STRATDELUXER97
Stratoblaster Tone Meister
I had this 11.6k PGB/Custom A2 hybrid that I wasn't using since JumpMarine has my other 59b/C A5 Hybrid in his guitar....
The Hybrid is fatter with added harmonics and the 59B even with the A2 magnet is clean,clear,but thinner sounding...Probably just the guitar though,as the stock 59N was the complete opposite(Too bassy)....
One thing I know I Missed with the hybrid was these extra harmonics....These harmonics add that little bit of extra something I felt I was missing with the 59B>I now know exactly what it is about the hybrid that I Like...The punchiness is back even though I've decided to stay with the A2 magnet this time and there's this slight hollowness with this pickup that I didn't notice with the 59B that is very cool...There's slightly more mids,but I think it's lower mids,and an overall more powerful tone that stays articulate just like a 59B does.The tone is still like the 59B it replaced in the highs and note clarity,but it's ballsier..This pickup isn't for everyone,but in my LP it's what I'll need to stick with...I think I posted almost this identical review the very first time I tryed this pickup and I'm sure if I read that post that it would be the same....
In summary here....This hybrid is a nice marriage between the articulation of the 59 but with the added harmonics and extra crunch and power from the custom slug bobbin...Since I've decided to go back to the A2....I feel like I have what I Liked in the CC(It was a bit dark)and the clarity and brightness of the 59B but the A2 magnet like a Seth....The CC lacks the overall note clarity of this Hybrid though... Even with the A2 magnet,I don't sense any great loss or problems with tightness of tone...
If you use an A5 instead of the A2,you then get a marriage between the 59B and a C5 overall as I've tryed all of these combinations plus the CC and the C5...
Again I find my sweet spots right at 3/32" on both E strings.....I still really like the A4 59N pickup,but I will try Pete's advice on a 59/Jazz hybrid also...
Anyone that knows me,pretty much knows I Like A2 bridge pickups,but I Like an articulate tone but with more overall balls and not thin and toppy....Not that the 59 was really too thin but it's not as full as the hybrid.
The 59B is a great pickup,especially with the A2 magnet,but the hybrid edges it out enough that I noticed I missed something..For me and in this guitar it does...I think I'll leave this hybrid in this guitar and just go with it again...Thanks again to Pete(Bachtorock)for this cool pickup idea!
The Hybrid is fatter with added harmonics and the 59B even with the A2 magnet is clean,clear,but thinner sounding...Probably just the guitar though,as the stock 59N was the complete opposite(Too bassy)....
One thing I know I Missed with the hybrid was these extra harmonics....These harmonics add that little bit of extra something I felt I was missing with the 59B>I now know exactly what it is about the hybrid that I Like...The punchiness is back even though I've decided to stay with the A2 magnet this time and there's this slight hollowness with this pickup that I didn't notice with the 59B that is very cool...There's slightly more mids,but I think it's lower mids,and an overall more powerful tone that stays articulate just like a 59B does.The tone is still like the 59B it replaced in the highs and note clarity,but it's ballsier..This pickup isn't for everyone,but in my LP it's what I'll need to stick with...I think I posted almost this identical review the very first time I tryed this pickup and I'm sure if I read that post that it would be the same....
In summary here....This hybrid is a nice marriage between the articulation of the 59 but with the added harmonics and extra crunch and power from the custom slug bobbin...Since I've decided to go back to the A2....I feel like I have what I Liked in the CC(It was a bit dark)and the clarity and brightness of the 59B but the A2 magnet like a Seth....The CC lacks the overall note clarity of this Hybrid though... Even with the A2 magnet,I don't sense any great loss or problems with tightness of tone...
If you use an A5 instead of the A2,you then get a marriage between the 59B and a C5 overall as I've tryed all of these combinations plus the CC and the C5...
Again I find my sweet spots right at 3/32" on both E strings.....I still really like the A4 59N pickup,but I will try Pete's advice on a 59/Jazz hybrid also...
Anyone that knows me,pretty much knows I Like A2 bridge pickups,but I Like an articulate tone but with more overall balls and not thin and toppy....Not that the 59 was really too thin but it's not as full as the hybrid.
The 59B is a great pickup,especially with the A2 magnet,but the hybrid edges it out enough that I noticed I missed something..For me and in this guitar it does...I think I'll leave this hybrid in this guitar and just go with it again...Thanks again to Pete(Bachtorock)for this cool pickup idea!
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