Recent content by Señor Verde

D'Addario EXL110, 10-46 for decades. Every several years I try something different and keep going back to them. Picks are Tortex 1.0 Jazz XL. About every year I try a bunch of different picks and keep going back to these.

Hey folks! I haven't posted here in quite a while but have a question about these pickups and searches haven't really brought many results. How similar do you think these pickups are to Seth Lovers set with an alnico 4 in the bridge? Specs on paper look very similar, other than the bridge magnet.

I've had many noiseless Strat and Tele pickups over the years and none sounded good enough to me, until I recently got a set of STK-S4 Strat pickups. I really like these a lot. I'm thinking about a set of Vintage Stacks for Tele, but can't find as much info about them. I did have a set of Duncan...

The SSL-2 calibrated set information states the bridge pickup is wound slightly hotter. The Specs look like it is the same as the neck version and I can't find anyone who sells just the SSL-2 bridge. Is the SSL-2 bridge pickup really different than the neck, or are they literally the same pickup?

I have a two humbucker guitar and the pickups are from different manufacturers. The pickups also have covers on them. I know the magnets are installed so the pickups will be out of phase because when checking with a compass North is toward the slug coil on one pickup and South is toward the slug...

I just installed a set of APH-2 Slash pups in my PRS McCarty. Background: I really like the guitar, weight, playability, look. The sound has always been thin in the mids and lacking lows. I've tried a LOT of pickups in this guitar, including quite a few boutiques and recently found a decent...

I don't want a high output pickup. The guitar is a PRS McCarty that the EQ sounds surprisingly okay with the bridge pickup, but the note to note definition is not too good. I have tried a Pearly Gates but there is just too much high end. I put an alnico II magnet in a '59 bridge and it sounds...

Do you prefer the inner coils activated or the outer coils?

I have a PRS McCarty with a WCR Crossroads neck and Duncan Custom 5 pickup arrangement. When I installed them in the guitar they were out of phase with each other. Since both pups are 4 conductor, I reversed the hot and ground leads on one of them. Problem solved. Question... Would there be any...

I have a pile of magnets that I have pulled out of pickups over the years. They are stuck together in a clump, with screws and washers stuck to them. They have been rattling around in a drawer or boxes for quite a while. I tried an old AV magnet from a Duncan P-90 in a Custom Custom and it...

The pickup has Seymour Duncan's signature (stamp?) on the bottom. It has a sticker that says "Bridge" and a sticker with "02026887". The DC resistance is 8.5K and it has braided lead. Bobbins are double black. It sounds huge in my McCarty. Very round and bright. So far, I like it.