Bridge humbucker with the MOST low frequency response?
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Rex_Rocker
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Re: Bridge humbucker with the MOST low frequency response?
My guess is a PAF-like wind with an A8 magnet swapped in.
Out of the PAF's I've tried, the '59 seemed to have the most low-end. However, it also has a lot of high-end.
My guess is a PAF-like wind with an A8 magnet swapped in.
Out of the PAF's I've tried, the '59 seemed to have the most low-end. However, it also has a lot of high-end.
Re: Bridge humbucker with the MOST low frequency response?
Invader is generally regarded as having overamped low end, to point where even people who like the pickup sometimes use a high pass filter permanently wired in.
Most pickups with a ceramic magnet or A8 are likely to be contenders, depending on polepiece structure (dual rows of 0.75" allen screws tend to have reduced low end).
A lot depends on how much of which low end frequencies you are talking about? Deepest? Or highest peak somewhere in low mids or below? I'm guessing latter, in which case things like Whole Lotta Humbucker, PATB-3 Blues Saraceno and '59 are likely contenders.
A8 is likely to push output and feel in wrong direction for someone wanting vintage feel, though some do love it. I know people who still miss their Yamaha SG2000 from the 70s, because they've never found anything like it since (still haven't convinced them to try a PAFish with A8 for an approximation of the Super 70 pickup).
Invader is generally regarded as having overamped low end, to point where even people who like the pickup sometimes use a high pass filter permanently wired in.
Most pickups with a ceramic magnet or A8 are likely to be contenders, depending on polepiece structure (dual rows of 0.75" allen screws tend to have reduced low end).
A lot depends on how much of which low end frequencies you are talking about? Deepest? Or highest peak somewhere in low mids or below? I'm guessing latter, in which case things like Whole Lotta Humbucker, PATB-3 Blues Saraceno and '59 are likely contenders.
A8 is likely to push output and feel in wrong direction for someone wanting vintage feel, though some do love it. I know people who still miss their Yamaha SG2000 from the 70s, because they've never found anything like it since (still haven't convinced them to try a PAFish with A8 for an approximation of the Super 70 pickup).
Re: Bridge humbucker with the MOST low frequency response?
To be specific, I'm looking at a boost in the 125Hz range. Playing around with a parametric EQ, that was the frequency range that I found I really wanted more of.
To be specific, I'm looking at a boost in the 125Hz range. Playing around with a parametric EQ, that was the frequency range that I found I really wanted more of.
Dave Locher
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Re: Bridge humbucker with the MOST low frequency response?
Dimarzio Tone Zone! Seriously, that thing has major grunt.
Close second was a 1978 Ibanez V-2. I tried a 1982 V-2 but it had smaller pole pieces and did not have a bottom of the older one with round pole pieces that could not be adjusted.
Both are in the hot end of vintage/low end of hot range.
Final contender: 1970s Gibson "Tarback" bridge humbucker designed by Bill Lawrence. They have a low ohm (around 8k iirc) and a powerful diox (?) ceramic magnet. More low end AND more high end than a Super Distortion, lower output but hotter than a PAF.
Those are all pickups I have loved at one time or another. I like low end.
For something a little more vintage, I currently have a 9k Benson Custom Classic SR62 that I put a rough cast A8 magnet into and it also has a ton of low end but is less "hot" than the three listed above.
Of course the Dimarzio Super Distortion has a lot of low end but it also has a lot of low mids and mids as well, which de-emphasizes the low-end wallop and makes it sound a lot less "vintage" than the others.
Another route: get your hands on a Colorsound Overdriver clone. Those things have an INSANE amount of low end boost on tap! Frank the Anvil FX will probably build you one for $70. Find him on Etsy, tell him you want one like he built for me.
Dimarzio Tone Zone! Seriously, that thing has major grunt.
Close second was a 1978 Ibanez V-2. I tried a 1982 V-2 but it had smaller pole pieces and did not have a bottom of the older one with round pole pieces that could not be adjusted.
