good pickup combo? 59 bridge + PG neck

[GregR]

based on the clips on the S-D main page, i'm thinking of using this pickup combo in one of my LP's for a full but not too bright bridge tone, and a fat chunky but yet clean and non-muddy neck tone.

'59 in the BRIDGE (edit - used to say neck and that was wrong)
Pearly Gates in the NECK (edit - used to say bridge and that was wrong)


good? bad? whatever?


i do have another LP into which i'm pretty sure i'll load up a set of Seth's - neck and bridge.

 

[gianniboy]

Re: good pickup combo? 59 bridge + PG neck

very good combo, cant go wrong. the 59 is nice and bassy, and warm, and the pg is nice and crisp, and bright to boot, they match up beautyfully.

 

[Travis]

Re: good pickup combo? 59 bridge + PG neck

If it were me, I'd switch the two. I've got a Hamer Artist Korina with a pair of 59s and a Hamer Special FM with a PGn. To me, the 59 sounds best in the bridge while the PG is an awesome neck pickup. Granted these guitars are close to a Paul, but not quite the same. I don't think you can go wrong.

 

[GregR]

Re: good pickup combo? 59 bridge + PG neck

If it were me, I'd switch the two. I've got a Hamer Artist Korina with a pair of 59s and a Hamer Special FM with a PGn. To me, the 59 sounds best in the bridge while the PG is an awesome neck pickup. Granted these guitars are close to a Paul, but not quite the same. I don't think you can go wrong.

took me a while to figure out why you'd say to switch them when you recommended exactly what i was thinking. turns out the subject was right, but i mixed them up in the post! ha! so yeah, 59 bridge and PG neck is right.

do you know if any "big shots" use that kind of combo?

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: good pickup combo? 59 bridge + PG neck

I use the PGn and 59TB in one of my Strats and couldn't be happier! Lew