Agile AL-3100 - SH-2/SH-4 Standard

[watercarving]

From what I can tell the SH-2/SH-4 combo seems to be the standard setup for the AL-3100. Any other good combos for blues-hard rock?

I've always fooled with strats. Are these things pretty easy to mod?

Thanks.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Agile AL-3100 - SH-2/SH-4 Standard

There are so many different pups that work wonderfully for Blues-hard rock in an LP.
A2P, Slash, Seth, Pearly Gates, 59, Custom 5, Custom 8, JB, Screamin Demon, Distortion, etc.

The 3100 is a LP...very easy and straight forward to mod. Depending on what you want to do with it, you may need to add push/pulls or mini switches or Triple Shots.

 

[blueman335]

Re: Agile AL-3100 - SH-2/SH-4 Standard

The JB/Jazz (SH-4/SH-2) is not the pair most of us go with. It's what gets a lot of marketing, but not Duncan's best PU's for Blues and hard rock.

One of the best overwound bridge PU's in an LP is a C8 (C5 with an A8 magnet). One of the most popular PU's here. Warm, powerful, full, tight lows, great clean or with gain. Works great for many guitars & woods, in many genres (unlike the JB, which is notoriously fussy).

C8's are usually paired with a PAF in the neck, like a '59N or PGN, but JazzN's are nice too. If you want a hot neck PU, a Full Shred or Screamin Demon works.

 

[RayBarbeeMusic]

Re: Agile AL-3100 - SH-2/SH-4 Standard

but not Duncan's best PU's for Blues and hard rock.

I disagree, I love that combo in an LP. Marketing has nothing to do with it.

 

[blueman335]

Re: Agile AL-3100 - SH-2/SH-4 Standard

I disagree, I love that combo in an LP. Marketing has nothing to do with it.

He was lead to that initial choice by marketing; Duncan has heavily promoted the JB for decades. Having read many posts here over the years, like it or not JB's can be picky about the woods they sound good in, which is something a number of JB fans here admit. They love it in one guitar, can't stand it in another. No PU is going to please everyone, but JB's are like the Babe Ruth of humbuckers; you usually get a home run or a stike out, and not much inbetween.

 

[RayBarbeeMusic]

Re: Agile AL-3100 - SH-2/SH-4 Standard

He was lead to that initial choice by marketing;

Bull Sh*T.

I was lead to that choice through decades of experimentation.

 

[JGarofalo3]

Re: Agile AL-3100 - SH-2/SH-4 Standard

OK, I am sure this is gonna be considered a silly question but sometimes my head spins keeping up with all the SD acronyms........a "C8" is a "Crazy 8" pickup? If not, what is the C8?