jonnyfontaine Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 what are your favorite pickups? not for each guitar or each different design... just your personal guitar, your style and your sound... what do you prefer? for neck and bridge? i gotta go with seymour duncan custom P-90 for bridge and seymour duncan vintage P-90 for neck spot... the best... those pickups rule Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 I really like the sound of the seymour full shred set, but lately I'm leaning more toward EMG models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 EMG 81/85 combo.....I also like a seymour duncan jb in the bridge,but a good passive neck humbucker does not exist.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcovis Posted January 30, 2008 Report Share Posted January 30, 2008 EMG 81/85 combo.....I also like a seymour duncan jb in the bridge,but a good passive neck humbucker does not exist.... Are you being serious? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 EMG 81/85 combo.....I also like a seymour duncan jb in the bridge,but a good passive neck humbucker does not exist.... Are you being serious? Knowing Wes, I'd say yes he is serious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I really like the DiMarzio PAF Classics in my Les Paul right now, and the smooth EMG-SA set in my Strat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 I'm a passives guy, really; Duncan's '59s, or a Jazz/JB set (yes, boring, I know), or a nice set of P-90s will do me just fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Are you being serious? Yup...but remember this is an "opinion" topic.I have tried ALOT of neck pickups,and only the 85 suits me.I do like single coils in the neck.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avengers63 Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Personally, I can't stand EMGs. I think they're too steryl. I have a pair of Bartolini HBs in my currnet main ax. They're great. I don't have too much experience with singles, so I can't comment on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WezV Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 well i have to give a shout out to Bare Knuckle Pickups.. expensive, yes.. but they make my guitars sound so good i am almost using them exclusively. They do stock models so people know what to buy but its also a fully custom service so any model can come with a wide range of finishes, magnet types, polepiece , baseplates... anything really. i recently wanted a humbucker for the Jake E Lee charvel replica i am building and the obvious answer would be Holdsworth humbucker from seymour duncans custom shop or at a push a JB which doesnt have the two rows of screw polepieces but is pretty close. A quick chat with Tim and he told me exactly which wire, magnets and windings the SD holdsworth has and the holdsworth pickup he made for me arrived two days later.. cant beat that for service If you look at the product lines people tend to go straight for the high power stuff with names like warpig, nailbomb or sinner and these are all great pickups but as someone who deosnt always like high powered pickups i think where BKP really excell is with there vintage style stuff. I have a mule which is meant as the obligatory PAF style pickup and its truly amazing. My current favorite is a model they dont advertise called the manhattan which is an under wound (6k) humbucker sized P-90 thats sounds so clear and natural, voiced for jazz but capable of so much more i also like SD's as well, quite fond of a JB/Jazz combo I am not an EMG fan but its just horses for courses aint it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zyonsdream Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 For my money I can't go wrong with the SH6N- and SH6B from SD if I want passive. For boutique I like Diesel pickups For active I like the pups that Guitarheadz sells. I have one in my Warlock and it's got the best of the EMG and the livewires and doesn’t have their liabilities. However, I get more people wanting my custom built pickups these days which is nice but it takes up a lot of time making them. I guess I make a pretty mean PAF and super distortion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhemann Posted January 31, 2008 Report Share Posted January 31, 2008 Personally, I can't stand EMGs. I think they're too steryl. For most of the super high-gain,intricate metal that I like,sterile is exactly what you want as a starting point....it keeps the bass notes from stepping all over the treble notes... I do keep at least one guitar at all times with a jb at the bridge though,because for some stuff it sounds better with that "color" to it. You should check out the emg singles though....they are not sterile at all,and neither is the 85 really...the 81 is the one that is made to be "sterile"(though I prefer the term "cutting"),because of what it is intended for.There is a reason so many metal guys use EMG after all...followed closely by the jb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Summer Posted February 28, 2008 Report Share Posted February 28, 2008 Duncan Antiquities. A friend of mine turned me on to them, and after i got a set of humbuckers, he said he put the same in his 1962 ES-335 and liked them more than the original pickups. P-90s provide the sauce in my project, and i am more than happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joobsauce Posted March 13, 2008 Report Share Posted March 13, 2008 Single coils are my pickup of choice for the neck, and low resistance humbuckers for the bridge. I've never tried a P90 guitar though, so I might be in love with a new bridge pickup. Singles in the bridge sound too thin and wimpy for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wix Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Any one tryed those?: pickups Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattia Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Yeah, so, I'm not going to download a mystery zip file. Thanks, but no thanks. Re: GFS, you can only get them direct from GuitarFetish, not much point looking in shops... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dean Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 I like Kent Armstrong,p90 and lip stick and lindy fralin ,p90,unbucker,and tele set...Here are the three guitars with them in them. http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff185/r...r/P5030001a.jpg http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff185/r...er/P5030002.jpg http://i236.photobucket.com/albums/ff185/r...ds/P1300921.jpg They are very good pickups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wix Posted March 15, 2008 Report Share Posted March 15, 2008 Any one tryed those?: pickups ok here a picture: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soapbarstrat Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 It varies, and is quite a mystery to me. Sometimes you have a totally happening amp tone, then every pickup sounds great. Different pickups are like different spices then. That's usually when you're just screwing around. Then on another day, you are in recording mode and everything sounds like crap. But I've been "there" with my Gibson P90 and P94, 2 early 80's hot Fender single coils that have this roar to 'em, like the tone of an added cranked 6V6 added to the amp (put a "baseplate" on one of 'em). My Duncan JBL has given me more dynamic tones than a typical bucker, and I once got this awesome tone from the flat chrome neck pickup on my '61 Kay (I think Dearmond made that pickup, if I remember my research correctly) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dudz Posted March 27, 2008 Report Share Posted March 27, 2008 I like fender noiseless sets and the texas sets most. Just love the twang factor. For humbuckers I'd have to go with Dimarzio Fred amd Dimarzio Paf spaced, a good combination of fatness, warmth, and the fred has some single coil snap and twang hidden in it's 2 coils! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stereordinary Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 As a general rule, I'm with Joobsauce on the single-coil in the neck, low-ish output humbucker in the bridge thing. I'm also big on P-90s. Even more than that, I like actual magnetic pole-pieces a la Fender single-coils, but Strat pickups and the like are all too skinny for me. Which is why my favorite pickup period is the Fender Jazzmaster pickup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 I'm waiting for a set of Curtis Novak pickups for my MIM Strat. I'll let you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Sorbera Posted March 28, 2008 Report Share Posted March 28, 2008 I'm waiting for a set of Curtis Novak pickups for my MIM Strat. I'll let you know. For some reason I read that as Chuck Norris and thought it was another joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marksound Posted April 5, 2008 Report Share Posted April 5, 2008 My new Novak pups came in the mail yesterday and I installed them last night. I spent a couple of hours adjusting and playing and testing, and the initial verdict is in: me likey lots. No affiliation, except for being a customer and loyal minion. www.curtisnovak.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikhailgtrski Posted April 6, 2008 Report Share Posted April 6, 2008 Just installed a pair of Smits humbuckers, the CC-2 set. Much, much nicer than the Seymour '59s I've been using for years. smitsparts.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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