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Alnico Pro 2 bridge - sounds a bit ‘messy’ with a bit of gain...
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I agree - the Slash set rocks. Neck doesn't seem too radically different from an A2P, but the bridge really is its own thing.
IMO there has to be something else going on there beyond a few hundred extra turns. Different tension maybe, or scatter?
Whatever it is, the pickup is special. I love mine.
Have often been tempted to special order a 4-wire version..
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Try lowering the pickup. In my last round of tweaks, this worked on a couple guitars to clean it up and give it a more pure, clear sound. And I love to pile on the gain at times. When the pickup is too high, it just sounds less musical... Honkier, muddier. I've got several pickups lowered to be flush with the pickup rings and pickguard. Also work the guitar volume knob and amp gain - it's amazing how many sounds you can get when the guitar volume isn't at 10. You might find that your great bridge sound comes with guitar volume at 5, or 7, and then you can roll it up as needed.
Another great trick for higher gain clarity is to cut your bass frequencies before the amp with some kind of pedal - EQ, Tubescreamers, preamp, etc.
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Never tried a Jazz bridge. Jolly peaks highly of it. Not a fan of the Jazz neck for assorted personal reasons.
I still think A2P neck, 59 bridge is a killer pair.Originally posted by Bad City
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The A2P neck has been a favorite of mine for years, but I do admit to struggling at times, in certain guitars, with the bridge model. Now that I am more well versed in setting pickup height and adjusting amps, I can make it work much more often. I do however like the Slash Bridge model quite a bit more honestly. It just has that extra something.
And if you like the A2P neck, you will love an A4 59n. I have a Custom Shop 59’n that I put ab A4 mag in, and it’s simply amazing.Play more guitar.
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Since both DMZ pickups and A4 magnets have already been mentioned, has anyone spent any time with the PAF Master set. The neck has an A5 and the bridge has an A4. Besides the trouble of mixing manufacturers, it could work in this situation. In case anyone is interested, for future reference, Here is a link to the bridge pickup page:
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I've got a doublethick A2 magnet I wanna stuff into my Sh2 Jazz bridge. This jazz bridge reads a little hot too (8.65k)
An Alnico 2 Pro bridge with extra output sounds like a pickup I'd probably digEpiphone Les Paul Tbte Plus (SD custom shop humbucker & SH2b neck)
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Originally posted by Stavrose View PostHey all,
I fitted a set of Alnico pro 2 Humbuckers to my prs se custom 22. The neck pickup sounds great, very happy with that. But the bridge, I’m really not sure...
With the guitar volume 7/8 or over, running into my overdrive pedal with some gain, the sound when playing solos using the bridge pickup is fine and quite impressive BUT when I play full chords with the same settings, its all a bit fizzy and messy sounding, and generally not very pleasant. Kind of splashy, hard to describe. I tried a few pedals that I’m very familiar with, and same issue! And tried other guitars through same pedals to make sure it’s not an issue with the amp or amp settings, it’s not the amp!
Has anyone else experienced this with the AP2 bridge?
Regards and TIA for any advice or insight,
Stavs
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