Jeff_H
Dean Hardtail Fanologist
I've been through enough neck humbuckers to know that I've finally found the "One" that's for me. It's the APH
Humbucker.
I've had most of the major neck pups SD makes, 59, PG, Seth APH, used the Stag Mag in the neck of a guitar for a while. I havn't tried the Jazz or the DD neck. The bottom line is, my neck bucker has to be an A2, and it can't be a PG, or at least I havn't found the right guitar for it to suite my taste.
I just finished playing the 59' neck in my Hamer. I've also had one in the neck of my Hardtail, and in the neck of an Epi LP I used to own. It's just always too bassy, to boomy and not as clear and smooth as I like. No matter how I adjust it, it just doesn't sound right to me. The bridge version is a different story, but I digress.
The PG is a popular choice, but so far it hasn't worked for me either. The best application I had it in was my double fat strat. But even there, it was eclipsed by the APH when I switched it out. It has a mid/upper mid peak that I just don't care for. It's just never smooth and creamy enough. Lots of guys love it, and that's cool, it's just not what I want to hear.
The Seth is the only other neck pup that I really, really like. It has a slightly more open, raw tone to it as compared to the APH, but in a really good way. The smoothness isn't the same, but the rest of the eq curve and attributes seem to be very similar to me. I think the Seth and the APH are more similar than dissimalier, at least to my ears.
The APH is just the cat's pajama's. It sounds just like I want it to in every guitar I've used it with. Clear, warm but articulate, smooth and creamy when played clean, and it still retains all of these traits when overdriven...it loses nothing. It lets the sound of the guitar ring through, but still retains it's own unique voice. I don't know how else to describe it. I think the APH in general is one of the most overlooked pups Seymour makes, and I think he hit the ball out of the park when he wound it.
So from now on, the only choice for the neck in ANY of my dual HB guitars will be the APH, with the Seth waiting in the wings should I want more of a true PAF tone.
Humbucker.I've had most of the major neck pups SD makes, 59
, PG, Seth APH, used the Stag Mag in the neck of a guitar for a while. I havn't tried the Jazz or the DD neck. The bottom line is, my neck bucker has to be an A2, and it can't be a PG, or at least I havn't found the right guitar for it to suite my taste.I just finished playing the 59' neck in my Hamer. I've also had one in the neck of my Hardtail, and in the neck of an Epi LP I used to own. It's just always too bassy, to boomy and not as clear and smooth as I like. No matter how I adjust it, it just doesn't sound right to me. The bridge version is a different story, but I digress.
The PG
is a popular choice, but so far it hasn't worked for me either. The best application I had it in was my double fat strat. But even there, it was eclipsed by the APH when I switched it out. It has a mid/upper mid peak that I just don't care for. It's just never smooth and creamy enough. Lots of guys love it, and that's cool, it's just not what I want to hear.The Seth
is the only other neck pup that I really, really like. It has a slightly more open, raw tone to it as compared to the APH, but in a really good way. The smoothness isn't the same, but the rest of the eq curve and attributes seem to be very similar to me. I think the Seth and the APH are more similar than dissimalier, at least to my ears.The APH is just the cat's pajama's. It sounds just like I want it to in every guitar I've used it with. Clear, warm but articulate, smooth and creamy when played clean, and it still retains all of these traits when overdriven...it loses nothing. It lets the sound of the guitar ring through, but still retains it's own unique voice. I don't know how else to describe it. I think the APH in general is one of the most overlooked pups Seymour makes, and I think he hit the ball out of the park when he wound it.
So from now on, the only choice for the neck in ANY of my dual HB guitars will be the APH, with the Seth waiting in the wings should I want more of a true PAF tone.
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