A3 Magnet For The Bridge, Too

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Gforce9

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I have a Zhangbucker Brownbucker. The A2 it came with smoked when overdriven but, in that guitar, was too much in the mids. A3 was perfect. The added clarity in the upper mids/highs did the trick. All the A2 creaminess and feel remained.
Also put an A3 in an SD '59 Neck. Best neck I've heard so far. Next was a Custom. After about 3 weeks, it is by far the best Custom I've tried.

The A3 is a super winner. The highs are great and have a vintage attack. They also retain much of the bass, though it is different. Has anyone else had this experience?
 
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Yeah a3 is awesome for vintage sounding stuff. It's my favorite magnet for single coils and for humbuckers it's a toss up between a3 and a4. A3 is better in the bridge for sure but a4 smooooooth and it's a beautiful thing in an unpotted PAF


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A3's work really well with Zhang's pickups. I have a widebucker and a Pagey neck, both originally A2. They both now have A3 and do really well.
 
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RCA3 in my Custom.
I love it.

Bonamassa apparently also loves an A3 in the bridge position.
 
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me too. my Ibby Musician came with old 'Super 58' with A3s in them. very vintage sounding with clarity, but has enough girth for all the gain stuff too. i was quiet reluctant to keep the bridge pickup but have grown like them the way they are. It has some twanginess but very soulful tone when i m playing clean. with gain i ve even played metal with it, not the ideal output throb, but for 7.5k pickup which is upclose to strings, I get pretty versatile tones out of it.
 
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