HSH guitar needs pickups. Looking for the "other tones".

[musicalbox23]

I've got a beautiful, hand built HSH, bolt-on, strung-through-body, hard-tail, maple neck w ebony board on a mahogany / flame maple body, that needs pickups.

I've got several other guitars with great sounding hum-buckers and single coils, so I don't want to fill this with more of the same. I'm looking for a different, new, unique voice. P90? gold foil? P-rails?

I'm not concerned about it being vintage sounding. What I want is:
- rich harmonics / chime / overtones.
- hum canceling (this is critical, even if it makes me a heretic, I can't stand hum).
- as many tonal options as possible (super switch, push-pull pots, etc are fine as long as the results are hum-free).

It's got a 5-way blade and V and T knobs (1 ea). I'd rather not drill any more holes.

I'm sure this sounds like a strange request, but I thank you in advance for your suggestions!

Mark
Simi Valley CA

 

[Mincer]

I say a JB in the bridge, with a P-Rail in the neck. Put a Classic Stack in the middle. Get 2 Triple Shot Rings for the humbuckers. Lotsa tones right there.

 

[JamesPaul]

Definitely get a P-Rail, in a Triple Shot ring, in one of those H spots.

 

[Teleplayer]

The maple neck, ebony board combo can give a dry sound. I'm thinking of Alnico 4 PAF like humbuckers.

 

[ehdwuld]

blade single size in center

use a Push pull to give you neck always on ( or bridge always on)
this gives you the option for neck and bridge and all pickups on

another push pull to do out of phase for the neck or bridge
to get that peter green tone

or use one push pull for
a "ignore the switch turn every thing on"
or a switch to a different tone cap
or add or select a treble bleed

or add a sustainer pickup

or on totally different path
add piezo

but yea what mincer said
the JB in the bridge and something interesting in the neck
I like the Jazz myself it is clear and articulate and sounds great split

 

[Artie]

One of the things I like in an HSH guitar, with V/T/3-way, is to do standard wiring for the two hums, and then a push-pull to add the middle at any time. From what I've gleaned from this forum, folks don't use middle by itself very often.

 

[musicalbox23]

All - Thank you very much. These are great ideas. I think a JB / Classic Stack (or blade) / P-Rails with Triple Shot rings is the perfect choice.

Change the selector to a 3-way, then add the middle pickup on a push-pull is great way to simplify AND get more options.

Thank you all very much. Time to buy some pickups!

 

[Mincer]

All - Thank you very much. These are great ideas. I think a JB / Classic Stack (or blade) / P-Rails with Triple Shot rings is the perfect choice.

Change the selector to a 3-way, then add the middle pickup on a push-pull is great way to simplify AND get more options.

Thank you all very much. Time to buy some pickups!

I'd love to hear how this project turns out!
BTW is the username a Genesis reference?

 

[musicalbox23]

I'll post some Audi samples for sure.

And yes. MB are my initials but I'm also a huge Genesis nut.

 

[Adieu]

That wood combo sounds like something you might see on ESP Horizons.

Maybe look at what pups they've used over the years for inspiration?

 

[Mincer]

I'll post some Audi samples for sure.

And yes. MB are my initials but I'm also a huge Genesis nut.

Awesome, I am, too!