Both are in the hot end of vintage/low end of hot range.
Final contender: 1970s Gibson "Tarback" bridge humbucker designed by Bill Lawrence. They have a low ohm (around 8k iirc) and a powerful diox (?) ceramic magnet. More low end AND more high end than a Super Distortion, lower output but hotter than a PAF.
Those are all pickups I have loved at one time or another. I like low end.
For something a little more vintage, I currently have a 9k Benson Custom Classic SR62 that I put a rough cast A8 magnet into and it also has a ton of low end but is less "hot" than the three listed above.
Of course the Dimarzio Super Distortion has a lot of low end but it also has a lot of low mids and mids as well, which de-emphasizes the low-end wallop and makes it sound a lot less "vintage" than the others.
Another route: get your hands on a Colorsound Overdriver clone. Those things have an INSANE amount of low end boost on tap! Frank the Anvil FX will probably build you one for $70. Find him on Etsy, tell him you want one like he built for me.
Rex_Rocker
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Re: Bridge humbucker with the MOST low frequency response?
I personally don't think the Invader has a big low-end much as is has big low-mids. Yes, it is fat-sounding, but 125Hz is not what I'd consider the Invader to have the most of. The Custom has more going on down there.
I personally don't think the Invader has a big low-end much as is has big low-mids. Yes, it is fat-sounding, but 125Hz is not what I'd consider the Invader to have the most of. The Custom has more going on down there.
Francois
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Re: Bridge humbucker with the MOST low frequency response?
An incredible pickup ! Wild and balanced at the same time.
But I don't think it has a huge low end in bridge position.
(But I know it only on a Tele).
An incredible pickup ! Wild and balanced at the same time.
But I don't think it has a huge low end in bridge position.
(But I know it only on a Tele).
Re: Bridge humbucker with the MOST low frequency response?
It’s the only pickup I’ve ever chosen to dial out some of the bass on. It was in a vintage 74 deluxe
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It’s the only pickup I’ve ever chosen to dial out some of the bass on. It was in a vintage 74 deluxe
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Dave Locher
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Re: Bridge humbucker with the MOST low frequency response?
I have never played one so I can't really argue, but I did used to play with a guy who had the same guitar as you and I never thought "dang, that dude is pushing a LOT of low end!"
Have you tried a Tone Zone?
I have never played one so I can't really argue, but I did used to play with a guy who had the same guitar as you and I never thought "dang, that dude is pushing a LOT of low end!"
Have you tried a Tone Zone?
Diego
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Re: Bridge humbucker with the MOST low frequency response?
No scientific proof from me, but the Invader bridge is definitely the most low-end focused bridge humbucker I've ever owned and used.
"Radical" doesn't even begin to describe the EQ curve. It's a mad pickup that couldn't be less versatile. It literally does one thing well, and one thing only.
Maybe if you wire it in parallel it sounds like Nile Rodgers or something, I don't know, but nobody designed it with that in mind. It's a scorcher, period.
Strangely, the neck Invader chirps nicely and it's much more balanced EQ wise. Nothing like it's bridge counterpart.
I miss mine sometimes.
No scientific proof from me, but the Invader bridge is definitely the most low-end focused bridge humbucker I've ever owned and used.
"Radical" doesn't even begin to describe the EQ curve. It's a mad pickup that couldn't be less versatile. It literally does one thing well, and one thing only.
Maybe if you wire it in parallel it sounds like Nile Rodgers or something, I don't know, but nobody designed it with that in mind. It's a scorcher, period.
Strangely, the neck Invader chirps nicely and it's much more balanced EQ wise. Nothing like it's bridge counterpart.
I miss mine sometimes.
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Ascension
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Re: Bridge humbucker with the MOST low frequency response?
Agree and also the Virtual Hot Dimarzio PAF as it's fatter.
Agree and also the Virtual Hot Dimarzio PAF as it's fatter.
