Best neck humbucker for great cleans, warm high-gain, and very good for splitting?

[blueman335]

Re: Best neck humbucker for great cleans, warm high-gain, and very good for splitting

A MUCH better alternative to coil split on a neck HB is spin-a-split. Instead of 'all or nothing' you can dial any amount of unbalanced coils you want. That's where the best neck HB tones are. Much more versatile.

 

[Ascension]

Re: Best neck humbucker for great cleans, warm high-gain, and very good for splitting

Let me throw out one that has not been mentioned here the Sentient. Was looking for the same type of tones you are describing in a neck pickup in my 1993 Carvin DC 127 in solid KOA. Started with the 59 and the Jazz but then found clips of the Sentient. I have a Gates on hand so it also was in the mix but the more I listened to clips the more the Sentient was really clicking with me. Could not be more pleased with my tones in this guitar with the Sentient matched with an Alt 8 in the bridge. It's like a bigger tighter and meaner JB Jazz set up. More meat and more sweet on he neck than a Jazz or 59 but still very sweet and articulate clean and also with a fantastic singing solo voice.
Here is that combo live from last Sunday at my Church through m Boogie Subway Rocket.

 

[Ascension]

Re: Best neck humbucker for great cleans, warm high-gain, and very good for splitting

Same set up a week earlier with another team and a little better mix on the guitar tones.

 

[Ascension]

Re: Best neck humbucker for great cleans, warm high-gain, and very good for splitting

Duncan demo that sold me on the Sentient and is pretty much spot on what I got when I really got the pickup dialed in. At first it was a little sketchy but once I figured out that the Sentient really responds to height from string adjustments and found that sweet spot it was a home run in this guitar.