Recommended coil splittable humbuckers for jazz (neck) and metal/hard rock (bridge)

krispenhartung

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I'm looking for a recommendation here on replacement pickups for my Paul Reed Smith S2 Singlecut.
This may be asking too much or generate too much contrast in output between the two pickups, but I need to be able get a clean and full jazz tone with my neck pickup, but then turn around flip the switch and play metal or hard rock on the bridge pickup. So, imagine playing standards one night, plugged into a Fender Twin, Polytone, or JC120, and the next night plugging into a Boogie triple rectifier stack and playing progressive metal. I was thinking of the Benedetto A6 for neck, but I don't think that pickup is coil splitable, right?
 
Re: Recommended coil splittable humbuckers for jazz (neck) and metal/hard rock (bridg

Welcome to the forum!

I'd go with an Alnico II Pro in the neck, which does a great job with jazz, and sounds great split. For the bridge, go for a Custom, which is an awesome hard rock and metal pickup. Tight lows, good output, and scoopy EQ profile.
 
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