaubrummels]

Both Pearly Gates and Jazz are similarly bright. I've used both interchangeable in neck and bridge as mixed sets.

[jeremy]

wow, you and i hear things very differently

[beaubrummels]

maybe new production is different? could also be the guitars they are used in.

[ItsaBass]

For Duncans, it's the Jazz.

It's not so much about "most treble," but "most treble balanced," or "most apparent treble." The Jazzes, IME, have no "more" treble than many other PAF style pickups. But they have less low end swamping things up, so the pickup sounds more clear over all, and the treble that is there appears to dominate. Again, the "treble" of the Jazz is more about clarity than the absolute levels of treble on tap.

That said, if the EJ Custom sounds right, get one (or a pair). They are one of the best humbuckers ever made IMO.

There's a guy on here who says the JB in parallel sounds very similar to the EJs, in theory. Having had a JB on a Triple Shot, I don't hear that, myself. The EJs are middier and more aggressive than a JB in parallel.

[idsnowdog]

The Demon and PG are pretty bright. The Jazz is the brightest.

[SirJackdeFuzz II]

GREAT info !

I will look into both the Jazz and PG

Keep 'em coming.

[SirJackdeFuzz II]

For Duncans, it's the Jazz.

It's not so much about "most treble," but "most treble balanced," or "most apparent treble." The Jazzes, IME, have no "more" treble than many other PAF style pickups. But they have less low end swamping things up, so the pickup sounds more clear over all, and the treble that is there appears to dominate. Again, the "treble" of the Jazz is more about clarity than the absolute levels of treble on tap.

That said, if the EJ Custom sounds right, get one (or a pair). They are one of the best humbuckers ever made IMO.

There's a guy on here who says the JB in parallel sounds very similar to the EJs, in theory. Having had a JB on a Triple Shot, I don't hear that, myself. The EJs are middier and more aggressive than a JB in parallel.

Great info . . . thank you very much !

[orpheo]

I find the Jazz to be bright but not thin. The Demon can be a bit thin to my ears, even in a 'fat' sounding guitar. In the neck, though, it's way too fat for my taste.

Ergo. I lost my appetite for the Demon.

[Top-L]

Buy the ej.

[PicoRiveraTele]

Just a quick question :

According to your ears, what is Duncan's brightest [bridge] humbucker, in the sub 10k region ?
The pick up is intended for a stupidly warm 'Gibson scale' guitar.

Thanks to all.
.
.
.
EDIT : does Seymour Duncan have an equivalent to the DiMarzio EJ Custom ?

https://www.dimarzio.com/pickups/vin...-custom-bridge

There's no real difference between a neck and bridge pickup (assuming neither is "F spaced"), so there's no reason you couldn't use any brighter neck pickup in the bridge position. In the old days, there were no bridge or neck pickups, it was all the same pickups.

It's all a matter of inductance, a bridge pickup will tend to be closer to 5 henries, and a neck 4 henries, so that the neck will be clearer and the bridge a little thicker. Suppose you want a 4 henry bridge, just put a neck '59, or the like, in the bridge spot.