tonehelp
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Bee Bee King
Re: tonehelp
Hey hago!
Welcome to the forum
Few things, this belongs in "The Pickup Lounge". At the entrance of the SD User Group Forum, there is a list of rooms - underneath the title will explain what content should be put in the particular rooms.
If you tell us what gear you have, more specifically: guitar model, body wood, fretboard wood, type of tremolo (fixed, vintage, or locking), it will be much easier.
Now to the actual topic... IIRC Satch uses a PAF Pro in the bridge of guitar and in the neck a PAF Joe (prior to that, a Fred)... but if you want SD pickups, I think a JB would suit you (due to strong midrange and great highend tone with harmonics)... but I'm not sure if that will do Satch.
Bee
Hey hago!
Welcome to the forum
Few things, this belongs in "The Pickup Lounge". At the entrance of the SD User Group Forum, there is a list of rooms - underneath the title will explain what content should be put in the particular rooms.
If you tell us what gear you have, more specifically: guitar model, body wood, fretboard wood, type of tremolo (fixed, vintage, or locking), it will be much easier.
Now to the actual topic... IIRC Satch uses a PAF Pro in the bridge of guitar and in the neck a PAF Joe (prior to that, a Fred)... but if you want SD pickups, I think a JB would suit you (due to strong midrange and great highend tone with harmonics)... but I'm not sure if that will do Satch.
Bee
Luke Duke
PRSlustologist
Re: tonehelp
This is exactly what I was thinking. Hey hago what kind of rig are you running into? I
If you are going into a hi-gain setup you could go on with a vintagey pup. For something with good mids AND treble in a PAF style pup you would want to go with the pup in question; the pearly gates. After that you might want to try the Seth Lover and A2P. The seth has a bit more treble and the A2P is very balanced. I wouldn't go with a 59 because it is going to sound scooped.
If you aren't going into a hi-gain setup go with something with some high output, custom, distortion, JB. The custom and distortion both use ceramic magnets and have a more aggressive character in their tone. The distortion has a larger magnet too pushing it over the top and making lots of harmonics and crunch. The JB is a raw sounding pup with an upper mid spike that cuts through the mix and has lots of harmonics as well.
All that is your bridge recommendations, for neck I'd go with a Jazz, or a PAF style pup. In an alder body you might want to consider another A2 magnet pup like PG A2P or a Seth.
Hope this helps.
Luke
Benjy_26 said:
This is exactly what I was thinking. Hey hago what kind of rig are you running into? I
If you are going into a hi-gain setup you could go on with a vintagey pup. For something with good mids AND treble in a PAF style pup you would want to go with the pup in question; the pearly gates. After that you might want to try the Seth Lover and A2P. The seth has a bit more treble and the A2P is very balanced. I wouldn't go with a 59 because it is going to sound scooped.
If you aren't going into a hi-gain setup go with something with some high output, custom, distortion, JB. The custom and distortion both use ceramic magnets and have a more aggressive character in their tone. The distortion has a larger magnet too pushing it over the top and making lots of harmonics and crunch. The JB is a raw sounding pup with an upper mid spike that cuts through the mix and has lots of harmonics as well.
All that is your bridge recommendations, for neck I'd go with a Jazz, or a PAF style pup. In an alder body you might want to consider another A2 magnet pup like PG A2P or a Seth.
Hope this helps.
Luke
