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  • Hot Dirty Hairy humbucker for blues rock with an edge

    I'm building a Tele Esquire with a humbucker and I'm looking for a pickup that's good for blues rock but fatter.
    I need a hot, dirty, hairy humbucker but won't throw me in heavy metal or over compressed late 80's rock.
    Think of playing some ZZ Top in a smoke-filled raunchy bar with bikers and gambling tables.
    I've tried the 59/C but lacks some hair, Custom models just sound like a loudmouth PAF, next up to the Ant JB, the JB is the closest so far for what I'm looking for but it's just slightly too smooth.
    Maybe something like a JB with some hair but not so compressed.
    Any suggestions would be great.
    Last edited by JB6464; 05-25-2023, 12:22 PM. Reason: spelling

  • #2
    You specifically mentioned ZZ Top so how about a Pearly Gates?
    My other suggestion would be a Whole Lotta Humbucker.

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Gtrjunior View Post
      You specifically mentioned ZZ Top so how about a Pearly Gates?
      My other suggestion would be a Whole Lotta Humbucker.
      Not hot enough, the 59/c at 11.2 was barely hot enough to get by.

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      • #4
        In the JB realm with more hair is the Distortion or Black Winter
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        • #5
          Originally posted by JB6464 View Post

          Not hot enough, the 59/c at 11.2 was barely hot enough to get by.
          I don't know about the Whole Lotta Humbucker not being hot enough, I was using one with my post-hardcore band. It is the pickup I was also going to suggest. Anything hotter, and you will find yourself rolling back the volume pot to get back in that ZZ Top zone.

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          • #6
            Saturday Night Special?
            aka Chris Pile, formerly of Six String Fever

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            • #7
              zz top is all about the pg type pup and a cranked amp. whats your rig? if you need fat but not over the top, the dimarzio sd is a great, fat sounding pup. if the jb is what you like best so far, then you seem to be pretty far away from zz top. that said, put a c8 in the jb and you get more cut. or even try a c8, thats a great pup

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              • #8
                Carvin C22B if you can hunt one down.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by ICTGoober View Post
                  Saturday Night Special?
                  Yeah, good suggestion. I didn’t think of that one.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by JB6464 View Post

                    Not hot enough, the 59/c at 11.2 was barely hot enough to get by.
                    I would go PG and boost it with your favorite boost pedal.
                    I prefer the Friedman Buxom Boost.

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                    • #11
                      Hybrid the JB with a vintage output coil.
                      The things that you wanted
                      I bought them for you

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                      • #12
                        RTM

                        Perpetual Burn

                        Or maybe Black Winter

                        Or maybe DiMarzio DP100

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                        • #13
                          Or Dimarzio Super Distortion with a .047 cap wired in series to take out the mud.

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by jeremy View Post
                            zz top is all about the pg type pup and a cranked amp. whats your rig? if you need fat but not over the top, the dimarzio sd is a great, fat sounding pup. if the jb is what you like best so far, then you seem to be pretty far away from zz top. that said, put a c8 in the jb and you get more cut. or even try a c8, thats a great pup
                            Currently using a Soldano Hotrod 100+ , but I don't run the pre-gain past 5.
                            It will do ZZ easy, but you have to be careful not to get too much gain going on or you can go into hyper drive really quick.
                            What I love about Soldano amps is I don't need gain pedals to get the dirt, there's plenty in the amp to spare.
                            Would an A8 be a good choice in my 59/C I already have?
                            Last edited by JB6464; 05-25-2023, 03:34 PM. Reason: spelling

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Clint 55 View Post
                              Hybrid the JB with a vintage output coil.
                              Now that sounds interesting.
                              Would you be talking about a JB/59 hybrid.

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