SD Humbucker with the most low end?

[Drainyoo]

Hey folks, looking to upgrade the pups in my Squier Affinity HH Strat and I want to know which SD humbucker offers the biggest low end. The EQ charts on the site aren’t helpful and no way I can find to compare them. Thanks!

 

[GuitarDoc]

There are a few with lots of low end but they are different. Some can have a tight low end and others have Big lows but they sound muddy to me.
And what do you want with the top and mids? They all come in a package deal.

Invader has a big low end but the whole thing is flubby/muddy to my ears. The only way I can enjoy that pup is wired parallel.
Alt 8 has a good solid low end with lots of mids to match and a strong high end but not bright by any means. Nothing like the Invader.

So really, what are you looking for? And what type of music you want to play with it?

 

[Drainyoo]

I play heavily distorted shoe gaze. Looking for a pup that is dark, thick, warm, crunchy, etc, with a big low end. Don’t want too much high end where it’s piercing.

 

[Chistopher]

Tone Zone bridge, Bluesbucker neck. The TZ is dark and thick. The BB is a P90 sound, not dark, but it compliments the TZ well.

 

[Ashurbanipal]

Maybe the Slug for ultimate sludgy darkness.

 

[Mincer]

I play heavily distorted shoe gaze. Looking for a pup that is dark, thick, warm, crunchy, etc, with a big low end. Don’t want too much high end where it’s piercing.

Actually, I think the Invader was made for this stuff.

 

[Seashore]

Second the Invader. You can also back that one away from the strings a lot more than most others if you're looking for crunch and clarity. There is a sweet spot.

Bare Knuckle Warpig with a ceramic magnet would also be great for this kind of sound.

 

[Chistopher]

Maybe the Slug for ultimate sludgy darkness.

I was thinking the Slug too, but I didn't have enough experience with it to bring it up

 

[Rex_Rocker]

Just to throw another option, the X2N is also pretty dark and bassy. It's been ages since I've tried the Invader, but I think the X2N is along those lines too.

 

[Securb]

Hey folks, looking to upgrade the pups in my Squier Affinity HH Strat !

If you put an Invader in there you pretty much have a Tom DeLonge Stratocaster, a proven workhorse, and a great sounding guitar. Another vote for the Invader.

 

[jeremy]

invader would be my first choice

 

[Ashurbanipal]

People here have also done various experiments with the Invader and reported - iirc changing out the big cap nuts to something smaller can alter the low end, so it might be a good option in case of necessary tweakage.

I was thinking the Slug too, but I didn't have enough experience with it to bring it up

It certainly looks the part! If it's too dark, maybe like a 1meg volume would balance it out a bit.

 

[GuitarDoc]

Actually, I think the Invader was made for this stuff.

That's what I was thinking

 

[80's_Thrash_Metal]

Yep, Invader

 

[elelpe]

Duncan Custom gets my vote.

 

[Drainyoo]

Thanks all for the recommendations! I will check them all out.

 

[dave74]

Invader.
The closest Dimarzio is the d'activator-X bridge model.

 

[Artie]

If you put an Invader in there you pretty much have a Tom DeLonge Stratocaster, a proven workhorse, and a great sounding guitar. Another vote for the Invader.

Not only that, but if the OP did a simple DPDT switch for series/parallel, you'd have some pretty good tone options.

 

[Mincer]

Also, Invaders are very easily found, and recently they've been available in all sorts of fashion colors.

 

[Artie]

Also, Invaders are very easily found, and recently they've been available in all sorts of fashion colors.

Black on white is sweet.