If you had to use one pickup....

[Mincer]

If you had to use one pickup for the rest of your guitar playing days, what would it be?

For me, it would be the Alnico II Pro neck pickup. I use several of them, and while I have different bridge pickups in each guitar, I always go back to the Alnico II Pro in the neck. I use the neck position maybe 80% of the time, and while I don't go for the Slash-y sound and guitar, it is a warm sounding pickup that suits my playing well.

 

[mechanic1908]

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Dimarzio SD

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[jeremy]

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9.4k antiquity bridge bucker with full strength a2. volume and tone controls i can get everything i need

 

[ErikH]

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That's a tough one. Right now, I'd have to say the Screamin' Demon. I have it in my Baretta and in the neck and bridge of my Frankenstrat. I can get a lot out of it. One thing I have never done is heard it split. That pickup simply works for me.

 

[Rex_Rocker]

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I honestly don't think I could. I like trying out new pickups too much!

If I really had to pick one, it would definitely be a bridge pickup. I rarely ever use the neck pickup, TBH.

Nowadays, I'm really liking the Black Winter. I think the pickup I've liked for the longest time is the EMG 85, though. It's kinda my comfort zone. If all else fails, I know I can get it to sound at least decent. So it would either have to Black Winter or EMG 85 for me.

 

[justFred]

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If only one it would have to be a Fishman Open Core Classic...just because of the many sounds available...it the question was "one set" instead it would be a Pearly Gates bridge...Fender Texas Special M...SSL-1 N...

 

[GuitarStv]

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I could get by with a nice sounding vintage wind strat neck pickup for most of what I do.

 

[BluesIsBlood12]

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I can get a lot of mileage out of a Phat Cat. Probably go with the bridge.

 

[emaccarthy]

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L500xl


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[Chistopher]

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L500XL

I second this. Throw in PTB wiring and a coil split, and this pickup could do anything.

 

[Masta' C]

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9.4k antiquity bridge pup with full strength a2. volume and tone controls i can get everything i need

Nice call!

For me? Probably a DiMarzio Virtual Hot PAF

 

[lp1987x]

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I use my bridge pickups 95% of the time. I really like the Seth Lover in my '77 Les Paul Standard. However, I just put a Pearly Gates bridge in my '17 Les Paul Traditional in place of the Burstbucker 3+ that was stock and it sounds fantastic. It seems to be able to rock just a bit harder than the Seth but has a similar tone. Since I play mostly 70's and 80's hard rock, the Pearly might be the winner.

 

[Ascension]

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Most versatile set I have used has been the 59/Custom Hybrid bridge with the Sentient in the neck. Run a 3 way and split switches and there is not much tonal ground I cant cover with that set up.

 

[Supernut]

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I love the Seymour Duncan SH11 in the bridge position with coil tap. Great clean or with OD.

 

[Guitarmusic]

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It is hard to just say one pickup, but for the bridge position I like the AT-1 if I had one choice. For rock music, it is pretty versatile and musical.

That custom/59 hybrid seems to be a home run too!

 

[Der Oberherr]

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I'd go for a JB Jr. It's good for me mainly because my ears are used to it and it's not a single coil (I haven't found a single coil that I feel sounds good in my hands). It also has something to it that separates it from full sized humbuckers which I can only describe by using the word focussed.

 

[ItsaBass]

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Gibson brand P90.

They are in my 330, my Junior, and my Melody Maker. I couldn't give those up.

That said, a classic Tele bridge pickup is RIGHT THERE with the P90. I only gave the slight edge to the P90 because I could not imagine not owning the guitars that I have with them. I am heavily sentimentally connected to all three of them. Two of them were inherited from my father when he died. The other one is one of the earlier guitars that I bought myself when I "branched out," after owning nothing but my Japanese Strat for about 12 or 13 years.

 

[AlexR]

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One of my vintage p90's

Or my Wizz PAF clones.

 

[Lucius Paisley]

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Ibanez Powersound 2.

 

[Clint 55]

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59 neck