humbucker for my faded sg. Please help!

[mysafehaven]

ok. I play is a hardcore band. I need an articulate humbucker with great palm mutes. I'm looking to get a new humbucker in the bridge of my faded sg, because the stock one doesn't do the whole palm muting chunk as well as I'd like and plus i sorta broke it. Btw, I play into a 5150II or jcm 800 2205 head through a 1960a cab. No actives please. What do you guys think? I'm curious about the gibson 500t, and the dimarzio super distortion, but I don't know how they'd sound in an sg (to dark/muddy, or too bright/trebly).What do you recommend?Duncans, Gibson, Dimarzio? thanks alot for any help.

 

[Stratcat]

I recommened the Duncan Custom 5.

 

[59paul]

Or a JB

 

[mysafehaven]

i hear that jb's sound dark in sg's. What are the tonal characteristics of a custom 5? how is the output on it? thanks

 

[mysafehaven]

btw, the sg is mahagony body and neck, with ebony fretboard. and 500k pots.

 

[59paul]

Can't imagine a JB being dark in an SG. Can't imagine an SG being dark.

 

[mysafehaven]

my bad, people say the jb is too bright in an sg, the dimarzio super distortion is too dark.

 

[jeremy]

id say the sh5 custom. very tight with good strong output and aggressive mids

 

[HolyDirt]

my bad, people say the jb is too bright in an sg, the dimarzio super distortion is too dark.

no, you can just roll back the volume its sounds great

 

[mysafehaven]

how loud is the custom?

 

[Surgeon]

One more vote for the custom, high output, tight low-end without being dard, nice, articulate, that's what I have in the guitar in my avatar and it sounds great through my jcm-800 for hardcore..

 

[59paul]

I voted for the JB because you mentioned you wanted a pup that was " articulate ". I think the JB is just that.

 

[Davey]

mahagony body, mahagony neck? this just screams for a JB. the mahagony will tame those heights but it'll still have it's tight crunch.. but the ebony fretboard makes me think of the custom too .. but wont that one sound a bit dark? too muddy? or will the ceramic magnet negate that and it'll just stay it's ordinary kickass self?

 

[mysafehaven]

wow, thanks for the replies guys. I think i'll check out the custom. How loud is it, compared to say...a jb? and Davey, I am wondering that too.

 

[jeremy]

similar output to a jb

 

[veil]

Dimarzio Super Distortion is pretty much perfect for chugga chugga palm muting. I don't think it will be too dark at all...Tone charts and other such stuff tend to make it look like it's a dark pickup. It's not.

edit: or, go with a Custom, I hear those are awesome.