Hi all,
This is my first post here, so hopefully I've posted in the right place! If not, please move thread as appropriate!
I currently have a Chapman ML-1 and I'm looking to upgrade the pickups. For those not familiar, it's a superstrat design with mahogony body, maple neck, ebony fretboard and vintage style trem. It currently has H-S-S routing, although I'd be happy to route H-S-H if it gave me more options.
In short, I'd like to have the following options available on 5 way switch:
1 - bridge humbucker
2 - split bridge humbucker and middle single coil
3 - middle single coil
4 - split neck humbucker and middle single coil
5 - neck single coil sized humbucker (or full humbucker if I re-route)
(Plus coil split/tap for bridge and neck humbuckers obviously).
I play a wide variety of styles, however, for this particular guitar I'm keen to get that 'fusion' type lead sound. Think artists such as Guthrie Govan, Steeley Dan, Larry Calton, Jack Thammarat etc. I'm not sure exactly how to describe it, but think of that very articulate and singing type sound those types of players get (for some reason it is often associated with Suhr players).
I play most styles, but I don't need pickups that go super heavy (i.e. djent). Overall, the pickups should be quite versatile though.
There are obviously way too many options out there, and so I'd really appreciate people's thoughts on what they think are likely to work well as a set. I don't have a preference for particular brands.
I hope that's enough information for now and I look to forward to hearing people's thoughts. Thank you in advance!
Rikki
This is my first post here, so hopefully I've posted in the right place! If not, please move thread as appropriate!
I currently have a Chapman ML-1 and I'm looking to upgrade the pickups. For those not familiar, it's a superstrat design with mahogony body, maple neck, ebony fretboard and vintage style trem. It currently has H-S-S routing, although I'd be happy to route H-S-H if it gave me more options.
In short, I'd like to have the following options available on 5 way switch:
1 - bridge humbucker
2 - split bridge humbucker and middle single coil
3 - middle single coil
4 - split neck humbucker and middle single coil
5 - neck single coil sized humbucker (or full humbucker if I re-route)
(Plus coil split/tap for bridge and neck humbuckers obviously).
I play a wide variety of styles, however, for this particular guitar I'm keen to get that 'fusion' type lead sound. Think artists such as Guthrie Govan, Steeley Dan, Larry Calton, Jack Thammarat etc. I'm not sure exactly how to describe it, but think of that very articulate and singing type sound those types of players get (for some reason it is often associated with Suhr players).
I play most styles, but I don't need pickups that go super heavy (i.e. djent). Overall, the pickups should be quite versatile though.
There are obviously way too many options out there, and so I'd really appreciate people's thoughts on what they think are likely to work well as a set. I don't have a preference for particular brands.
I hope that's enough information for now and I look to forward to hearing people's thoughts. Thank you in advance!
Rikki