Best humbucking pickups for Grant Green jazz tone

weepingminotaur

weepingminotaur

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Basically what the title says. Grant Green is probably my favourite jazz guitar player of all time, so emulating his tone in any way -- particularly what he gets on Street of Dreams -- would be great.

What neck and bridge hums would you choose for jazz, and why?
 
He wasn't using humbuckers back then. He had an ES-330 with P-90s, so if you need humbuckers, I would suggest either Phat Cats, or Phat Cat Silencers, or humbuckers that can sound in the P-90-ish ballpark with that mid-peak Green had, like a Brobucker bridge with a Seth neck maybe.
 
beaubrummels said:
He wasn't using humbuckers back then. He had an ES-330 with P-90s, so if you need humbuckers, I would suggest either Phat Cats, or Phat Cat Silencers, or humbuckers that can sound in the P-90-ish ballpark with that mid-peak Green had, like a Brobucker bridge with a Seth neck maybe.
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Appreciate that. Yeah, he wasn't using hums, but I'm trying to repurpose an Epiphone Les Paul to be my jazz guitar, so I'm working with what I have (should have mentioned that originally). Thanks for the recs!
 
Fwiw even with P90's you are never going to get a hollowbody ES 330 tone out of a solid body LP no matter what humbuckers, or HB sized single coils you put in it.

I've had a buttload of Gibsons with P90's or HB sized P90 clones including 2 LP Standards, a M2M 3xP90 LP Custom, and 2 LP P90 Specials, and for reference I have an Eastman T64/V ES 330 copy with Lollar P90's, and have had a Hagstrom Viking with HB's. Even a semi-hollow with HB's is not going to get in the tone ballpark of a hollowbody with Dog Ear P90's.

If you have the coin and seriously want to get near Grant's tone I would very highly recommend trying out one of the Eastman T64's. They are great guitars at a fraction of the price you'd pay for a Gibson ES330.

Btw I am also a big Grant Green fan. It's safe to say he is my favorite jazz guitarist by far, and his tones are truly divine.
 
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