Bridge pickup for a Epiphone Sheraton?

[Alessio326]

I'm searching for a new bridge pickup for my Sheraton (maple neck and body, mahogany center block) and I'm a bit confused...
I play pretty everything, from jazz to rock, hard rock and metal (ironically I don't play blues), and I'm searching for a little more definition, with a "modern" tip.
The '59 sounds good, but... it's still to round for this guitar, in my opinion. I've read of some who even tried high output pickups on their semi-hollow, which seem not to lost their "acustic tone", so I accept any suggestion...
Watching at PAF based pickups I was wondering about '59 Custom and Screaming Demon, do you think any of them could be a good choice?
Suggest me ANYTHING ahahah
Oh, and ask me for any doubt!

Thank you all and sorry for my english :')

 

[DreX]

Re: Bridge pickup for a Epiphone Sheraton?

I think "favorite pickups in an ABC style guitar for XYZ style of music" should be stickied. These other threads asking about pickups for a 335 style guitars are still warm

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?289581-Pickups-for-335-upgrade

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?289472-Bridge-Pickup-for-a-new-ES-335

 

[Alessio326]

Re: Bridge pickup for a Epiphone Sheraton?

I think "favorite pickups in an ABC style guitar for XYZ style of music" should be stickied. These other threads asking about pickups for a 335 style guitars are still warm

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?289581-Pickups-for-335-upgrade

https://forum.seymourduncan.com/showthread.php?289472-Bridge-Pickup-for-a-new-ES-335

There are similar topic, BUT they're not comparing the two pickups I mentioned.
Where else should I ask for this thing, if not in a pickup specialized forum, considering nobody I know can help me?
I can understand your argument, but just because a question follows a tipical "form" that doesn't mean it's FOR SURE the same as the others...
And if the other threads helped me I would have not opened this.
No offense...

 

[blueman335]

Re: Bridge pickup for a Epiphone Sheraton?

For a high output bridge PU in a 335, a C8 or UOA5 Custom are pretty good.

 

[Alessio326]

Re: Bridge pickup for a Epiphone Sheraton?

For a high output bridge PU in a 335, a C8 or UOA5 Custom are pretty good.

And remaining in "PAF area", except '59, what would you suggest? Would the '59 Custom be too midrange-y? Or it could just be a little less crispy? (What i'm looking for, in the end)

 

[Demanic]

Re: Bridge pickup for a Epiphone Sheraton?

Hmm, found this little demo. Take it for what it's worth. Dude talks a bit much.

 

[DreX]

Re: Bridge pickup for a Epiphone Sheraton?

There are similar topic, BUT they're not comparing the two pickups I mentioned.
Where else should I ask for this thing, if not in a pickup specialized forum, considering nobody I know can help me?
I can understand your argument, but just because a question follows a tipical "form" that doesn't mean it's FOR SURE the same as the others...
And if the other threads helped me I would have not opened this.
No offense...

I was just trying to make a point on the side. Pickup recommendations are probably the most common type of new comer post, asking about guitars and pickups that predate most of us.

The clearest, most acousticish PAF I've tried is the DiMarzio Air Classic, it has the pointy clarity you'd expect from an AlNiCo 5, not especially "round" or midsy, but with a more removed sound that seems to bring out the tone of the guitar they're mounted in, like a hint of piezo flavor. I suspect the technical cause is lower inductance due to the "air bucking" thing, flattening out the resonant peak a bit and emphasizing a flatter EQ response. They're an interesting pickup for a "PAF", I'd just say that they might not be the best for crazy distortion or fuzz, because that clarity can turn into a mess under really high gain. You can always roll back on the tone knob, but then it won't have the kind of power you come to expect. It has a good growl with medium gain, though.

 

[blueman335]

Re: Bridge pickup for a Epiphone Sheraton?

And remaining in "PAF area", except '59, what would you suggest? Would the '59 Custom be too midrange-y? Or it could just be a little less crispy? (What i'm looking for, in the end)

The parent PU's for the '59/Custom are both bright and thin. Mismatched coils also add treble and reduce mids (reduce the 'HB effect' that comes from balanced coils). The '59/Custom is not a warm or middy PU. I make hybrid HB's and because of the additional high-end and reduced mids, I use warmer, fatter-sounding magnets with them to offset that.

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Bridge pickup for a Epiphone Sheraton?

Can we confirm that the guitar under discussion features full-sized humbuckers rather than replicas of the small Epiphone humbuckers of the Sixties American-made guitars, please?

 

[Alessio326]

Re: Bridge pickup for a Epiphone Sheraton?

Hmm, found this little demo. Take it for what it's worth. Dude talks a bit much.

Well, this sound AWESOME! But the price is really high (normal for a custom shop set, I guess)...

I was just trying to make a point on the side. Pickup recommendations are probably the most common type of new comer post, asking about guitars and pickups that predate most of us.

The clearest, most acousticish PAF I've tried is the DiMarzio Air Classic, it has the pointy clarity you'd expect from an AlNiCo 5, not especially "round" or midsy, but with a more removed sound that seems to bring out the tone of the guitar they're mounted in, like a hint of piezo flavor. I suspect the technical cause is lower inductance due to the "air bucking" thing, flattening out the resonant peak a bit and emphasizing a flatter EQ response. They're an interesting pickup for a "PAF", I'd just say that they might not be the best for crazy distortion or fuzz, because that clarity can turn into a mess under really high gain. You can always roll back on the tone knob, but then it won't have the kind of power you come to expect. It has a good growl with medium gain, though.

Nevermind, sorry if I looked aggressive
Anyway I agree! I'll mount an Air Classic in the neck position, it's just an awesome and particular pickup

The parent PU's for the '59/Custom are both bright and thin. Mismatched coils also add treble and reduce mids (reduce the 'HB effect'). The '59/Custom is not a warm or middy PU. I make hybrid HB's and because of the additional high-end and reduced mids, I use warmer, fatter-sounding magnets with them to offset that.

Uh thank you so much! Last question: a WLH? I've read it's like a '59, but with added clarity... but what's his output? It's the same as the '59, circa?

Can we confirm that the guitar under discussion features full-sized humbuckers rather than replicas of the small Epiphone humbuckers of the Sixties American-made guitars, please?

Yeah, full sized humbucker!