Whole Lotta Humbuckers

I've really nothing new to add, so prolly shouldnt even take ya'lls time to read this. But, I will say this.. Ive always been a hotter pickup kinda guy. I used to run alot of 59s in the neck (bridge model) position, (with something hotter in the bridge) I got in the habit of using bridge models in the neck as a tech (for you JAX guys, it was Chip) once told me I could a more smokey blues flavor with the bridge model. I got to where I was putting A4 mags in my 59s to roll down the highs a bit and tighten the lows. As I said, usually always used something hotter in the bridge like a Custom 8 or... I was blessed with a set of WLH and was really impressed with them. They dont feel like weak pickups (Like I found the A2P to feel in the bridge) ((Again, My picky preference)), But they seem to have plenty of... um... nuggets.. But tone galore.. I had to sell the LP I had them in, and throughout the years I have been foolish enough to sell my guitars as is, thinking the upgraded pickups would be a value add and plus I didnt have time to pull pickups prior to selling and all. Sadly, I lost many great pickups this way, including some of my special forum run pups like the Crazy 8 and more.
Anyhow, short story long... When I put the LP up, I DEF plucked the WLH set out. Im most likely going to put them in my Dean Soltero, which is the LP style guitar Im hoping to keep. Even tho the pups in it are pretty good, being the Dean Nostalgia neck and Mountain of Tone bridge.. IMO, they can sound hotter than they are rated, but clean up well, and are very sweet. I liken it to the thinking that back in the day, Many players and famous music was made with stock guitars. These feel like great sounding pickups that have made so much classic rock and yet can cover tons of ground for if you have just that one guitar.. My .01 as its prolly not worth 2 cents..
 
Always good to hear different people's experiences. And I agree that the WLHs have a lot of application versatility beyond being great for classic rock; I am sure they would fair pretty well in any Rock style, and probably even some country/jazz.

I am just convinced that it's a solid pickup overall.
 
maybe the initial release was cs? ive only seen the production ones. its a great set! i actually love the neck pup more than the bridge, at least for the guitar i have them in. its fantastic both clean and dirty
 
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