Hey guys. What about a smoother and A BIT hotter neck pickup than the usual vintage/vintage-hot things? It was originally an antiquity texas hot set with custom bridge which i love but i couldn't live without that alnico 5 thing on the bass strings of the neck pickup through a slightly overdriven amp, i don't constantly need it but it's too beautiful to miss it. The surfer and the ssl-1 doesn't really do it for me as still generally too bright (generally both great pickups though and the tone is close to what i want). Maybe a flat ssl-2 will help, or a Five Two, or maybe a bridge version of the Five Two (yes, to use in the neck). Think of a bit hotter 60's neck pickup tone with smoother high strings. I don't know why i have a feeling that the bridge Five Two might work in the neck for what i think i want. It's a standard alder strat, maple fingerboard with 9.5" radius. Asking for help first because both my knowledge and my budget are WAAAY lower than my pickup obsession. Thanks a lot everyone.
The bridge version Five Two used in the neck?
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Re: The bridge version Five Two used in the neck?
Also i would like to add that i play pretty thin strings, 9s or maximum 10s, so maybe something SLIGHTLY hotter wound (which is supposed to sound slightly warmer i guess) will compensate and eliminate the feeling of "thin" or too ice picky. I didn't realize this exact thing until now but maybe there is a pickup that would sound with 9s or 10s roughly the same way the surfers would sound with 12s. I know it doesn't work that way but maybe a compromise, or "as close as i can get" , you know. Please correct me in case it wouldn't work AT ALL this way and if it's total bu****it in a practical application. Also sorry for not perfect English. Thanks buds
Also i would like to add that i play pretty thin strings, 9s or maximum 10s, so maybe something SLIGHTLY hotter wound (which is supposed to sound slightly warmer i guess) will compensate and eliminate the feeling of "thin" or too ice picky. I didn't realize this exact thing until now but maybe there is a pickup that would sound with 9s or 10s roughly the same way the surfers would sound with 12s. I know it doesn't work that way but maybe a compromise, or "as close as i can get" , you know. Please correct me in case it wouldn't work AT ALL this way and if it's total bu****it in a practical application. Also sorry for not perfect English. Thanks buds
Re: The bridge version Five Two used in the neck?
Great! What string gauge did you use with that setup? How was the tone compared to a normal neck SSL1? Thanks
Great! What string gauge did you use with that setup? How was the tone compared to a normal neck SSL1? Thanks
