Suggestions - neck single coil to match 80's SH-5 Duncan Custom bridge pickup

[mi_canuck]

Re: Suggestions - neck single coil to match 80's SH-5 Duncan Custom bridge pickup

i wouldnt say the ssl6 is piercing at all but different rigs give different tones. youd hate a vintage single coil the qp is fatter and hotter than the ssl6 to my ears. the qp look badass in the guitar by the way. i assume you have 500k pots in there

Yes, 500K pots. I did swap them with some Charvel take-offs I got from Stratosphereparts (whole harness and 5-way switch).... So now the volume is a low friction EVH Bournes 500K, and the tone is a no-load 500K (it has a detent at full open - I guess it goes straight to ground at that position??). The stock ones were also 500K, but were some small pidly little things. In any case, I like the swap. I don't get why the equivalent Pro Mod Charvels seem to get better pots and wiring too.

PS - the QP's aka SSL-4's are nice. Fuller and sweeter sounding is how I'd describe them vs the SSL-6.

[jeremy]

Re: Suggestions - neck single coil to match 80's SH-5 Duncan Custom bridge pickup

500k volume and no load tone would give a bright tone for sure, betcha the guitar sounds great

[mi_canuck]

Re: Suggestions - neck single coil to match 80's SH-5 Duncan Custom bridge pickup

Some advice when running singles with a bucker in the bridge you will split with the single in the middle. Always RUN THE RW/RP PICKUP IN THE NECK AND THE STANDARD WIND IN THE MIDDLE!! That way the bridge split in the conventional way will be humbucking with the single in the middle. Have both my Washburn MG 120 and my Kiesel DC 135 set up where the bucker auto splits in pos 2 when used with the single in the middle like this. This way only pos 3 and 5 on the way are not humbucking.

I just kept it as the same config as stock, which is listed here (https://www.jacksonguitars.com/gear/...mah/2914322521), unless it's wrong? When I took out the originals, the stickers were under foam that was glued to the back of the pickups, so I couldn't confirm which was which. When I removed the foam, the stickers were trashed and illegible.

As I have it, the only position that has single coil hum is in position 5 (ie. neck only).

Here's how the switching is set up in this Jackson:

5-Position Blade:
Position 1. Bridge Pickup
Position 2. Inner Coil of Bridge and Middle Pickup
Position 3. Neck and Bridge Outer Coil
Position 4. Neck and Middle Pickup
Position 5. Neck Pickup

Update - a little snafu on my part. Reason I was getting no noise in all but position 5 ("neck") was that I had the pickups wired backwards (ie. neck wired to the middle switch position, and vice version). As soon as I flipped them, noise in position 2, 3 and 4, along with 5. So YUP... RWRP indeed belongs in the neck. I had to rip both out again, re-snake the wires which was a *****, and resolder to the "correct this time" switch positions. All good now. Lesson learned.