Anyone like John Suhr pickups?

[LReese]

Re: Anyone like John Suhr pickups?

I've got a set of V60LP's - not for me (weird EQ), but the V54's are awesome. I'm sure the standard V60's are A-OK. Wish I had a full set of V54's. I don't think I'm really picky about Single coils, I just like Strats to sound traditional.

I'm running Neck and middle V54's (no RWRP - probably going to install a BPSSC later) and an Antiquity I in the bridge in one Strat - which is a heck of a combination.

I really like my Suhr Tele. It's perfect stock, not even adjusting it.

 

[BYN]

Re: Anyone like John Suhr pickups?

When I first wired the Suhr Aldrich, I was expecting a lot...:

A very high output FAT, really THICK sounding humbucker with lots of sweet warm pouring lower midrange and smooth treble response with tight bass, screaming harmonics and sustain for days.

Then I plugged in and what I got is....:

A single-coil sounding high-output humbucker (similar to the Steve Morse Dimarzio bridge pickup in that sense) with lots of higher midrange, absence of lower mids or any thickness, a terrible vocal AWW response, oddly chopped treble in a means to smooth the high-end, a clanky pick attack that compresses and sounds weird when I solo (which is 99.9% of the time).

For my needs as a shredder 99.9% lead player, the Suhr Aldrich is certainly not adequate, but I can see many rhythm players loving this pickup because of its tightness and seemless immunity to any amount of gain you throw at it. It's clearer than any EMG I've tried and it feels stiffer than anything else I've tried in my life, except possibly the Duncan Distortion, which is also very stiff to me.

Very werid EQ on this pickup, somewhat like the Duncan JB, with lots of high-mids but a gaping hole in the lower mids that sounds empty and hollow. Indeed, the Aldrich reminds me of a more powerful, much tighter and smoother Duncan JB, but it doesn't FEEL as good as the JB, its too stiff.

While doing research on other suhr pickups....I came across this thread.

I bought a charvel san dimas with a aldrichs humbucker already installed in it.

After living with it I can say this man's review of it is pretty accurate. It's a high output pickup that doesn't have a lot of personality.
It's very tight sounding which will work for modern Djent and what not. There's a distinct midrange tonality with clear high end and good note clarity with chords. Will not hide any imperfections with sloppy picking technique.

It cleans up well when rolled back and doesn't push your amp as much as you would think. It does handle distortion very well and doesn't appear too get muddy even if you dime the gain. I think since doug primarily plays les pauls this pickup might be better suited in a paul rather than a charvel.

It's not a bad pickup....but has a certain quality to it. His pickups appear to be very crisp and clear sounding. Which may or may not appeal to most.

I've tried an ssh+ it's kind of similar with the tonality and tightness. Suhr pickups are an acquired taste for sure.

 

[BYN]

Re: Anyone like John Suhr pickups?

When I first wired the Suhr Aldrich, I was expecting a lot...:

A very high output FAT, really THICK sounding humbucker with lots of sweet warm pouring lower midrange and smooth treble response with tight bass, screaming harmonics and sustain for days.

Then I plugged in and what I got is....:

A single-coil sounding high-output humbucker (similar to the Steve Morse Dimarzio bridge pickup in that sense) with lots of higher midrange, absence of lower mids or any thickness, a terrible vocal AWW response, oddly chopped treble in a means to smooth the high-end, a clanky pick attack that compresses and sounds weird when I solo (which is 99.9% of the time).

For my needs as a shredder 99.9% lead player, the Suhr Aldrich is certainly not adequate, but I can see many rhythm players loving this pickup because of its tightness and seemless immunity to any amount of gain you throw at it. It's clearer than any EMG I've tried and it feels stiffer than anything else I've tried in my life, except possibly the Duncan Distortion, which is also very stiff to me.

Very werid EQ on this pickup, somewhat like the Duncan JB, with lots of high-mids but a gaping hole in the lower mids that sounds empty and hollow. Indeed, the Aldrich reminds me of a more powerful, much tighter and smoother Duncan JB, but it doesn't FEEL as good as the JB, its too stiff.

While doing research on other suhr pickups....I came across this thread.

I bought a charvel san dimas with a aldrichs humbucker already installed in it.

After living with it I can say this man's review of it is pretty accurate. It's a high output pickup that doesn't have a lot of personality.
It's very tight sounding which will work for modern Djent and what not. There's a distinct midrange tonality with clear high end and good note clarity with chords. Will not hide any imperfections with sloppy picking technique.

It cleans up well when rolled back and doesn't push your amp as much as you would think. It does handle distortion very well and doesn't appear too get muddy even if you dime the gain. I think since doug primarily plays les pauls this pickup might be better suited in a paul rather than a charvel.

It's not a bad pickup....but has a certain quality to it. His pickups appear to be very crisp and clear sounding. Which may or may not appeal to most.

I've tried an ssh+ it's kind of similar with the tonality and tightness. Suhr pickups are an acquired taste for sure.