Should I swap my Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates neck pickup for a DiMarzio Liquifire?

[FerMetalhead1]

If you happen to come across a PG Bridge you will see it is just the neck with some more wire on it. A bit more volume and a tad less highs. Highly recommended for a fuller neck!

Wow! I thought it would be the opposite: to give a brighter and harsh sound. Thanks for the tip!

 

[jeremy]

the reason a bridge pup sounds bright is the physical position on the guitar near the bridge. back in the day gibson wound one spec of humbucker, threw one in the neck and one in the bridge. the difference you hear is due to the location of the pup. when calibrated sets started coming around, the bridge pup usually had more turns than the neck to give it a fuller sound with more output to compensate for the lack of string movement near the bridge

 

[FerMetalhead1]

the reason a bridge pup sounds bright is the physical position on the guitar near the bridge. back in the day gibson wound one spec of humbucker, threw one in the neck and one in the bridge. the difference you hear is due to the location of the pup. when calibrated sets started coming around, the bridge pup usually had more turns than the neck to give it a fuller sound with more output to compensate for the lack of string movement near the bridge

Yeah, totally makes sense.

 

[alex1fly]

Hi guys! I´m finally back after a while, sorry for the absence. After thinking and overthinking about it for some time, I came to a decision: I´m keeping my PG neck. I recently discovered I´m more of a PAF guy, and by swaping the pickup I'd be sacrificing most of its tonal characteristics. Actually, I realized the pickup was not that trebly, it just had a more pronounced upper midrange, which is great to cut through the mix when playing hi-gain solos (sometimes it seams it's louder than the Super Distortion). I use my tone knob whenever I want a darker sound for musical contexts that require so, like jazz, for example. Also, I love how it drives the amp (not as much as the Super D), but its on its way. As an additional fact, it splits very well and creates a great sound when both pickups are connected at the same time, kind of like the "woman" tone. Nevertheless, I wanna thank you all for your suggestions, I really appreciated the input.

There's not much that PAF based pickups can't do in my experience. You may have to search for the sound via amp/pedal/technique and other various adjustments, but they sound pretty dang good at many many tones and that's why they've stayed around for so long. Glad you found your satisfaction!

 

[donaldr]

Good to hear! The tone knob, as obvious as it is, is forgotten way too much. It is a really expressive control.

I cannot imagine having a guitar without tone pots!!! I usually dial my sound brighter than what I would use and lower the tone pot a bit. If I want to cut I only have to raise the tone pot closer to 10, no need to play with the amp eq.

 

[Demanic]

Pg's are rather low output actually.

Middy/bass will not give you great cleans. Polar opposites actually. Petrucci has the best neck lead tone. Get what he uses

That would be the Liquidfire.

 

[jmcorey]

If I were you and I were going DiMarzio in the neck, I would try a Super 2 if you want higher output or more likely a PAF Pro in the neck.


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