I don't want a high output pickup. The guitar is a PRS McCarty that the EQ sounds surprisingly okay with the bridge pickup, but the note to note definition is not too good. I have tried a Pearly Gates but there is just too much high end. I put an alnico II magnet in a '59 bridge and it sounds better, but I'm thinking I would like a little bit more mids, I'm not sure though because I haven't gigged with the '59/AII yet, but from what I can tell it may need a little more mids. What is the fattest humbucker in the 8.5k range? I don't need more highs as this is a bright and thin guitar. Seth Lover, 59Bw/AII, Alnico II Pro? The soundclips tell me Seth, but there are no clips of a '59 with AII for comparison.
Bridge Pickup For a Guitar Lacking Mids?
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Re: Bridge Pickup For a Guitar Lacking Mids?
+100...add an A8 and update the CC from an 80s pup to a modern day pup with plenty of mids and crunch to spare....highs sound really good too...not quite as buttery as the CC as the A8 brings them out a tad more.
+100...add an A8 and update the CC from an 80s pup to a modern day pup with plenty of mids and crunch to spare....highs sound really good too...not quite as buttery as the CC as the A8 brings them out a tad more.
+1000 on this. An EQ was the secret to the guitar shredders of the 80s.
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super rad stuff
Skaforlifeologist
Re: Bridge Pickup For a Guitar Lacking Mids?
i've got a bright and thin sounding SG, but with my a8 pearly gates bridge, you would never be able to tell
i've got a bright and thin sounding SG, but with my a8 pearly gates bridge, you would never be able to tell
alex1fly
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Re: Bridge Pickup For a Guitar Lacking Mids?
this, or try some hex screws in the pickup to increase articulation
this, or try some hex screws in the pickup to increase articulation
hanumanlangur
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Re: Bridge Pickup For a Guitar Lacking Mids?
You need more mids than an A2 '59 has? Are you sure you're lacking mids and not bass or lower mids? A fully-charged A2 '59 is almost wall-of-mids, to my ears. Maybe not as much as a CC is, but still very heavy on the mids.
Or maybe the pickup just needs to be raised to be closer to the strings?
You need more mids than an A2 '59 has? Are you sure you're lacking mids and not bass or lower mids? A fully-charged A2 '59 is almost wall-of-mids, to my ears. Maybe not as much as a CC is, but still very heavy on the mids.
Or maybe the pickup just needs to be raised to be closer to the strings?
Re: Bridge Pickup For a Guitar Lacking Mids?
Thanks for the replies guys.
EQ is a no-go. I play open jams and at friend's jams where I just bring my guitar. I don't want to fiddle around with trying to remember an EQ, cable and batteries.
Custom Custom is too hot and too much the extreme.
Alnico 8 gets a lot of good press around here. I may buy a couple of those magnets to try. Sounds like fun.
hanumanlangur, I played some more after my original post and think the AII '59 may just fit the bill. I like the output, and after a couple hours of playing and listening heard some qualities I am looking for. You just never know until the rest of the band kicks in.
Thanks for the replies guys.
EQ is a no-go. I play open jams and at friend's jams where I just bring my guitar. I don't want to fiddle around with trying to remember an EQ, cable and batteries.
Custom Custom is too hot and too much the extreme.
Alnico 8 gets a lot of good press around here. I may buy a couple of those magnets to try. Sounds like fun.
hanumanlangur, I played some more after my original post and think the AII '59 may just fit the bill. I like the output, and after a couple hours of playing and listening heard some qualities I am looking for. You just never know until the rest of the band kicks in.
alex1fly
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Re: Bridge Pickup For a Guitar Lacking Mids?
Well you can leave the battery in the pedal, it doesn't get drained when the cables aren't plugged in. Though, you would need a second cable. If you get something simple like an MXR 6-band, there's only two bands of mids, so its easy to use on the fly, and once you find it you can always write it down. I only use my EQ pedal to adjust very small increments, but its amazing how it takes the sound from *good* to *flat out awesome*.
Well you can leave the battery in the pedal, it doesn't get drained when the cables aren't plugged in. Though, you would need a second cable. If you get something simple like an MXR 6-band, there's only two bands of mids, so its easy to use on the fly, and once you find it you can always write it down. I only use my EQ pedal to adjust very small increments, but its amazing how it takes the sound from *good* to *flat out awesome*.