JamesPaul
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First I am going to blame the "What Guitar Are You Playing Today?" topic for making me overthink this.
I will also admit to reviewing Aceman's "What Is The Most Versatile Pickup Duncan Makes?" topic to gather some historic insight.
The guitar has plenty of tones available. It is HH, with a switch for B/B+N/N, and a second which splits the B or N to single coil. As already noted, I am not hating the stock pickups. Of course as they are not Duncans, I had to start thinking if some Duncans might make it more versatile?
I would be inclined to put my favored Custom/Jazz set in it. Still, I know I have seen those topics about how well a Black Winter or a <insert any SD hotter than a Distortion> will clean up.
If needed, it is an Alder body and Maple board/neck.
So, considering traditional humbuckers, not looking to rewire, add controls, etc., does anyone have a set which will get me some more tonal variety without losing the Custom/Jazz center?
Edit: It must have been a Freudian slip but somehow I switched from my Jazz neck to a JB neck in that last sentence. Corrected.
I will also admit to reviewing Aceman's "What Is The Most Versatile Pickup Duncan Makes?" topic to gather some historic insight.
The guitar has plenty of tones available. It is HH, with a switch for B/B+N/N, and a second which splits the B or N to single coil. As already noted, I am not hating the stock pickups. Of course as they are not Duncans, I had to start thinking if some Duncans might make it more versatile?
I would be inclined to put my favored Custom/Jazz set in it. Still, I know I have seen those topics about how well a Black Winter or a <insert any SD hotter than a Distortion> will clean up.
If needed, it is an Alder body and Maple board/neck.
So, considering traditional humbuckers, not looking to rewire, add controls, etc., does anyone have a set which will get me some more tonal variety without losing the Custom/Jazz center?
Edit: It must have been a Freudian slip but somehow I switched from my Jazz neck to a JB neck in that last sentence. Corrected.
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