CenterStaqeSilver
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I've gone and purchased a Jazz for neck and a Holy Grail HG-1500 for bridge. I'm about a month from having it ready to play, as other upgrades are in order, but I thought I'd toss that combo out for comments.
I think a Jazz/Holy Grail combo will produce great tones and versatility, but I intend on having two volumes and two tones (both probably at 500K) so that if the Holy Grail is slightly lower in volume, I can still mix the two pickups at whatever blend of volume and tone quality I want, for infinite possibilities. There will only be two pickups on the guitar, but I'm also going to have the series/parallel and Jazz split options available if possible.
Good thing the manufacturers supply plenty of wiring diagrams, and this site is so helpful on all the tech points, SO THANKS FOLKS!
Just FYI, other options I considered for single-sized humbucker bridge: Kinman AVN69b, Bill Lawrence L290S and L298, Seymour Duncan STK-S4 (but no sound samples and very few reviews in comparison), Lace Alumitone, Fender Strat Hot Noiseless, Cool Rails (I love that clean sound sample!), Fender Samarium Cobalt bridge. Due to the Jazz, I can't use the Lace Sensor Gold or Silver and the Blue and Red are too hot and dark. I suspect the Burgandy is also too dark, but very close to the output I'd need.
I think a Jazz/Holy Grail combo will produce great tones and versatility, but I intend on having two volumes and two tones (both probably at 500K) so that if the Holy Grail is slightly lower in volume, I can still mix the two pickups at whatever blend of volume and tone quality I want, for infinite possibilities. There will only be two pickups on the guitar, but I'm also going to have the series/parallel and Jazz split options available if possible.
Good thing the manufacturers supply plenty of wiring diagrams, and this site is so helpful on all the tech points, SO THANKS FOLKS!
Just FYI, other options I considered for single-sized humbucker bridge: Kinman AVN69b, Bill Lawrence L290S and L298, Seymour Duncan STK-S4 (but no sound samples and very few reviews in comparison), Lace Alumitone, Fender Strat Hot Noiseless, Cool Rails (I love that clean sound sample!), Fender Samarium Cobalt bridge. Due to the Jazz, I can't use the Lace Sensor Gold or Silver and the Blue and Red are too hot and dark. I suspect the Burgandy is also too dark, but very close to the output I'd need.
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