What I don't like about the YJM Fury Neck Pickup

[Napthol]

The treble strings sound sensational. Love the sound there. But when I get to the Low E and A strings, the sound gets flabby and woofy. Similar to a Les Paul neck pickup that is too fat in the bass. I think I'm going to remove it and try an SSL-1.

 

[jeremy]

what amp are you using? i dont have a ton of experience with the yjm but i played it into a 50w marshall and it sounded great, bottom wasnt flabby at all.

 

[strat dude]

Does lowering the bass side of the pickup help at all?

 

[jeremy]

in general, it should. i usually set my rod magnet pups with the bass side lower than the treble

 

[Napthol]

Playing through my POD X3. Using a high-gain JCM-800. I did lower the bass side of the pickup, but it did not help too much. I have the same pickup in my Hendrix Strat, but I don't remember if the same thing is going on.

 

[Mincer]

you might also try a lower gain amp model, and then a model of a distortion pedal in front of it.

 

[Chistopher]

Are you opposed to slightly thinner bass strings? It's not my first thought in solution, but it'd be a great way to try something new.

 

[Aceman]

The Screaming Swede uses a DOD250 timed into the JMP MKII. So, that's how it works for him. Y-YJM-MMV

 

[Mincer]

Also, thin strings and a very economical, 'no energy wasted' picking technique. He doesn't hit the strings hard at all, and yet his neck pickup sounds pretty massive in person.

 

[jeremy]

The Screaming Swede uses a DOD250 timed into the JMP MKII. So, that's how it works for him. Y-YJM-MMV

thats not quite the same as a model of it on a pod

 

[Aceman]

thats not quite the same as a model of it on a pod

No, not exactly...but some modeling is getting pretty good. And it is what I use in my POD Go, and it's pretty close. (Helix based)

 

[Aceman]

Another solution would be a "bass-cut" / hi-pass series capacitor of 10nF or less than this (4.7nF, 2.2nF). If this neck single coil has its own tone pot, just wire it BEFORE the tone cap (pickup>tone pot>series cap). It will avoid the tone control to work differently because of the series capacitor.

You know, in my old age, I am coming to think more and more that this is the "duh" solution to woofy neck pups.

 

[Napthol]

I won't be doing the capacitor thing. If I ever decided to change to a different pickup, then I have already changed the wiring which is not what I would want.

 

[strat dude]

Does dialing some bass out help? There is always a tube screamer to tighten up that low end too.

 

[Napthol]

I ordered an SSL-1. I'm gonna put that in. I've used it several times before with success.