Pickups to compliment SH15 and/or SH6?

[premiumdan]

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Hey, All. First time post...

I have a pair of Yamaha "tele" guitars -- alder body/maple neck/humbuckers.
Changed the pickups: one has a Distortion set, the other has an Alternative-8 bridge/Jazz neck combo.

Just recently acquired ANOTHER of these guitars, same construction, older model.
Going to swap out the stocks as I'm looking to find a similar-yet-different set to compliment the Distortion (ceramic).
Really, I'd like to find something that would compliment the Alternative-8 (AlNiCo-VIII) sound, but it appears to be a different animal.

Might change it up eventually, but my guitars are currently tuned C-c (not "drop").
I play whatever comes out, which tends to be heavy, although I DO fall off of the wagon occasionally.

I would prefer to stay with a passive system.

Thoughts?

Cheers, All!
-Dan

 

[guitarjunkie986]

Re: Pickups to compliment SH15 and/or SH6?

I'd recommend the Sentient/Nazgul set. That set sounds great for heavy stuff, and stays nice and tight for lower tunings. The Sentient is fantastic for cleans, kind of like a blend of the '59 and Jazz.

You might look into the Black Winter set also. They will be a bit brighter, and can get a little more saturated sounding compared to the Nazgul. Cleans aren't quite as good compared to the Sentient in the neck.

 

[Demanic]

Re: Pickups to compliment SH15 and/or SH6?

I've got an DistortionA4n/Alt8 set in an agathis Ibanez. Heavy but very nice clean.

 

[premiumdan]

Re: Pickups to compliment SH15 and/or SH6?

What about the SH15 sound, unless those you mentioned would be comparable?

 

[premiumdan]

Re: Pickups to compliment SH15 and/or SH6?

Winter in the bridge, Sentient in the neck ... perhaps?