Owwwccchhh
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Hey everyone. I am still very new here, and wondering what everyone thinks is the best set of pickups for extreme versatility. Such as a bridge pup for super death metal and a neck one for blues or jazz. Any suggestions?!
Most versatile HH pup set?
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Christopher Caruana
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Re: Most versatile HH pup set?
Dimebucker (bridge)
Jazz (neck)
Dimebucker (bridge)
Jazz (neck)
Owwwccchhh
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Really? I like the idea of a Pegasus bridge and a whole lot of humbucker neck.
Really? I like the idea of a Pegasus bridge and a whole lot of humbucker neck.
Falloffthebonetone
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My recommendation is brighter and mid-low output pickups like the 59/C bridge and a Jazz neck. Keep and use your tone controls and include coil splitting.
Pairing 2 extremes can be very versatile, but it can also leave you hangning with an untouchable middle ground of tone you might be looking for, so choose carefully if you're gonna go that route. It's always easier to put more gain on a weak pickup than it is to take it away from a hot one, especially if you don't have an amp with a good amount of clean headroom.
My recommendation is brighter and mid-low output pickups like the 59/C bridge and a Jazz neck. Keep and use your tone controls and include coil splitting.
Pairing 2 extremes can be very versatile, but it can also leave you hangning with an untouchable middle ground of tone you might be looking for, so choose carefully if you're gonna go that route. It's always easier to put more gain on a weak pickup than it is to take it away from a hot one, especially if you don't have an amp with a good amount of clean headroom.
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blueman335
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'Versatile' usually means a neck and bridge PU that have little in common with each other so you can cover as much ground as possible. I personally see no appeal in that. I'd rather have two PU's with some tonal similarities, along with some tonal differences for contrast. It makes it much easier for me to dial in the amp's EQ when they're not polar opposites in EQ.
You want versatility? Use two guitars (different designs and woods) with different PU's in each. That'll beat what any one guitar can do. There's a lot of good quality reasonably-priced guitars today, new and used, so there's rarely any reason for the mythical 'do-it-all guitar.'
'Versatile' usually means a neck and bridge PU that have little in common with each other so you can cover as much ground as possible. I personally see no appeal in that. I'd rather have two PU's with some tonal similarities, along with some tonal differences for contrast. It makes it much easier for me to dial in the amp's EQ when they're not polar opposites in EQ.
You want versatility? Use two guitars (different designs and woods) with different PU's in each. That'll beat what any one guitar can do. There's a lot of good quality reasonably-priced guitars today, new and used, so there's rarely any reason for the mythical 'do-it-all guitar.'
Progbusters
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black winter?
black winter?
Re: Most versatile HH pup set?
Nazgul in the bridge, and P-Rails neck, both with Triple Shot Rings. It will be plenty versatile, and amazingly unique.
Nazgul in the bridge, and P-Rails neck, both with Triple Shot Rings. It will be plenty versatile, and amazingly unique.
treyhaislip
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Dimebucker in the bridge hands down, IMO. The pickup definitely nails the Metal tone BUT covers so much more! Can get Country & Chicken Pickin tones to Classic Rock as well...not just the Dimebag tone.
I like the idea of the P-Rails (granted I've never owned one) as it offers the options for a Humbucker, P90 and a Rail Single Coil...very versatile.
Dimebucker in the bridge hands down, IMO. The pickup definitely nails the Metal tone BUT covers so much more! Can get Country & Chicken Pickin tones to Classic Rock as well...not just the Dimebag tone.
I like the idea of the P-Rails (granted I've never owned one) as it offers the options for a Humbucker, P90 and a Rail Single Coil...very versatile.
Re: Most versatile HH pup set?
What you are asking for (from your example of sounds) is not extremely versatile tones, but tonally extreme with no middle ground. I would not consider that very versatile. The most versatile set I could personally recommend from lots of experience is the P-Rails in both bridge (with A8 magnet next to Rail), and neck (with both A5's). And both pups mounted in Triple Shots so you can get series, parallel, P-90, and Rail coil from each pup.
What you are asking for (from your example of sounds) is not extremely versatile tones, but tonally extreme with no middle ground. I would not consider that very versatile. The most versatile set I could personally recommend from lots of experience is the P-Rails in both bridge (with A8 magnet next to Rail), and neck (with both A5's). And both pups mounted in Triple Shots so you can get series, parallel, P-90, and Rail coil from each pup.
Securb
One of Jerry's Kids
Re: Most versatile HH pup set?
I have this exact setup in my Iceman. The Dimebucker sounds great for heavier classic rock. If has just enough power to break up a tube amp nicely, it also sounds sweet with a boost pedal. Throw it in a high gain situation and it can handle everything you throw at it. Split it can handle any territory you could want from country/Southern Rock to funk. The Jazz neck as you can imagine it is a great blues, jazz and country pickup. It also takes to dirt well and is fantastic for rock. One thing I was not expecting is the Jazz split does a pretty impressive Strat tone. The cool thing about these pickups is they play nice together. I get a great middle position, I also have them on a phase switch so I can dial in a bit of Page or Dr. May if need be.
I have this exact setup in my Iceman. The Dimebucker sounds great for heavier classic rock. If has just enough power to break up a tube amp nicely, it also sounds sweet with a boost pedal. Throw it in a high gain situation and it can handle everything you throw at it. Split it can handle any territory you could want from country/Southern Rock to funk. The Jazz neck as you can imagine it is a great blues, jazz and country pickup. It also takes to dirt well and is fantastic for rock. One thing I was not expecting is the Jazz split does a pretty impressive Strat tone. The cool thing about these pickups is they play nice together. I get a great middle position, I also have them on a phase switch so I can dial in a bit of Page or Dr. May if need be.
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