Good pups for maple neck poplar body

[Luke Duke]

Alright guys the project guitar (PV Patriot type) has funds available so I'm in final pup consideration mode. I'm thinking this is what I"m going to bring for the UGD jam. Here's my thoughts:

Neck----jazz, A2P,

Bridge---CC, Distortion, Custom

The guitar is a 24" scale and only has 20 frets (weird huh?) but it plays nice. I've got to order the pups soon b/c I'm getting blue bobbins and want to make sure there is plenty of time to get them. This guitar is going to look crazy cool!!

Luke

 

[Artie]

Re: Good pups for maple neck poplar body

Does your Patriot look anything like this:

Just curious. Mine has a 24.75" scale length, and 23 frets.
Peavey does have a bad habit, however, of putting the same name on completely different guitars.

 

[Lewguitar]

Re: Good pups for maple neck poplar body

I'd just go with your favorites...whatever they might be.

Poplar's a nice tone wood. Light and resonant. Not as bright as some though.

If you're debating between a brighter or warmer pickup, I'd probably go for the brighter of the two as poplar strikes me as being a fairly warm and resonant wood.

Gerald Weber told me that he built a jillion identical speaker cabinets out of diferant woods.

He was trying to find one that sounded as warm and resonant as the Yellow Pine old Fenders were made of.

He told me that POPLAR sounded the most like 50 year old Yellow Pine.

Lew

 

[Luke Duke]

Re: Good pups for maple neck poplar body

I'd just go with your favorites...whatever they might be.

Poplar's a nice tone wood. Light and resonant. Not as bright as some though.

If you're debating between a brighter or warmer pickup, I'd probably go for the brighter of the two as poplar strikes me as being a fairly warm and resonant wood.

Gerald Weber told me that he built a jillion identical speaker cabinets out of diferant woods.

He was trying to find one that sounded as warm and resonant as the Yellow Pine old Fenders were made of.

He told me that POPLAR sounded the most like 50 year old Yellow Pine.

Lew

I'd never thought about poplar as being warm....interesting!!!! This is my first poplar guitar. I guess warmer or brighter was my question thanks Lew!

Artie, Mine looks like yours but the switch is beside the pots......of course mine is stripped right now. Oh yeah and my bridge is a compensated 2/way adjustable bridge.....which I am going to replace.

Luke

 

[Luke Duke]

Re: Good pups for maple neck poplar body

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[WITH FULL DISTORTION]

Re: Good pups for maple neck poplar body

Custom Custom Bridge, Jazz Neck.

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Good pups for maple neck poplar body

I'd go with the Jazz and Custom. Use a pair of push/pulls for splitting and you can get a lot of different sounds out of that set. :burnout:

 

[Johtosotku]

Re: Good pups for maple neck poplar body

I wonder what the scale makes it sound like. With the difference between 24 3/4 and 25 1/2 already.

I have a JB in the bridge of my poplar guitar. Nice and versatile.

 

[Butch Snyder]

Re: Good pups for maple neck poplar body

Personally, I wouldn't go with an Alnico II pickup. That rules out the APH-1 and the CC. I found poplar to be warm and deep. Alnico 5 pickups cut through better. I would go with a Custom though....

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Good pups for maple neck poplar body

I wonder what the scale makes it sound like. With the difference between 24 3/4 and 25 1/2 already.

I have a JB in the bridge of my poplar guitar. Nice and versatile.

The difference between 24.75" and 25.5" scales is the difference between a LP and a strat.

The longer the scale, the tighter and bridghter a given guitar will be. There will also be more seperation and clarity in complex chords with the longer scale.

 

[Luke Duke]

Re: Good pups for maple neck poplar body

Thanks guys keep them coming!!

I originally thought it was 24 and 3/4 but when I compared the fret spacing with my heritage it was just a liiiittttllee off. It is a very comfortable neck with a good shape etc. These old 80s peaveys aren't that bad if you plan on using them as a core and building them up.

LUke

 

[Johtosotku]

Re: Good pups for maple neck poplar body

The difference between 24.75" and 25.5" scales is the difference between a LP and a strat.

The longer the scale, the tighter and bridghter a given guitar will be. There will also be more seperation and clarity in complex chords with the longer scale.

Yes, I am aware of that. I just wonder if 24" is too much (little). You'd have to think about the pups with the scale as well, not just the woods.