Neck Pup in my Schecter..HELP!

[Schecter006Elite]

Hey, I just wanted to post and see f you guys could help me out. I can't ever seem to find a good neck pup to match my likings. I tried a Full Shred but it blended horribly with my Distortion Bridge Pup and I just overal did not like the tone. I have a Jazz in there right now and it has too muich bass and sounds HORRIBLE on the low strings. Its alright for soloing but i am just not too into it, plus its blends very badly. I play metal and I have a distortion in my bridge right now as I already said. I am playing out of a Marshall mg100DFX amp (just letting everyone know for good measure) it just seems like I cannot find anything to partner up with my Guitar well. I think I heard people say the Alnico 2 pro sounds nice in a schecter and the Pearly Gates also sounded very nice. How would a JB work out also? Someone please help me out!

 

[theodie]

Re: Neck Pup in my Schecter..HELP!

I find the APH to be somewhat similar to the Jazz. Its reminds me of the Jazz with less bass. I heard that if you take the Alnico 5 out of the Jazz and replace it with an alnico 2, it is alot like an aph.

 

[Schecter006Elite]

Re: Neck Pup in my Schecter..HELP!

Well, does that mean the A2P would not work for metal. If its like the jazz, than I doubt it has a great output (I'll check in a minute) and it will get very muddy from all the distortion. The Schecter is very bassy and heavy so it doesnt take a lot...

 

[Jag513]

Re: Neck Pup in my Schecter..HELP!

How are you getting too much bass from a Jazz? They're very sparkly in the treble range. Have you tried lowering it?

 

[theodie]

Re: Neck Pup in my Schecter..HELP!

Well, does that mean the A2P would not work for metal. If its like the jazz, than I doubt it has a great output (I'll check in a minute) and it will get very muddy from all the distortion. The Schecter is very bassy and heavy so it doesnt take a lot...

Do you really wnat alot of output in the neck position? In my opinion the APH dosent get as muddy as most neck pickups. It has sort of a bell like chime to it. You can always lower the pickup or, wire it in parallel also. You would probally like the Bill Lawrence L-500C in my Jackson.

 

[Jocelyn]

Re: Neck Pup in my Schecter..HELP!

How are you getting too much bass from a Jazz? They're very sparkly in the treble range. Have you tried lowering it?

+1 to that also what wood is your guitar made of? maybe if u changed ur bridge piuk up to a Custom or Jb it wld match better. You cld also try the aph2

 

[Schecter006Elite]

Re: Neck Pup in my Schecter..HELP!

Well I definately dont wanna change my bridge because I love my tone (its a DD!) but the guitar has:

Mahogany body
Flamed maple top
Satin finish
Set maple neck
Rosewood fretboard
Tune-o-matic bridge
Grover tuners
Jumbo frets
Cream neck binding

I think I am gonna get a Distortion neck, a set of the same buckers surely cant sound bad, especially if i love the bridge version i already have....right?

 

[Schecter006Elite]

Re: Neck Pup in my Schecter..HELP!

Bump!