Hot and smooth but articulate-sounding neck pickup recommendations.

[EDX]

Re: Hot and smooth but articulate-sounding neck pickup recommendations.

what about a parallel axis blues saraceno? it's a vintage-y style bridge pickup so it should have enough juice to keep up with a high output bridge and it's meant to be smooth iirc

 

[devastone]

Re: Hot and smooth but articulate-sounding neck pickup recommendations.

I hate to be

But what about the Dominion neck? I've heard great things about the set.

FWIW, the Air Norton is a nice warm neck pickup.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Re: Hot and smooth but articulate-sounding neck pickup recommendations.

I hate to be

But what about the Dominion neck? I've heard great things about the set.

FWIW, the Air Norton is a nice warm neck pickup.

The specs and what I've read seem to suggest it's pretty much a tweaked PAF Pro. Nooooooo, thank you.

 

[devastone]

Re: Hot and smooth but articulate-sounding neck pickup recommendations.

Sorry, missed that post.

So, warm and articulate, I would vote Air Norton, DMZs tend to match better with DMZs, and Duncans with Duncans, no, I'm not racist, but maybe a little OCD. Actually, each company seems to have a certain "voice", and DMZs interpretation of "vintage" or whatever isn't always the same as Duncan's interpretation.

FWIW, based on the DMZ specs of the Dom neck, I would not consider it to be a tweaked PAF by Duncan standards. It looks more like a PAF Pro (which I never thought was that PAF-ish) with bumped up mids.

You might also look at the Transition neck, very clear and articulate, but not as warm as the AN.

 

[Karan D. Taktawala]

Re: Hot and smooth but articulate-sounding neck pickup recommendations.

So I slapped a Phat Cat in the neck position of my new PRS SE baritone alongside a Dominion in the bridge position. I gave it a few days. I love the Dominion, but the Phat Cat... yeah, I don't know...

I find the Phat Cat too bright and sorta thin and weak compared to the Dominion. It has nice cleans (albeit, a bit thin), but it's a bit too attack-y, squelchy, and slightly underpowered under tons of gain. I want a humbucker that's smooth-sounding, has a strong output, but that's still clear and articulate.

FWIW, I like the Black Winter Neck and the EMG 81 in the neck position. I want to try something different that matches the Dominion better, though. I know for sure I don't like the '59, Jazz, or PAF Pro.

I'm considering the Air Norton, Liquifire, and D-Activator X Neck from DiMarzio. Perhaps the Slash Bridge (or Neck, even) from Duncan. Is there anything else I should be looking at?

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[Howlermonkey]

Re: Hot and smooth but articulate-sounding neck pickup recommendations.

It's funny but people who have tried the EVH pickups whether wolfgang or frankenstein all seem to rave about the neck pickup more than the bridge pickup.

 

[Coma]

Re: Hot and smooth but articulate-sounding neck pickup recommendations.

I have the Air Norton in the neck of my main axe and I freaking love it. Am definitely getting one for my next axe as well.
If you're into coil splitting, it does the single coil sound very well, although it can get a bit thin in a band setting.