Pickup Suggestions for a Maple Bodied Guitar

[Fiesta Red]

Hi,

I have a solid maple bodied strat with one humbucker, a brass bridge, and a maple neck/board. I play 80s rock and blues. I don't like the way the 59 sounds that is in it now. I was thinking either a DD or SD. I had an ESP Kamikaze that was a maple bodied guitar that had a DD in it that sounded pretty good, but it had a maple neck with an ebony board. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

-Mark

 

[AmpliFIRE]

Re: Pickup Suggestions for a Maple Bodied Guitar

Hey Mark,

Ralph (Gainfreak) has a Custom in his solid maple GMW and it sounds GREAT.

 

[Jeff_H]

Re: Pickup Suggestions for a Maple Bodied Guitar

What don't you like about the 59? My first assumption is that the guitar is very bright, and you want to tone it down a notch. I'd look at something A2, like the CC. Warm, yet higher output. It will do everything but the most serious thrash.

 

[metalspider]

Re: Pickup Suggestions for a Maple Bodied Guitar

i have a custom in my m1tiger and it sounds great.

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Pickup Suggestions for a Maple Bodied Guitar

The CC will do everything in an all maple axe. I have one in my all maple Carvin with an ebony fingerboard and it can get great clean and heavily overdriven tones.

 

[zilong]

Re: Pickup Suggestions for a Maple Bodied Guitar

i'd go for either the duncan CC or a dimarzio super 3. they're relatively similar in that they got that big mid boost you need to warm up maple. i have a super 3 in my all maple ibanez and i need to BOOST treble on my amp >_> it sure sounds nice and warm tho. quite different from mahogany, i likes =D

remember tho, that the super 3 has crazy output and may not work out for your styles.