metallkrieger
New member
Hi everybody.
First of all I explain my situation.
I own a Squier John 5 signature, and the only thing i dislike in it are the pickups, so I'll change them.
Neck PU can wait, it works not at the best but not so badly at the same time, and moreover I don't use it so much, so it can wait.
The problem's about the bridge one.
So, wich model is the best?
Usually, Jb and Distortion are considered "classic" models, but i see their eq is pushed on highmid and treble, and I think that's because usually they're mounted on dark woods, like mahogany, that have huge bass and lowmids, so they have to rise highmids and treble.
BUT i'm gonna mount them on a telecaster, with...well, classic telecaster woods, alder body maple neck, so brilliant ones.
I think that, trying sh4, sh5 and sh6 I'm risking of having a really high tone.
In detail:
T/M/B
sh4 8/6/5
sh5 9/6/7
sh6 9/8/5
Sh6, more than others, has lots of high frequency and lack of lows...the only one who tries, from what i read on the SD's website tonechart, to pump a bit on the low frequencies is the sh5, but it still has lots of high.
I don't remeber where, somewhere I found someone saying that ....welll...dimarzio super 3 has the most similar eq to fender ones, and it's: 5/8/6.5, so low highs, hi mids and not so much lows.
I discovered that SD invader has very similar values: 4/8/7, so a bit less highs, same mids and a very bit more lows.
I also read on the net that many people found invader muddy and dark, but i think that could be mainly caused by the fact that mybe they tried it on mahogany or any other dark wood, so having a dark PU on a dark guitar obviously you'll get a dark tone.
On the other hand, i think that if you put a very blrilliant PU on a brilliant guitar you'll get a tone f***ing full of high freq but damn poor on lows.
So I thought: if i put a dark PU in a brilliant guitar, then I'll get more or less a well equalized tone.
Do you think I am right or not?
And more: wiche model would you suggest me for my needs?
sh4 (JB), sh5(custom) sh6(distortion), sh8(invader)?
Or....damn, should i betray SD and go for the DiMarzio Super3?
Please help me and i beg you not to suggest other models.
I spent days of my life to choose these five models, please don't add any other more or I'll never get out from here XD
Thank you all and excuse me for my poor english...
First of all I explain my situation.
I own a Squier John 5 signature, and the only thing i dislike in it are the pickups, so I'll change them.
Neck PU can wait, it works not at the best but not so badly at the same time, and moreover I don't use it so much, so it can wait.
The problem's about the bridge one.
So, wich model is the best?
Usually, Jb and Distortion are considered "classic" models, but i see their eq is pushed on highmid and treble, and I think that's because usually they're mounted on dark woods, like mahogany, that have huge bass and lowmids, so they have to rise highmids and treble.
BUT i'm gonna mount them on a telecaster, with...well, classic telecaster woods, alder body maple neck, so brilliant ones.
I think that, trying sh4, sh5 and sh6 I'm risking of having a really high tone.
In detail:
T/M/B
sh4 8/6/5
sh5 9/6/7
sh6 9/8/5
Sh6, more than others, has lots of high frequency and lack of lows...the only one who tries, from what i read on the SD's website tonechart, to pump a bit on the low frequencies is the sh5, but it still has lots of high.
I don't remeber where, somewhere I found someone saying that ....welll...dimarzio super 3 has the most similar eq to fender ones, and it's: 5/8/6.5, so low highs, hi mids and not so much lows.
I discovered that SD invader has very similar values: 4/8/7, so a bit less highs, same mids and a very bit more lows.
I also read on the net that many people found invader muddy and dark, but i think that could be mainly caused by the fact that mybe they tried it on mahogany or any other dark wood, so having a dark PU on a dark guitar obviously you'll get a dark tone.
On the other hand, i think that if you put a very blrilliant PU on a brilliant guitar you'll get a tone f***ing full of high freq but damn poor on lows.
So I thought: if i put a dark PU in a brilliant guitar, then I'll get more or less a well equalized tone.
Do you think I am right or not?
And more: wiche model would you suggest me for my needs?
sh4 (JB), sh5(custom) sh6(distortion), sh8(invader)?
Or....damn, should i betray SD and go for the DiMarzio Super3?
Please help me and i beg you not to suggest other models.
I spent days of my life to choose these five models, please don't add any other more or I'll never get out from here XD
Thank you all and excuse me for my poor english...
