Poll: Your Favorite Neck Humbucker!
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F. Hails Railsologist
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Seth Love,r Jazz, Full Shred
Seth Love,r Jazz, Full Shred
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RACER X
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Yep, 59 here too.
Yep, 59 here too.
Big Mike Blues
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For me always been the APH II neck. Instant Richard Betts tone in my lester. :soapbox:
Guess I cant use his nickname.
For me always been the APH II neck. Instant Richard Betts tone in my lester. :soapbox:
Guess I cant use his nickname.
korovamilkdud
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Wow. I didn't expect to get 100+ votes when I started this thread. This is awesome. :headbang:
Wow. I didn't expect to get 100+ votes when I started this thread. This is awesome. :headbang:
Guitarsmasher911
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59n is my all time favorite. I love it on cleans.....it has a really nice warm tone to it. Gives me my bottom end...which i like. I'd say my second choice would be the Jazz. They both are great neck pups.
59n is my all time favorite. I love it on cleans.....it has a really nice warm tone to it. Gives me my bottom end...which i like. I'd say my second choice would be the Jazz. They both are great neck pups.
midnite_man
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I had to vote for the Jazz. Ever since I bought my Schecter C-1 Classic that comes with the Jazz/JB combo from the factory. I can see why Seymour call 'em his favorite set to use. And yes, split 'em up and you can get some great Strat/Tele sounds out of those pickups as well. They give that guitar so much depth....I'm truly amazed every time I play it.
I also really like the Custom/PGn combo in my LP a lot. From Billy G. to Eddie V., it's all good!
I had to vote for the Jazz. Ever since I bought my Schecter C-1 Classic that comes with the Jazz/JB combo from the factory. I can see why Seymour call 'em his favorite set to use. And yes, split 'em up and you can get some great Strat/Tele sounds out of those pickups as well. They give that guitar so much depth....I'm truly amazed every time I play it.
I also really like the Custom/PGn combo in my LP a lot. From Billy G. to Eddie V., it's all good!
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I've used a 59 in the neck of one of my Les Pauls and it sounded incredible. The same can be said for a Pearly Gates I used in the neck of my 335. In both cases, this was provided that their mate was the same or a similar (bridge) model. I still use a Screamin' Demon in the neck of my CS Non-Rev. Firebird which has a Custom in the bridge.
IMO, alot has to do with the neck pickup's compatibility with the bridge pickup. I always found that unless the neck and bridge pickups were thoroughly compatible, I'd wind up setting my amp to one pickup for it's optimum sound where the other pickup's sound would be greatly sacrificed. In the same vein, to make two (incompatible) pickups sound decent, I'd be sacrificing optimum sound from both.
I've used a 59 in the neck of one of my Les Pauls and it sounded incredible. The same can be said for a Pearly Gates I used in the neck of my 335. In both cases, this was provided that their mate was the same or a similar (bridge) model. I still use a Screamin' Demon in the neck of my CS Non-Rev. Firebird which has a Custom in the bridge.
IMO, alot has to do with the neck pickup's compatibility with the bridge pickup. I always found that unless the neck and bridge pickups were thoroughly compatible, I'd wind up setting my amp to one pickup for it's optimum sound where the other pickup's sound would be greatly sacrificed. In the same vein, to make two (incompatible) pickups sound decent, I'd be sacrificing optimum sound from both.
bloodswords
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...maybe i'm the only advocate here for high gain clarity in the neck, hence my choice- Full Shred. it's a tie with the Distortion actually but i have my inclinations for the FS...
...maybe i'm the only advocate here for high gain clarity in the neck, hence my choice- Full Shred. it's a tie with the Distortion actually but i have my inclinations for the FS...
TwilightOdyssey
Darkness on the edge of Tone
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I really don't like the sound of a full-space humbucker in the neck. I prefer the sound of a twin-blade Strat-sized pickup, like the Hot Rails. I like that roundness the tone gets; more of a classic Strat type of a tone.
I really don't like the sound of a full-space humbucker in the neck. I prefer the sound of a twin-blade Strat-sized pickup, like the Hot Rails. I like that roundness the tone gets; more of a classic Strat type of a tone.
texasguitarslinger
Mo Cow Bellologist
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'59n all the way, love that phat jazz tone. :dance:
'59n all the way, love that phat jazz tone. :dance:
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3 cent hero
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i voted other, cause i've never used a neck bucker :saeek:
although i'm gonna put a SH-5 in the neck of an LP one day :firedevil
with a custom shop bridge pup :headbang:
i voted other, cause i've never used a neck bucker :saeek:
although i'm gonna put a SH-5 in the neck of an LP one day :firedevil
with a custom shop bridge pup :headbang:
SingleCutDude
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This may sound odd . . . but the Invader is killer. Now, I don't normally use it because I want a more '59-ish tone . . . vintage with just a hair of dirt . . . but for leads and such, the Invader is an amazing neck pickup. It drives real nicely into a tube amp . . . and I've never ever heard a pickup that sounds as fine for high-gain leadwork.
I just felt I'd throw that out there, so many people use that pickup in the bridge, but I don't like that sound so much . . .
This may sound odd . . . but the Invader is killer. Now, I don't normally use it because I want a more '59-ish tone . . . vintage with just a hair of dirt . . . but for leads and such, the Invader is an amazing neck pickup. It drives real nicely into a tube amp . . . and I've never ever heard a pickup that sounds as fine for high-gain leadwork.
I just felt I'd throw that out there, so many people use that pickup in the bridge, but I don't like that sound so much . . .
delt
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i have a seymour duncan full shred, and it's defective.... one of the coils gives an extremely low, hardly audible output. tested this by wiring it directly to my gt-3 and holding a tuning fork next to the coils.
i took it apart and checked the impedances directly at the coil leads, one of them gives its regular 7 Kohms, the other one (the one that gives no output) measures around 1500K.
can't see anything else than a broken coil....... =(
i have a seymour duncan full shred, and it's defective.... one of the coils gives an extremely low, hardly audible output. tested this by wiring it directly to my gt-3 and holding a tuning fork next to the coils.
i took it apart and checked the impedances directly at the coil leads, one of them gives its regular 7 Kohms, the other one (the one that gives no output) measures around 1500K.
can't see anything else than a broken coil....... =(
