Bright Cutting Edge Pickup

[beaubrummels]

Re: Bright Cutting Edge Pickup

If 78 has alnico 2 magnet alnico 2 are to soft sounding not enough edge brightness

Magnet does not determine the eq or tone. It can affect it certainly, but does not define it. Pearly Gates and the 78 (A2) have some of the brightest top end among Duncan pickups I’ve used, about equal to the Custom (Ceramic) and Jazz (A5) I have.

You really have to try the pickups to find out. Or trust guys who spent the money and tried them before you.

 

[EDX]

Re: Bright Cutting Edge Pickup

Maybe a floor shop custom pearly gates with an A8

 

[Toejam]

Re: Bright Cutting Edge Pickup

DiMarzio Super 2

 

[Hollywood Rock]

Re: Bright Cutting Edge Pickup

Maybe a floor shop custom pearly gates with an A8

Different mag is full custom shop for some reason. But yeah, vintage output is the brightest and I really like the edge of the Pearly Gates.

 

[Chistopher]

Re: Bright Cutting Edge Pickup

We could list every bright pickup ever known to man, but if we don't know what else he has lined up in his signal path, we can't help him.

If he's playing an all-mahogany Les Paul through a Mesa DC-3, for example, and we don't know that, we can't give a single meaning full answer.

 

[Lucius Paisley]

Re: Bright Cutting Edge Pickup

Has anyone tried a Ibanez Super 70 pickup

Yeah.

Broke about three teeth.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Bright Cutting Edge Pickup

I really like the brightness/openness of the Duncan 59(bridge)I thought about putting a alnico 8 or ceramic magnet and see what happens.

An A8 in a 59 actually sounds very good. It won't necessarily give you more "bright cutting edge", but imo it gives you a better tone than the 59 with A5.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Bright Cutting Edge Pickup

Try it and report back! I think A8 might be thicker/fuller than ceramic?

Definitely.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Bright Cutting Edge Pickup

If you try the 78 or PG and feel they're not bright enough, it's a simple procedure to put in an A5.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Bright Cutting Edge Pickup

I would think that the Full Shred should get you where you want to go.

 

[pittbull]

Re: Bright Cutting Edge Pickup

I play a Marshall 68 plexi clone 50 watt modded Rockstah Mod 5,EVH 4x12 cab,echoplex,MXR phase 90,flanger,Plate reverb,the guitar I want to do a pickup change(bridge pickup)is a Gibson les Paul Traditional Pro with Floyd rose

 

[Dave Locher]

Re: Bright Cutting Edge Pickup

Yeah.

Broke about three teeth.

Ha!
I had a set in an Ibby Less Paul. (Post lawsuit, pf-something?) Great in the neck, bright and thin in the bridge for my taste.

 

[ToneFiddler]

Re: Bright Cutting Edge Pickup

it wasn't answered back then?:
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/sho...tion&highlight=sh-5+dimarzio+super+distortion
https://forum.seymourduncan.com/sho...our-Duncan-Special-Van-halen-pickup-1979-quot
wow, you're really on a quest there!

i own a sd custom shop high voltage set. it's also Alnico 2 and it is very bright and cutting. the reduced bass helps.
for centuries i never touched alnico 2 PU because of my past experiences with gibson 57s, APH-1s and gibson 490Rs. well the pearly gates and this set showed me that i was totally wrong for years. so don't let the alnico 2 scare you away from pearlies, '78s etc.

most neck pickups in the Bridge Slot fit the description of the thread title/OP by the way.

 

[ToneFiddler]

Re: Bright Cutting Edge Pickup

Ha!
I had a set in an Ibby Less Paul. (Post lawsuit, pf-something?) Great in the neck, bright and thin in the bridge for my taste.

could be cutting edge to someone elses ears/setup

 

[Dave Locher]

Re: Bright Cutting Edge Pickup

Indeed. My taste (and setup) prefers full and thick.
The Super 70 did give really good sustain, that much I remember.

 

[formula73]

Re: Bright Cutting Edge Pickup

Has anyone tried a Ibanez Super 70 pickup

Yes.

 

[formula73]

Re: Bright Cutting Edge Pickup

Yeah.

Broke about three teeth.

I LOL’d.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Re: Bright Cutting Edge Pickup

A neck Pearly with an A5 (or even an A8) in the bridge would be awfully bright and cutting!