Looking for a humbucker that is a bit hotter than the High Voltage...

[Ronnie_Snow]

I'm looking for a humbucker with medium output...
I currently have a Pearly Gates/ Custom Hybrid with an A2. I also have a High Voltage.

I need something in between.
The PG/C Hybrid is a bit too hot and the High Voltage doesn't have enough.

I am currently thinking the Slash 2.0 but there's not a lot out there comparing them to anything...
There's also similar thinking around the CS Brobucker...

Any opinions welcomed...

 

[beaubrummels]

My Brobucker isn't much hotter than a Pearly Gates. It's in between a Seth and an A2P. The mid spike is in the upper mids making it chimy, rather than honk or the wide mid bump of an A2P. A Slash would be a good call. It's kind of it's own thing. It's a flat wall of punch, IME. Haven't tried the 2.0 but my understanding is it's even hotter, but not by much.

 

[Chistopher]

Do you mean hot as in volume or hot as in rolled off treble and big mids?

 

[Ronnie_Snow]

Do you mean hot as in volume or hot as in rolled off treble and big mids?

By hot I mean how hard it pushes the amp... regardless of where the volume is

SD Custom Shop got back to me and said the HV is a slightly degaussed magnet. They recommended the Slash 2.0 and the 78 as both have fully charged magnets...

Turned off the 78 from the comments about it being too bright...

 

[Mincer]

Yeah, 78 is actually brighter than the description leads you to believe. That was my experience, anyway.

 

[skelt101]

Have you tried an A3 magnet in your PG/C Hybrid? It might change the EQ a little, but should also give less output.

 

[jeremy]

i do like a3 in hotter bridge pups to tame them. a custom with a3 is a fantastic bridge pup.

i think the slash 2.0 might be a winner here. also, i find the brobucker hotter than the pgb. i love em both. 78 is bright to my ear, it works really well into a cranked tube amp though

 

[playas]

...or get a fully charged A2 and save yourself some money.