I have an Epiphone “Joe Pass” which I have upgraded with Seymour Duncan ’59 pickups. I play this guitar a lot and considered it worth the expense but the upgrade has only partly been successful. The bridge pickup is perfect; it delivers the cleanest jazz tone I could wish for. The neck pickup however far too twangy, so much so that I don’t like the sound and therefore do not use it.
Two questions;
a) if I replace the neck pickup, what could I replace it with? I would like the best of two worlds, with the clean jazz tone on the bridge pickup and a more dirty blues sound on the neck
b) I have a 70’s Martin E-18 solid body which I am also considering upgrading and rewiring. I would like to get the same set-up; a clean sound on one pickup, a more dirty blues sound on the other. What will the 59 neck pickup sound like on a solid body? And what other pickup could I put on to get the set up I seek?
thanks
Two questions;
a) if I replace the neck pickup, what could I replace it with? I would like the best of two worlds, with the clean jazz tone on the bridge pickup and a more dirty blues sound on the neck
b) I have a 70’s Martin E-18 solid body which I am also considering upgrading and rewiring. I would like to get the same set-up; a clean sound on one pickup, a more dirty blues sound on the other. What will the 59 neck pickup sound like on a solid body? And what other pickup could I put on to get the set up I seek?
thanks
