Good (bright) metal pickup

[YJM_Rocks]

Whats a good, and bright metal pickup? For the bridge. My amp is pretty dark sounding so i want it bright and crunchy. The guitar is agathis, 2 hums, rosewood fretboard, with a vintage trem. thanks in advance

 

[TheProphet]

Re: Good (bright) metal pickup

You could look at the Full Shred?

 

[diggamark]

Re: Good (bright) metal pickup

jb, dimebucker, ???

what sort of Metal are you playing? examples?

 

[Rowan]

Re: Good (bright) metal pickup

Jb would be plenty bright and nice and crunchy.

 

[RG 2570]

Re: Good (bright) metal pickup

Whats a good, and bright metal pickup? For the bridge. My amp is pretty dark sounding so i want it bright and crunchy. The guitar is agathis, 2 hums, rosewood fretboard, with a vintage trem. thanks in advance

dimarzio NORTON

 

[Leather Rebel]

Re: Good (bright) metal pickup

Screamin' Demon, Full Shred, and JB would all probably work. It just depends on how much mids and presence you're looking for.

 

[presa_tito]

Re: Good (bright) metal pickup

Bill Lawrence L500XL is the ticket.

 

[B2D]

Re: Good (bright) metal pickup

I'd go for a JB... Marty Freidman likes 'em and so do I!

 

[YJM_Rocks]

Re: Good (bright) metal pickup

Thanks. I play shred type of stuff, i like the lynch sound, maybe a demon

 

[Leather Rebel]

Re: Good (bright) metal pickup

Thanks. I play shred type of stuff, i like the lynch sound, maybe a demon

Beware that most of the recorded Lynch sound came from either a Distortion or a JB. The Screamin' Demon didn't happen until right around when Dokken was disbanded.

 

[GuitarGuy503]

Re: Good (bright) metal pickup

JB :32:

 

[Rainmaker]

Re: Good (bright) metal pickup

The Duncan Distortion is a fantastic choice of (EQ-wise) pickup, favouring the higher end of the frequency scale.

I have one in the bridge of my alder bodied strat copy, with rosewood fingerboard, and it performs beautiful. Cerebral crunch leaves you riffing out for hours.

Agathis Body
A relative of mahogany with similar tonal characteristics, agathis provides warm lows with strong sustain.

Despite the necessity to promote all aspects of a guitar in a positive fashion , that being said ^^, the Distortion would seem like a very suitable bridge pickup.


If you want to go super bright, then the Full Shred comes to mind, as does the JB.