Interesting pickups for a semi-hollow?

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Now that I'm back in Canada, I've been digging through some of my older guitars, figuring out what I want to sell, what I want to keep. One that never spoke to me originally but I really like now is my Ibanez AS103NT. It has a solid neck, a nice punchy semi-hollow sound, and it's a really beautiful looking guitar.

Plugged in, it sounds fairly nice but I have that pickup switching urge, especially next to my WLH bearing strat it just doesn't sound that 'special'. I'm a jazz player, both more modern fusion and trad stuff. I'm ONLY looking for lower or vintage output stuff. I'm looking for something a bit more 'interesting' or special in that vein, something to really separate it from my other HH guitars.

Special Note: If I CAN'T find anything that really makes me perk up, there's a decently high chance that I'll end up with Seth Lovers. I just wanted to put my feelers out first and hears some other suggestions.
 
Re: Interesting pickups for a semi-hollow?

I have WLH in my 335. Great for jazz. Nice and clear top end for articulation. Warm and fat mids. Plenty of low end for those walking basslines when comping singers. I like them because it makes my 335 sound as fat as my 175.
 
Re: Interesting pickups for a semi-hollow?

gibson175 said:
I have WLH in my 335. Great for jazz. Nice and clear top end for articulation. Warm and fat mids. Plenty of low end for those walking basslines when comping singers. I like them because it makes my 335 sound as fat as my 175.
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It's actually crossed my mind to switch my WLH set into the semi-hollow and then look for a P90 or Gold Foil pickguard for my strat. The WLH set sounds SO good.
 
Re: Interesting pickups for a semi-hollow?

Well, the WLH do sound good for Jazz, both clean and slightly dirty. For a semi-hollow, my favs are the Seths. You can go from Wes-style thumping to Holdsworth-y sax-inspired shred with those.
 
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