what are your favorite pickups???

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The 59 is my favorite bridge pup so far. For the neck its a toss up between the 59 and the jazz.
 
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Humbuckers , Unpotted 59's for that open 3D vintage vibe.
Single coils , Anitquity A2's with a 3-way switch in a strat. Love that 50's raw strat sound.
Phat Cat P90's are really starting to grow on me lately for that fat single coil tones.
 
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Unpotted Burstbucker 3 in the bridge of an LP. I haven't yet managed to get a sound I don't like out of it.

Any A2 PAF-type in the neck of a Les Paul.

Custom in the bridge of a Superstrat.

JB in the bridge of a Superstrat, 500k volume, 300k tone.
 
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medium/low output humbuckers. i like the sweetness at low gain and the aggressiveness when you tilt the bad knob to the right a bit.
 
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Mayhem Set. I have them in all my guitars (Tele Deluxe, 59 Explorer, SG, Flying Baritone, Firebird). I love the punchyness of the ceramic magnet, and the overwound hottness with my fuzz pedal.
 
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Favorite for what?

I like the Duncan Distortion and JB and P-Rail, but I also like Ibanez Super 80's and others.

Depends what I want to play.
 
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Screamin' Demon
Slash APH-2 neck
DiMarzio Air Classics
JB
Good P-90's
DiMarzio Air Zone
Gibson '57 Classics

I have the Demon and Slash neck in my Frankenstrat.
Air Classics in a PRS SE Singlecut Korina.
JB's in both my Kramers.
P-90's in my SG's.
 
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After 9 years of searching I think I found the humbucker I can call "my favourite".

It's the WCR Fillmore bridge.

Imagine a JB kind of sound with that famous Whitesnake strong high mid and the deep low-mid of PAFs. Really really great humbucker. I've put it in my mahogany/maple MH400. But I think in a LP kind of guitar would be super!!!!

A close second is the Bare Knuckle Miracle Man I have in my Warmoth Strat.

I've said a few months back that I'll make a clip or two but a serious issue with my father's health put that behind.
 
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Duncan '59 and Seth Lovers work in anything I put them in, therefore, my favourites.
 
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Definitely modern PAF`S. Most of my guitars have either an S-Deco, Screamin`Demon or some type of duncan Custom.
 
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For the neck the DiMarzio PAF Pro; for bridge I like Carvin's M22SD and C22T. I still need to try out my Screamin Demon and S-Deco......
 
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Metalblaze said:
After 9 years of searching I think I found the humbucker I can call "my favourite".

It's the WCR Fillmore bridge.

Imagine a JB kind of sound with that famous Whitesnake strong high mid and the deep low-mid of PAFs. Really really great humbucker. I've put it in my mahogany/maple MH400. But I think in a LP kind of guitar would be super!!!!

A close second is the Bare Knuckle Miracle Man I have in my Warmoth Strat.
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Ok guys, it's funny. The above ^ is getting moved one step down. The first place belongs to the Custom. 2nd is the WCR and 3rd the Bare Knuckle. I had 8 years to play the TB5 and I decided to give it a try in my new strat when I saw those Paul Gilbert "Intense Rock" videos on youtube. It was the 4th pickup I ever got and seemingly the best in my strat. I know I can say that now after all the wood and pickup research so far.

The WCR is great too. It's a combination of the Custom and the JB. Less lows though. The Bare Knuckle is a classic great overall metal pickup.

I've tried these:

JB
Air Zone
Custom
Custom 5
59
Steve's Special
Evolution
EMG 81
Holydiver
Miracle Man
Fillmore
Virtual Hot PAF
Screamin Demon
L500XL
PAF Pro
JB/Demon Hybrid

and I choose these:

Custom
Fillmore
Miracle Man

All three have cool complex sounding low mids. The reason they are in my top 3.
 
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Duncan custom in mahogany Duncan distortion in all else. For anything less than metal and really heavy rock I am also a sucker for p90s
 
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