APH-1 vs. APH-2 for slash tone

[Rex_Rocker]

Personally, when I tried the APH-2B, I didn't think it was very beefy. Quite the opposite, actually. I was surprised.

I would say either the WLH or the '59B are beefier, but maybe not very Slash-sounding.

 

[ToneFiddler]

i don't want beefy necessarily. It just needs enough balls to not sound totally whimpy coming from the neck PU.
lately, i tend to like a bass light front end and add the bass back at the poweramp. Much clearer results.

Anyway, i'm tweeking my 59s right now and i currently have an A3 int the neck and an short RCA5 int the bridge.
no boom int the neck at all and more filled in mids. Bridge is a lil rounder and less woofy. Better for an AC/DC kind of sound.

Not sure if i will get any of those APHs Bridges since i am not too fond of the slash bridge sound anyway, but i want some of that soft and spongy A2 feel i think.
Maybe an 59b A2 will be a good enough match with the APH2n?

 

[Mincer]

The Custom Custom is a great match for the A2P, as well.

 

[Gtrjunior]

The Custom Custom is a great match for the A2P, as well.

This would be my recommendation as well

 

[jeremy]

Anyway, i'm tweeking my 59s right now and i currently have an A3 int the neck and an short RCA5 int the bridge.
no boom int the neck at all and more filled in mids. Bridge is a lil rounder and less woofy. Better for an AC/DC kind of sound.

i like a3 neck with either uoa5 or a2 in the bridge, though i cant say ive tried a short rca5. i have an a3/uoa5 set of 59s and an a3/a2 set of antiquitys. love em both!

 

[ToneFiddler]

i like a3 neck with either uoa5 or a2 in the bridge, though i cant say ive tried a short rca5. i have an a3/uoa5 set of 59s and an a3/a2 set of antiquitys. love em both!

I have no UOA5 but i want to try that, too!
A3 in the neck is great. the good things of the A2 are there, but non of the downsides, although the A2 downsides are not apparent in every PU...

 

[ToneFiddler]

i sold my SH-11, before i knew anything about magswaps. not tight enough for my liking back then.
Maybe that changed, but i don't want Moderate/High output, i want all the brightness of a low output bridge, so tend to go with the APH-2b if i go that route.

 

[Aceman]

take 1 sounds best to me, closely followed by take 3. Take two is too muddy for my taste. Can you let me know which pickup is which take?

Found it:

And now for the big reveal!

Pickup A: Duncan Pearly Gates, that is a little closer to the strings than the other two

Pickup B: An A2P

Pickup C: A Gibson 1979 T-Top


** In the original thread, most people thought C was the A2P and nailed the Slash sound.

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/for...4-to-a2p-or-not-a2p-which-is-the-pickup/page2

 

[Aceman]

The Custom Custom is a great match for the A2P, as well.

The "Fat City" pickup combo.