Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

[TRex]

I understand I sound like a lunatic if you look how you could do this, but I do feel it sometimes

I come across this feeling often, I would love a guitar with a neck position that sounds like a 59' in the bridge, and have a JB in the bridge.

The neck bucker always feels to smooth for my tastes. Anyone else feel this? Am I crazy?

 

[BriGuy1968]

Re: Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

Yes... you're crazy!

Actually, I can see where you're coming from, although I like having a huge difference between my neck & bridge pups. I know a lot of guys like nothin' but bridge and if you're one of them I can certainly see why you'd want to have some tonal options that AREN'T neck-sounding!

Perhaps a "thinner" sounding pickup in the neck... something that, tonally, might fight back some of those warm tones that a neck position pup naturally gives.

Just a thought!

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

...and that's why Esquires are my main guitars. You get THREE bridge positions with an Esquire. Many different tones, but all with the characteristic bridge position snap to them. You can even have more, if you add more switches for coil taps, cap selection, etc.

For what you want, I would custom order a JB with coil taps, and wire it so both coils tap at once.

 

[TRex]

Re: Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

Yes... you're crazy!

Actually, I can see where you're coming from, although I like having a huge difference between my neck & bridge pups. I know a lot of guys like nothin' but bridge and if you're one of them I can certainly see why you'd want to have some tonal options that AREN'T neck-sounding!

Perhaps a "thinner" sounding pickup in the neck... something that, tonally, might fight back some of those warm tones that a neck position pup naturally gives.

Just a thought!

...and that's why Esquires are my main guitars. You get THREE bridge positions with an Esquire. Many different tones, but all with the characteristic bridge position snap to them. You can even have more, if you add more switches for coil taps, cap selection, etc.

For what you want, I would custom order a JB with coil taps, and wire it so both coils tap at once.

I'm not looking to change anything yet, but that tapped JB sounds like a great idea.

The crappy neck pickup on my old Epiphone is what's really making me think this, it's muddy and too warm.

 

[Demanic]

Re: Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

Triple Shot. Or a series/parallel push/pull or mini switch.

 

[El Dunco]

Re: Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

I wonder how it would work out if you hook up two single-sized humbuckers side by side in the bridge position and possibly even hooked up to a stereo jack and sent to two amps because the two pickups would be in slightly different positions under the strings.

 

[vinta9e]

Re: Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

Single pickup guitar into single channel amp, no switching of any kind whatsoever. Forces you into milking everything off your picking technique. There's a world of variety in pick control alone.

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

While I've done the 2-Jrs in the bridge before, I think the OP is asking to make his neck pickup sound like a bridge pickup.

You'll need a bright pickup that can still pick up the natural bass of the neck position, but not enhance it.

Try a Dimebucker in the neck.

As well, if your amp has 2 crunch channels, or you other wise have some way to do it, set up one EQ for your neck pickup that reshapes the tone to sound more like a bridge pickup.

 

[unshokie]

Re: Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

While I've done the 2-Jrs in the bridge before, I think the OP is asking to make his neck pickup sound like a bridge pickup.

You'll need a bright pickup that can still pick up the natural bass of the neck position, but not enhance it.

Try a Dimebucker in the neck.

As well, if your amp has 2 crunch channels, or you other wise have some way to do it, set up one EQ for your neck pickup that reshapes the tone to sound more like a bridge pickup.

How did the 2 Jrs in the bridge sound? I'm intrigued by this and if it worked out even just okay, I'd be willing to give it a shot.

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

One was a JBJr, furthest from the bridge, and the other was a Lil59 closest to the bridge. Sounded great running them together. The best setup, however, was a neck-position Hot Rails in the bridge paired with a JBJr furthest from the bridge. Those two together were magically delicious.

The JB had all the scream and the others had all the beef.

 

[Securb]

Re: Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

Get a Dan Armstrong. Hummy slides out single slides in. Problem solved.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

I like the idea of the tapped JB, and the Custom Shop can certainly make that. I don't think the split or parallel options will give you what you are looking for though. Of course, neck pickups sound totally different, and you won't get a 'bridge' sound out of them. Another idea is to get that '59 for the bridge, and use a pedal like the Pickup Booster to goose the output into your amp.

 

[Rand-O-Monium]

Re: Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

Paging Dominus...

DuncDist nk is pretty bright...

 

[blueman335]

Re: Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

I would love a guitar with a neck position that sounds like a 59' in the bridge, and have a JB in the bridge.

The neck bucker always feels to smooth for my tastes.

Not crazy, I used to feel the same way too. But there's an easy fix. You don't need to add another PU, you have a neck PU you're barely using. I wire my neck HB's for spin-a-split so that I can dial down the mids and add treble, so I get a sharp, biting neck tone. They can sound more like a bridge PU.

The problem with adding a 2nd bridge HB is that there's not room for both, and one is in the middle and doesn't sound anything like it would if it was in the bridge slot. Even if you put small HB's in the bridge area, one or both wouldn't sit under the string nodes the same way, and therefore not produce the sounds you want.

 

[ImmortalSix]

Re: Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

Triple Shot. Or a series/parallel push/pull or mini switch.

 

[unshokie]

Re: Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

One was a JBJr, furthest from the bridge, and the other was a Lil59 closest to the bridge. Sounded great running them together. The best setup, however, was a neck-position Hot Rails in the bridge paired with a JBJr furthest from the bridge. Those two together were magically delicious.

The JB had all the scream and the others had all the beef.

How did you have the two pickups wired together?

 

[Artie]

Re: Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

Once again, I'm the oddball. I wish I had two neck position pups. o

 

[TRex]

Re: Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

Once again, I'm the oddball. I wish I had two neck position pups. o

I'll trade ya [emoji14]

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

You know, you can buy multiple guitars....

 

[TRex]

Re: Anyone else sometimes wish you could have 2 bridge positions?

You know, you can buy multiple guitars....

Hey, not everyone can [emoji14]

I'm preparing to be a broke collage student, so no matter what I'll be limited on getting new guitars for a while.

A coil tapped JB is definitely an interesting concept, I might actually do that on my soon to be HSS strat.