Okay I got a Schecter Tempest Extreme for my birthday, and while I love the feel the pickups don't do it for me. I want to replace them with single coils so I can get a sharper tone more suited to my grunge/shoegaze/alternative in general styles. Any recommendations? I was thinking of the Seymour Duncan Jazzmaster pickups.
Single Coils in my Schecter
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drew_half_empty
Looking for Real Life
Re: Single Coils in my Schecter
what comes in that tempest? given the name i'm guessing EMG's
but really i think the right humbuckers with the right wiring could do everything you need
i have a brobucker/jazz set in my tempest custom, and with the coil tap both of them have really nice single coil tones, neck is stratty as hell, bridge is... kinda like a hardtail strat bridge but a little different. I can't comment on how they sound wired in parallel, i don't have a pot for that yet, but that's another way to make humbuckers sound more single coil-ish
just a thought
or p rails. P rails would be an awesome choice as well
what comes in that tempest? given the name i'm guessing EMG's
but really i think the right humbuckers with the right wiring could do everything you need
i have a brobucker/jazz set in my tempest custom, and with the coil tap both of them have really nice single coil tones, neck is stratty as hell, bridge is... kinda like a hardtail strat bridge but a little different. I can't comment on how they sound wired in parallel, i don't have a pot for that yet, but that's another way to make humbuckers sound more single coil-ish
just a thought
or p rails. P rails would be an awesome choice as well
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JB_From_Hell
Jomo's Nimions
Re: Single Coils in my Schecter
You would probably have to get something custom wound to fit jazzmaster pickups in your pickup routes.
Phat cats would probably be pretty cool, and drop right in your guitar.
You would probably have to get something custom wound to fit jazzmaster pickups in your pickup routes.
Phat cats would probably be pretty cool, and drop right in your guitar.
danglybanger
ReelItInologist
Re: Single Coils in my Schecter
...If you want single coil tone, I recommend a stag mag, which is much closer in construction to a single coil than a Phat Cat, despite not being one (besides, you can always run it split or in some other crazy wiring). A P90/phat cat really is a different thing from any Fender pickup... You'll get Phender tone, not Fender
Plus they sound like a Fender Widerange in full :smokin:
Alternatively, route and throw the JM pups in. Though remember that real JMs use meg pots.
...If you want single coil tone, I recommend a stag mag, which is much closer in construction to a single coil than a Phat Cat, despite not being one (besides, you can always run it split or in some other crazy wiring). A P90/phat cat really is a different thing from any Fender pickup... You'll get Phender tone, not Fender
Plus they sound like a Fender Widerange in full :smokin:
Alternatively, route and throw the JM pups in. Though remember that real JMs use meg pots.
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danglybanger
ReelItInologist
Re: Single Coils in my Schecter
asking curiously... how are the Rio Grande pickups "done right" compared to a Stag Mag?
asking curiously... how are the Rio Grande pickups "done right" compared to a Stag Mag?
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