What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

[Mephis]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

With medium distortion and the volume knob rolled back some, the EMG-81 is perfect.

 

[B2D]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

Blech, I hate 81's. Wheres all the mids?

 

[mrid]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

Definitely the Custom.

 

[TacticalFunky]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

Gotta go with the Custom on this one. I've had mine for 2 months now and it covers everything from blues rock to full-on metal. I love the pissed-off PAF tone and how it retains clarity well under gain.

 

[megalo]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

i have to say Custom as well, i really love this pickup. I have it in my mahogany SG and it does the hardrock/metal thing very nicely.

 

[SABOTAGE]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

the JB for obvious reasons :laugh2:

 

[primo]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

I've decided on the Distortion for this purpose. The custom at times just seems to have some piercing highs that are too much for me. In the right guitar I'm sure it's great, but I want more thickness, and the DD seems to deliver.

Dito!!!!

Cheers Primo.

 

[FretFire]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

What exactly do you mean by hard rock, any specific bands with desired tones? I'm quite possibly undergoing the same search, but for my mahogany Schecter C1+. Up until now I'd been thinking JB/Jazz or JB/APII, but now the Custom/Jazz combo is spurring interest...

 

[Nightburst]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

Custom/'59 might be the ultimate set for Hardrock, covers a lot of ground.
But what does the term Hard rock mean these days? To me Hard rock is an oldschool term to name bands like AC/DC, Guns 'n Roses, Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Van Halen, Queen etc.

 

[FretFire]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

Exactly my point, because when I think of hard rock I think of Incubus (older stuff, like SCIENCE), Chevelle, 311, etc.

 

[brisk]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

JB with 250k pots .... never fails, always delivers

JB with 500k pots can be tonal nightmare.

 

[JOLLY]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

ANY pickup will work for hardrock with the right guitar/amp combination. I have gotten brutal hard rock tones with low ourput pickups. In fact, I much prefer low output pickups for everything from clean jazz to thrash. I let the amp handle the work load. I only wopuld choose a high output pickup for an amp that really needed that push.

I totally agree. I use a jazz/jazz combo for the majority of heavy rock I do.

 

[Destructone]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

with the JB, you can play ANY (notice the caps?) kind of Rock music you can think of... and then some. OR, you can always try an old favourite... the Dimarzio Super Distortion.

 

[mariuss]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

JB with 250k pots .... never fails, always delivers

JB with 500k pots can be tonal nightmare.

+1

 

[exp(-jwt)]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

JB :smoker:

I've got a fever, and the only prescription, is more COWBELL!

 

[Stratcat]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

The Duncan Distortion is always a good choice.

 

[papersoul]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

JB with 250k pots .... never fails, always delivers

JB with 500k pots can be tonal nightmare.

Does the JB have plenty of clarity and bass with 250k or 300k pots? What about the Custom? How is that with lower value pots?

 

[LyMob]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

JB or Demon all the way!!!!!!!!!

 

[Boleslaw Gers 666]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

JB. Easy choice for me.

 

[Jocelyn]

Re: What is the BEST Bridge Pickup for a HardRock music style?

Id say JB . The reason the JB souns trebly on ur strat is cause of the maple neck/fretboad What I suggest is swithcing the potsto 250k. A good alternative wld be a Custom custom, u wld get the highs cause of the maple neck/fretboard.