Recommmendations for Neck Pickup for Clean Tone in Basswood git

[Jack_TriPpEr]

I've got a Ibanez RG series git w a H-H pup setup, that I am trying to find the right pup in the neck position to give me a great clean tone, no grit/dirt, and not produce the bass heavy frequencies that are inherent in the neck position on a basswood guitar. Note: there is no maple cap on this git, just 100% basswood body.

My ideal clean tone falls somewhere between "warm" and "bright".

Already tried a Dimarzio Humbucker From Hell but it was just too bright.

I've done a lot of research via this forum and others, and Dimarzio PAF Pro comes up with a lot of votes. Downside is, Dimarzio website doesn't have a demo soundclip for this pup played clean in neck. My best efforts to find an appropriate demo soundclip on the internetz yields nothing approrpriate.

Can anyone vouch for the PAF Pro as good neck position, no dirt/grit clean tone?

Or alternate recommendations are welcome? Stag Mag has appealing soundclips here on SD website, but they are made from bridge position.

Thanks!

 

[Artie]

Re: Recommmendations for Neck Pickup for Clean Tone in Basswood git

I have an Ibanez Jetking, (the JTK1 version), which is an all basswood body, and I have a pair of AII Pros in it and it sounds great. Both positions are super clean, and warm-ish. Its one of my few guitars thats "set". I can't imagine ever changing the pups out on it.

 

[Jack_TriPpEr]

Re: Recommmendations for Neck Pickup for Clean Tone in Basswood git

I have an Ibanez Jetking, (the JTK1 version), which is an all basswood body, and I have a pair of AII Pros in it and it sounds great. Both positions are super clean, and warm-ish. Its one of my few guitars thats "set". I can't imagine ever changing the pups out on it.

"AII Pro" - is that the Seymour Duncan APH-1 pickup?

 

[Ashurbanipal]

Re: Recommmendations for Neck Pickup for Clean Tone in Basswood git

^^ Yes, that's the standard one.

I had a PAF Pro in the neck position of my Roadstar (24 frets) and it didn't work - seemed bland and kind of distant sounding. I took out one screw spacer for a half air mod to get a cleaner tone but it still wasn't there for me.

Then I put in a Jazz, which was much better - very articulate, you might like this one.

But, I feel I've done one better with a Jazz/59 hybrid - a tad warmer, more harmonically rich and 3D sounding.

 

[Jack_TriPpEr]

Re: Recommmendations for Neck Pickup for Clean Tone in Basswood git

sound clips here on SD site sound really promising for APH-1, if I am same page with you regarding "AII Pro". SD clean neck Soundclip only gives sample of arpeggiated playing though - if I do medium/strong strumming on an open G chord for example, this pup's sound still remains pretty clean?

 

[Jack_TriPpEr]

Re: Recommmendations for Neck Pickup for Clean Tone in Basswood git

^^ Yes, that's the standard one.

I had a PAF Pro in the neck position of my Roadstar (24 frets) and it didn't work - seemed bland and kind of distant sounding. I took out one screw spacer for a half air mod to get a cleaner tone but it still wasn't there for me.

Then I put in a Jazz, which was much better - very articulate, you might like this one.

But, I feel I've done one better with a Jazz/59 hybrid - a tad warmer, more harmonically rich and 3D sounding.

To my ears, sound samples of straight-up Jazz pup in neck pos, clean tone here on SD site were already a little too warm for my tastes - so Jazz/59 hybrid sounds like its heading further in that direction. Too bad SD site doesn't have a sound sample available for Jazz/59 hybrid.

 

[Artie]

Re: Recommmendations for Neck Pickup for Clean Tone in Basswood git

As Ashurbanipal already said, yes, it is the APH-1. But even though I said this guitar was "set", he did remind me that I've wanted to try a Jazz set also. I've heard nothing but good things about that pup. Especially in the neck.