Pearly gates Neck vs Jazz Neck with split coil tones

[audiocheck]

Re: Pearly gates Neck vs Jazz Neck with split coil tones

If "believable single coil" is the priority then it's either a Stag Mag (for Strat-style) or a P-Rails (for P-90-style); from Seymour Duncan, that is. Neither provide traditional humbucker sounds.

I could argue this. I have the StagMag in the neck of a LP and while it nails the Strat sound when split, it also makes a very convincing Les Paul humbucker tone.

 

[gregory]

Re: Pearly gates Neck vs Jazz Neck with split coil tones

...and it's hard for me to argue against it from my own personal preference which is for neck humbuckers that aren't (overly) scooped or devoid of some push somewhere in the mids to high mids. Though I read "traditional" as more PAF-oriented, which can mean different things to different people, though I don't think the SH-3 qualifies.

 

[Mincer]

Re: Pearly gates Neck vs Jazz Neck with split coil tones

I use a split Jazz in my Music Man, which I admit is a very mid-heavy guitar. It is so mid-heavy that a Jazz sounds like an Alnico II Pro...no joke.

 

[BlueSkiesAndPaign]

Re: Pearly gates Neck vs Jazz Neck with split coil tones

I second the Lace Dually Blue/Gold option. Otherwise a Dimarzio Bluesbucker wont be bad, ballpark-wise.

Carvin C22N spiits super pretty, and can do thick lead parts when not split. For reference, Neil Zaza's live videos.

In general, in any HH guitar i usually use the middle position (bridge+neck both split) for the jangle.