What is your favorite neck pickup for an SG with a JB brige

[BRHGM]

I am ripping the Jb from my HSS strat and putting it in an Epi SG Special. I need a toneful neck pickup to accompany it. Remember, The SG Special is not a thick guitar and can be bright.
I am considering:

1. Phat Cat
2. Pearly Gates
3. APH
4. Seth Lover
5. 59
6. Jazz

:thanks:

 

[Binnerscot]

Re: What is your favorite neck pickup for an SG with a JB brige

The Jazz is always tasty

 

[blueman335]

Re: What is your favorite neck pickup for an SG with a JB brige

For a neck, a JazzN or '59N would be my choice.

But why put a JB in a guitar, let alone a SG? Too much harsh icepick tone, made worse on a thin body. There's plenty of used JB's for sale because their tone is a big disappointment to a lot of players. Are you sure about this? If you want a hot bridge pickup, you're much better off going with a Custom 5.

 

[BRHGM]

Re: What is your favorite neck pickup for an SG with a JB brige

I had the JB in a Strat. It sounded great with weak a5 singles, but when I put hotter singles, it sounded too much like a single. I am going with a Phat Cat in the Strat. I may or may not like the JB in the SG. In all likelyhood, I will put it in a LP. I'm just trying it out. By the way, there are lots of way to roll off tone to sweeten a JB and it sounds great clean. It just didn't fit my strat scheme.

 

[Butch Snyder]

Re: What is your favorite neck pickup for an SG with a JB brige

As far as Duncan pickups go, the 59 is my favorite neck pickup. The APH-1 is very nice too.

I think a cool setup would be a JB/Jazz combo but change the magnets to alnico 2 in both pickups.

 

[scottish]

Re: What is your favorite neck pickup for an SG with a JB brige

59 gets my vote

 

[BRHGM]

Re: What is your favorite neck pickup for an SG with a JB brige

Thanks guys. The Phat Cat didn't fit in my strat pickguard, so i switched to nickel strings and made a tone mode and the JB sounds much better. I put the Phat Cat in my SG neck. That leads me to another problem.

 

[BRHGM]

Re: What is your favorite neck pickup for an SG with a JB brige

Doh! I forgot all about the C5 guys. It's definitely on my list of pickups to try.

Thanks