I have the TB-11 Custom Custom in a few guitars. I used to love them with lots of gain!
Now that I'm delving into medium to low gain and lots of cleans, I find that they sound too much like a stuck wah pedal.
Guitar 1:
'14 Fender American Deluxe Strat HSH - 2 point trem with giant brass block
Duncan Jazz - neck
Carvin AP11 - middle
Duncan TB-11 - bridge
Neck and middle sound incredible and warm with cleans or overdrive
Bridge is good, but too much high mid and just not very full sounding with less gain
Guitar 2:
'20 Kiesel Delos 24 fret SSH - 2 point trem with ball bearings
Kiesel Berrylium - neck and middle
Duncan TB-11 - bridge
Neck and middle sound good with gain, too warm on cleans, I'll probably leave them in this guitar
Bridge is good, but same as Guitar 1
Guitar 3:
'92 PRS Custom 24 - 1 piece vintage Milcom tremolo
Duncan 59 - neck
Duncan TB-11 - bridge
Neck is full and fat sounding - I might replace it with a Jazz or Pearly Gates so that it's a bit brighter (sounds freakishly good with gobs of gain)
Bridge - same as the other 2 guitars
I have a couple of Blues Saraceno Trembuckers that I might try in one of these guitars, not sure if it will be a huge difference.
I'm not extremely familiar with this TB.
I also have a few older original Parallel Axis pickups, but I think they will be too bright and open wah sounding also.
So far, my favorite sounding guitar is an Anderson Angel HSH
HF1 - neck
SF-1 - middle
HF2+ - bridge
It just sounds great no matter what amp, pedal, setting I use
What do you guys suggest?
I'm looking for a medium output bridge pickup so that it sounds great clean and dirty.
Nice and full sounding with no shrill highs
Trem spacing
Lots of sustain
Now that I'm delving into medium to low gain and lots of cleans, I find that they sound too much like a stuck wah pedal.
Guitar 1:
'14 Fender American Deluxe Strat HSH - 2 point trem with giant brass block
Duncan Jazz - neck
Carvin AP11 - middle
Duncan TB-11 - bridge
Neck and middle sound incredible and warm with cleans or overdrive
Bridge is good, but too much high mid and just not very full sounding with less gain
Guitar 2:
'20 Kiesel Delos 24 fret SSH - 2 point trem with ball bearings
Kiesel Berrylium - neck and middle
Duncan TB-11 - bridge
Neck and middle sound good with gain, too warm on cleans, I'll probably leave them in this guitar
Bridge is good, but same as Guitar 1
Guitar 3:
'92 PRS Custom 24 - 1 piece vintage Milcom tremolo
Duncan 59 - neck
Duncan TB-11 - bridge
Neck is full and fat sounding - I might replace it with a Jazz or Pearly Gates so that it's a bit brighter (sounds freakishly good with gobs of gain)
Bridge - same as the other 2 guitars
I have a couple of Blues Saraceno Trembuckers that I might try in one of these guitars, not sure if it will be a huge difference.
I'm not extremely familiar with this TB.
I also have a few older original Parallel Axis pickups, but I think they will be too bright and open wah sounding also.
So far, my favorite sounding guitar is an Anderson Angel HSH
HF1 - neck
SF-1 - middle
HF2+ - bridge
It just sounds great no matter what amp, pedal, setting I use
What do you guys suggest?
I'm looking for a medium output bridge pickup so that it sounds great clean and dirty.
Nice and full sounding with no shrill highs
Trem spacing
Lots of sustain
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