donalddemon
New member
Hi, newbie here but long time lurker. I've realized the past few years that I really love Seymour Duncan pickups in my guitars, I have the JB/59 in my Schecter, putting the Jazz/Custom-59 Hybrid in my Strat.
But I have a dilemma with one guitar in particular, my 2014 Electra Omega. It's a LP shaped guitar with some minor differences, most importantly, the bridge pickup sits further away from the bridge than a LP, which I think attributes to the darkness. It's also a mid-scooped sounding guitar, which is weird that it's dark/scooped because it has an ebony fretboard and mahogany body with maple cap, like a LP Custom.
First thing I did was disconnect the tone pot, made a nice improvement for the treble, but still not enough. Next thing I figured was the stock pickups are the problem.
First neck pickup I tried solved that issues, the SD Jazz. Nice and bright & articulate, has good "snap" to the tone and reduces the low end muddiness. Done.
As for the bridge, I'm still experimenting. I first used the Custom/59 Hybrid from my Strat and it was a nice improvement but I still wanted brighter and more mids. Now I have a JB in there, since that seemed the logical replacement and it's a little brighter but still not enough. The mids are definitely stronger now, which is good. I've heard the JB described as bright but I think people are confusing the high mid content with brightness.
I'm trying to figure out where to go next for the bridge. Which pickup is brighter than a JB but still has that strong mid content? The lows on the JB are a little weak too and could use a little more umph. What should I be looking at? FWIW, I'm mostly playing classic rock and some metal/stoner rock on this guitar through a hot-rodded Marshall 800 type amp. Suggestions are welcome, thanks!
But I have a dilemma with one guitar in particular, my 2014 Electra Omega. It's a LP shaped guitar with some minor differences, most importantly, the bridge pickup sits further away from the bridge than a LP, which I think attributes to the darkness. It's also a mid-scooped sounding guitar, which is weird that it's dark/scooped because it has an ebony fretboard and mahogany body with maple cap, like a LP Custom.
First thing I did was disconnect the tone pot, made a nice improvement for the treble, but still not enough. Next thing I figured was the stock pickups are the problem.
First neck pickup I tried solved that issues, the SD Jazz. Nice and bright & articulate, has good "snap" to the tone and reduces the low end muddiness. Done.
As for the bridge, I'm still experimenting. I first used the Custom/59 Hybrid from my Strat and it was a nice improvement but I still wanted brighter and more mids. Now I have a JB in there, since that seemed the logical replacement and it's a little brighter but still not enough. The mids are definitely stronger now, which is good. I've heard the JB described as bright but I think people are confusing the high mid content with brightness.
I'm trying to figure out where to go next for the bridge. Which pickup is brighter than a JB but still has that strong mid content? The lows on the JB are a little weak too and could use a little more umph. What should I be looking at? FWIW, I'm mostly playing classic rock and some metal/stoner rock on this guitar through a hot-rodded Marshall 800 type amp. Suggestions are welcome, thanks!
