Any suggestions/solutions to getting a 22 fret neck humbucker sound on a 24fret guitar?

[jco5055]

Hi,

I discovered a few months back that I really prefer the sound of neck humbucker in 22 fret guitars, to where I can’t unhear the differences compared to 24 fret guitars- and I definitely prefer the 22.

I know it comes down to physics/pick up location, but I’ve seen/tried suggestions online; and the only solution I’ve found that is close enough for my tastes is a dual rail single coil sized humbucker (think the track rails pickups by dimarzio). That however still means only HS or HSS guitars work for this for me, and I’d like to still have the option of HH or HSH guitars.

Any suggestions? Some other suggestions I’ve seen (which I haven’t had the chance to try/listen to first hand are the following)

-dimarzio gravity storm neck humbucker (I’ve also emailed dimarzio for suggestions and waiting on their reply)
-a Seymour Duncan bluesbucker
-any pickup that has “way stronger screw coils then slug coils” but pickup companies don’t exactly list that usually
- an Instrumental Decomp

Thanks!

 

[Eagle]

Hi,

I discovered a few months back that I really prefer the sound of neck humbucker in 22 fret guitars, to where I can’t unhear the differences compared to 24 fret guitars- and I definitely prefer the 22.

I know it comes down to physics/pick up location, but I’ve seen/tried suggestions online; and the only solution I’ve found that is close enough for my tastes is a dual rail single coil sized humbucker (think the track rails pickups by dimarzio). That however still means only HS or HSS guitars work for this for me, and I’d like to still have the option of HH or HSH guitars.

Any suggestions? Some other suggestions I’ve seen (which I haven’t had the chance to try/listen to first hand are the following)

-dimarzio gravity storm neck humbucker (I’ve also emailed dimarzio for suggestions and waiting on their reply)
-a Seymour Duncan bluesbucker
-any pickup that has “way stronger screw coils then slug coils” but pickup companies don’t exactly list that usually
- an Instrumental Decomp

Thanks!

Not really possible . The single coil size piece comes with its own compromise too. The physical size makes the magnetic field different. Just find a pickup that you like and accept the position is different.