NECK PU' ADVICE!! new on the board

[VaiHalen]

Hi, new to the forum. I need to replace the (single) neck pickup on my axe:
Body: alder
Neck:maple
Fingerboard:rosewood
Floyd Rose

I want to be able to get warm, clean tones for both rhythm playing and single-line solos in a jazz setting.
I also want to be able to get a smooth, singing sustain when using
the neck pickup for high-gain ala "Carlos Santana".

Please answer me, I'm getting a Duncan pu' for my birthday (15 june). Thanks everybody.

 

[kaknight]

Re: NECK PU' ADVICE!! new on the board

tough call. Until you got the Santana part of your description, I was thinking that the way to go was an AIIpro. But I am not sure that will get you a Santana tone. That might be better with a lil59. Overall, I would probably recommend the former instead of the latter. the AII is super smooth sounding and has a wonderful tone that isn't harsh at all.

 

[VaiHalen]

Re: NECK PU' ADVICE!! new on the board

And for the bridge, mainly for metal stuff with a lot oh harmonics, what do you recommend??

 

[joelap]

Re: NECK PU' ADVICE!! new on the board

For the bridge, If you're looking for a metal sounding pickup with a lot of Harmonics, get the Duncan Distortion. If you expect to play cleans with the bridge you might want to consider a JB however. If you have a single coil bridge, go with a Hot rails.

My two cents

 

[VaiHalen]

Re: NECK PU' ADVICE!! new on the board

The Tone Wizard says: neck-little 59m middle-duckbucker, bridge-Custom 5.
What do you think of this set, for the stuff I describe above?

 

[tone4days]

Re: NECK PU' ADVICE!! new on the board

i like what the tonewizard said ...

another idea:

lil 59 n
cool rails middle
JB bridge

good luck
t4d

 

[scooter]

Re: NECK PU' ADVICE!! new on the board

JB (b) /lil 59 (m)/ APS1 staggered