help me pick a new bridge HB

[Christopher Caruana]

Re: help me pick a new bridge HB

have you tried a different mag in the A2P?
could just be the A2's lack of output?

yes, im looking for more output in the bridge. The A2Pro is great for AC/DC and GNR type gain, but any harder and it just doesnt sound good because it doesnt have the power. I went with the dirty fingers because I read that It was a VERY popular pickup in the 80's and that John Sykes used it when he was with whitesnake and that the lead player from the scorpions used it in the early scorpions records........so I figured I had a good idea of what it would sound like in my LP.

Im not looking to do death metal/scooped mids with it (I dont play that style). Just looking for a good rock/hard rock from the bridge. I wanted to keep the A2Pro in the neck so I could cover blues and low gain rock from the neck.

 

[Christopher Caruana]

Re: help me pick a new bridge HB

if you plan on just flipping the pickup selector and nothing else (staying on the same amp channel and using the same EQ settings) you might have issues . . . all depends.

at a given gain setting, you might be able to get gritty cleans from the neck and hard rock distortion from the bridge, which would be cool. if you want to have a smoking metal solo on the neck pup though, you have the wrong pickup to start with. personally, I have never found a ~7k neck bucker that doesn't get mushy or sound fizzy under high gain. if I want a tight sound, I use a medium to high output pickup. 8.5-9k seems to be the cutoff with any setup I've tried.

as far as the DF goes, if you don't mind a 1-trick pony pickup, go for it. it's a cool hard rock and metal pickup. working the guitar volume knob can coax some cleaner tones but it's not a great pickup for playing clean. The Super D is more versatile and I think will be less of a shock for you when moving from an A2P bridge.

Ask yourself, does the LP need to be a "do-everything" guitar or can you set it up to be your hard rock and metal go-to guitar.

Ya thats all im looking to get with the neck and bridge by just flipping the switch and keeping all the same settings. Just want a good hard rock sound from the bridge with heavier gain and a gritty sound from the neck. I'll just use the neck for my "slash" type solos. I like the A2Pro for that because it sounds very vocal and open like

 

[Christopher Caruana]

Re: help me pick a new bridge HB

does anyone happen to have any sound clips of the dirty fingers?

 

[P.A.Foholic]

Re: help me pick a new bridge HB

Don't know if I'm totally wrong here but Full Shred in LP just rocks IMHO :scratchch