Which is brighter? SH-2n Jazz neck or SH-10n Full Shred neck?

[JohnnyGuitarCA]

Which is brighter? SH-2n Jazz neck or SH-10n Full Shred neck? I want the brighter of those 2 pickups. I have an Ibanez AS73, which is an inexpensive but very cool ES-335 style guitar, except for the pickups...they really suck. I don't want to yank the covers, I want to yank the pickups...I want them gone. LOL I wrote about this guitar before but I'm intrigued by the Full Shred neck model.
I remember loving it but that was a long time ago. It has a beautiful throaty quality to the tone. I still love the Jazz neck model too.

 

[skelt101]

According to the Seymour Duncan product description:
”The (Full Shred) neck model is the most articulate, bright-sounding neck-position humbucker that we make—great for adding clarity to any guitar.”
Have you tried the Compare Products tool on the website?

 

[Mincer]

Full Shred is certainly brighter than the Jazz.

 

[Aceman]

Full Shred - no question.


I will mention this, though. A pickup isn't going to add highs that aren't there in the first place. If there are none, or they are crappy shrill piercing highs, you'll get a louder bad sound. Since you seem to have loved this guitar, go for it. YMMV - just setting one expectations.

 

[JohnnyGuitarCA]

Thanks everyone!

 

[freefrog]

FWIW, clipping the screw poles of a SH2 would make it closer to a Full Shred.

And to reply about the guitar: to me, an AS73 is a good instrument for the price. Better than an Epi Dot IME. So it makes sense to change pickups in this model, even if it's not easy...

 

[Condemned soul]

How about a combo: Jazz neck and a MXR 10 band eq pedal or equivalent.

 

[jeremy]

as others have said, full shred is brighter.

its always good to have an eq on hand, but not sure spending $150 on an eq as well as a new pup makes much sense, when you can just get the pup

 

[JohnnyGuitarCA]

FWIW, clipping the screw poles of a SH2 would make it closer to a Full Shred.

And to reply about the guitar: to me, an AS73 is a good instrument for the price. Better than an Epi Dot IME. So it makes sense to change pickups in this model, even if it's not easy...

Yeah, it's a really good guitar. Build quality is excellent. Fun to play. Very loud acoustically, too! Next step is to make it sound good when it's plugged in. LOL

 

[Juanhanglo]

Yeah, it's a really good guitar. Build quality is excellent. Fun to play. Very loud acoustically, too! Next step is to make it sound good when it's plugged in. LOL

I have one of these!

I dropped tonerider rebel 90s in it. It sounds better.

I'm a dimarzio guy, but I think a set of 59s would sound great in here.

if I wanted high output, I go withva custom 5/FS neck combo. I have a set of full shreds I can get back to try out. I think they both would work pretty well, actually.

I adjust the amps bass to get a full sound from the bridge pickup, which makes the neck a bit bassier, but the brightness gives it a great scoopy 59 like sound.

they're my favorite Duncan's by far

 

[Mincer]

Yeah, both a Full Shred and a Jazz have very little bass to speak of.