eclecticsynergy
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Humbucker highs can be pretty aggressive in a thin-sounding guitar - are you running a 250K volume pot?
JBs are sometimes pretty picky about which guitars they like. I concur that it's worth trying an A8 in it, though.
For a swap, my first rec would be The Breed bridge. It was designed specifically for beefing up 25½" scale bolt-on guitars.
Plenty of low mids, fabulous lead voice - stays full even up the neck on the high strings - and it splits well too.
They were discontinued several years ago but there are still a few of NOS ones on eBay & Reverb.
Big +1 on the PATB-1b. The Parallel Axis pickups totally rock. Still almost unknown outside of discussion groups.
An even more exotic option would be the Fuglybucker - one rail coil, one PATB coil. Astonishing spit tone. If you can find one.
Perpetual Burn, AT-1, and Custom Custom all do really well in HSS Strat types too.
Probably none of the above will be as hot as a Super Distortion. On the plus side, they'll all balance better with the singles.
The Anderson H2+ and H3 offer remarkably good split tones thanks to an unusual vertical-magnet design.
And their full-humbucking tones are really good too. Both are popular & very well-regarded for in HSS guitars
If you wanted to match the output of your Super D precisely, you could drop one into the Superstrat too.
It'll still sound different enough from the Les Paul, but should be pretty close level-wise.
It's very convenient being able to keep the exact same gain settings when you switch guitars.
And you'd have a pretty solid split tone for the straight-up Strat parts of the set.
Just brainstorming... If split tone is the main priority and series mode only gets used once in a while:
A double-singlecoil type humbucker gives you true singlecoil tone when split.
Duncan has the StagMag, other makers offer models along similar lines.
I have a TallBreed from Rio Grande that kicks serious butt even when split.
One drawback with dual-singlecoil types is that the series humbucking tone isn't as smooth as conventional designs.
Their magnetic field is quite strong and more tightly focused than typical hums.
The upside is, they punch like champs. Plus, lead lines retain attack & definition really well, even with a ton of gain.
JBs are sometimes pretty picky about which guitars they like. I concur that it's worth trying an A8 in it, though.
For a swap, my first rec would be The Breed bridge. It was designed specifically for beefing up 25½" scale bolt-on guitars.
Plenty of low mids, fabulous lead voice - stays full even up the neck on the high strings - and it splits well too.
They were discontinued several years ago but there are still a few of NOS ones on eBay & Reverb.
Big +1 on the PATB-1b. The Parallel Axis pickups totally rock. Still almost unknown outside of discussion groups.
An even more exotic option would be the Fuglybucker - one rail coil, one PATB coil. Astonishing spit tone. If you can find one.
Perpetual Burn, AT-1, and Custom Custom all do really well in HSS Strat types too.
Probably none of the above will be as hot as a Super Distortion. On the plus side, they'll all balance better with the singles.
The Anderson H2+ and H3 offer remarkably good split tones thanks to an unusual vertical-magnet design.
And their full-humbucking tones are really good too. Both are popular & very well-regarded for in HSS guitars
If you wanted to match the output of your Super D precisely, you could drop one into the Superstrat too.
It'll still sound different enough from the Les Paul, but should be pretty close level-wise.
It's very convenient being able to keep the exact same gain settings when you switch guitars.
And you'd have a pretty solid split tone for the straight-up Strat parts of the set.
Just brainstorming... If split tone is the main priority and series mode only gets used once in a while:
A double-singlecoil type humbucker gives you true singlecoil tone when split.
Duncan has the StagMag, other makers offer models along similar lines.
I have a TallBreed from Rio Grande that kicks serious butt even when split.
One drawback with dual-singlecoil types is that the series humbucking tone isn't as smooth as conventional designs.
Their magnetic field is quite strong and more tightly focused than typical hums.
The upside is, they punch like champs. Plus, lead lines retain attack & definition really well, even with a ton of gain.
