Hb 102 and 101

[CrashCorpse]

I purchased a Schecter Tempest Standard

it has:mahogany body, set mahogany neck, and a 22-fret rosewood fingerboard
Bridge pickup: Duncan designed HB 102 humbucker
Neck pickup: Duncan designed HB 101 humbucker. the guitar has coil taps.
I want to maximize the Tone from this guitar. im not a big shredder or really in to super fast licks. if i had describe my playing style it would be
"Santanas mildy retarded son uses lotsa string bends and plays with his thumb".

i want to keep the warmth the guitar already has, keep the articulation of each note.
any ideas on what the next step up from the Stock Pup's would be.

if the tones in my head have a Culinary parallel it would be a honey butter biscuit in the neck. the bridge would have to be a spicy meatball coated in a habanero jelly.

I like the coil tap idea, but when i tap the bridge, the pickup loses all of its balls or oomph. my guitar tech said a 59' in the neck and a gibson burst bucker in the bridge. i was wondering if anyone knew that the Seymour Duncan version of the burst bucker was. I was told It was the 59'.
i going for a surf guitar sound in the bridge...so i need; clarity, tone, output and some balls for the Coil Tap.

 

[AlexR]

Re: Hb 102 and 101

Pearly gates set
Almico II pro or Slash sig set

if the guitar is very middy or warm,
'59's

Higher output lead pup
Custom 5 or custom custom

 

[Funkfingers]

Re: Hb 102 and 101

+1 for Custom (bridge/treble) and Pearly Gates (neck/rhythm) pairing.

 

[Bones]

Re: Hb 102 and 101

if the tones in my head have a Culinary parallel it would be a honey butter biscuit in the neck. the bridge would have to be a spicy meatball coated in a jalpeno jelly

lol!

I think the Duncan Designed 102's sounds good. They sound like a JB jazz set to me. Mail me your old pickups!

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Hb 102 and 101

I dig the PGn/Custom set up for a higher output, aggressive set, or an APHn/Demon combo if you want a cleaner, clearer set.

 

[babies]

Re: Hb 102 and 101

Had them in a mid 90's HAMER. --- jb =102, 59=101. I swap pickups as a rule but I never did on that guitar. I could dial in anthing with 2 volumes & master tone control. I miss that setup, but a very good friend & great player has it 1500 miles away from me when I left it behind in a hurried move.

 

[dominus]

Re: Hb 102 and 101

Leave the neck pickup, replace the bridge with a TB-5 Duncan Custom.

 

[Rabihz24]

Re: Hb 102 and 101

You know what...Leave that 102 in there. Its an amazing sounding pickup if you believe it or not. equal to a JB but with a bit more output.
It came with my Jackson DK2 and i already tried A Demon and a JB in that Jackson, replacing/testing...
My conclusion was im putting back that 102 and selling the Demon and the JB.
I dont know how they wired that 102 those indonisians, but it worked for me.

 

[CrashCorpse]

Re: Hb 102 and 101

Tone Pots...are they really worth changing along with Pickups.