Bridge Humbucker in Neck of a lespaul

[kaputme]

Hello Guys,

Like the title says, i think my neck humbucker is a little boomy, tried most of the regular stuff and tips, but i still feel that the neck lacks definition. would it be helpful if i put a bridge humbucker( a new one) in the neck.

How would it sound, has anyone done this? I searched everywhere and all the questions are about putting a neck humbucker in the bridge.

 

[Sirion]

Re: Bridge Humbucker in Neck of a lespaul

I think Vivian Campbell did this back in the early days with Dio. I don't know much about how it worked. EDIT: Just had a look around, and it looks like he used the very loud X2N humbucker from DiMarzio for a while.

 

[AlexR]

Re: Bridge Humbucker in Neck of a lespaul

Replied on MLP

 

[kaputme]

Re: Bridge Humbucker in Neck of a lespaul

Replied on MLP

Hi AlexR,

Could you tell me what do you mean by that? EDIT: Got it :nervous:

 

[blueman335]

Re: Bridge Humbucker in Neck of a lespaul

Bridge HB's are wound hotter, and in the neck slot are going to be warmer with more mids and low end.

What PU's in the neck now? A mag swap may fix the EQ for you.

 

[kaputme]

Re: Bridge Humbucker in Neck of a lespaul

Its for my Vintage Lemon drop.. i think the pups are wilkinson

 

[blueman335]

Re: Bridge Humbucker in Neck of a lespaul

Something like a Duncan JazzN would give clarity, without being boomy, or a '59N with an A4 magnet.

 

[kaputme]

Re: Bridge Humbucker in Neck of a lespaul

may be i'll give these a try

 

[Mincer]

Re: Bridge Humbucker in Neck of a lespaul

I agree with the Jazz neck...but as far as a bridge humbucker goes...that is quite common. 'Bridge' and 'Neck' are just names. Feel free to mix and match.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Bridge Humbucker in Neck of a lespaul

Jazz or Screamin' Demon

 

[jeremy]

Re: Bridge Humbucker in Neck of a lespaul

as others have alluded to, the reason the bridge humbucker is brighter is the physical position. not the pup itself.

 

[blackmonday]

Re: Bridge Humbucker in Neck of a lespaul

I have a bridge version of the SD Alnico Pro II in the bridge and neck of my Les Paul Standard. Sounds great for me. I mostly play through a JCM 800 FWIW.

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Bridge Humbucker in Neck of a lespaul

My goldtop LP has pullup tone pots to split the pickups.

I use that LP for cleans much more than my traditionally wired LP's. I dialed it in with an unoriented Custom 5/Jazz B in the neck. The neck is loud and clear, even split. In the middle position, I can get a few nice combinations of split/full and visa versa.

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Bridge Humbucker in Neck of a lespaul

Van Halen has a hotter wound neck pickup on his Wolfgang guitars. I say a bridge pickup in the neck works, but you have to do some work on it. I had a double fat Strat with a JB in the neck position. I had to switch the A5 with an A3, cut the screws parallel to the baseplate and put it in the same position as it would on a 24 fret guitar, but it became the perfect match for an A2 JB in the end.

 

[blueman335]

Re: Bridge Humbucker in Neck of a lespaul

Van Halen has a hotter wound neck pickup on his Wolfgang guitars. I say a bridge pickup in the neck works, but you have to do some work on it. I had a double fat Strat with a JB in the neck position. I had to switch the A5 with an A2, cut the screws parallel to the baseplate and put it in the same position as it would on a 24 fret guitar, but it became the perfect match for an A2 JB in the end.

Or you could just get a neck HB to begin with.

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Bridge Humbucker in Neck of a lespaul

Or you could just get a neck HB to begin with.

Well I had a JB and an A3 lying around, so I cut neck slot in a single bridge HB strat pickguard. I originally intended to put an A4 59 in that slot. But then I noticed the JB when I was looking around for the 59.

But yes, for most people in most circumstances, you might as well just get a neck pickup.