The Pickups Thread

[Eagle]

Is that basically an SSL-5 that she wound or something different?

Yes a hand wound version.

 

[Nick1964]

For telecasters I think the Fender 62s and 64s are excellent. Strats I really like the original pickups in the PRS Silver Sky. They are absolutely fantastic!

 

[EOengineer]

For telecasters I think the Fender 62s and 64s are excellent. Strats I really like the original pickups in the PRS Silver Sky. They are absolutely fantastic!

I have the fender 64 set in a half dozen telecasters. They work great for me.

 

[RiffDuck]

I've spent a week with the EJ pickups in my Old Man Strat, overall I absolutely love them and they came with some epiphanies/connecting of dots with what EJ's said about what he's aiming for with his tone and how those pickups sound. Obviously, they're not HS-2's with the double coil disconnected, nor are they '54's with the poles pushed down by EJ himself, but he's used them quite a bit. I have an HS-2 I bought years ago for this exact purpose, but after I get more familiar with the EJ bridge pickup I'm going to swap it out and give the HS-2 a shot (disconnected 2nd coil).

I said it in another thread but I've never had this experience of hearing the acoustic sound of the guitar and then the sound coming out of the speakers being so identical before. They're like microphones with 5 different EQ settings with fairly subtle curves until you hit that 2nd position and the mids and bass drop right out.

This was the night I got 'em working, you can kinda get an idea of what I'm talking about when I'm playing clean and changing the pickups-


On the topic of EMG's, I actually sat down today with the intent of noting the differences between the EJ's and the Gilmour EMG's. When shooting out the Dover Drives the other night I found I would have to use the Dovers with either a distorted amp or stacked with another dirt pedal to get what I get out of them with the Gilmour pickups (with both boosters off).

I'll make a little clip. I've wanted to have some kind of comparison with a lower output set of single coils and the EMG's because I definitely feel they're far more misunderstood than acknowledged for what they are. Even I had the wrong idea of them before I actually used them.

Sick tone and sick playing dude!

 

[Val Kill More]

I just installed a FLEOR Invader type humbucker in my 2003 LTD Viper.

Surprised at how great it sounds. Not dark or muddy like I thought it maybe. Really powerful punch with decent mids and relaxed highs that still cut.

 

[la szum]

For less than $100 you can swap a Pickup and change your life.

Or end up back where you started.



Is there a more Lather, Rinse, Repeat Rabbithole than Pickups??

 

[JiveTurkey]

I just installed a FLEOR Invader type humbucker in my 2003 LTD Viper.

Surprised at how great it sounds. Not dark or muddy like I thought it maybe. Really powerful punch with decent mids and relaxed highs that still cut.

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LOVE the Viper!

 

[Solarflares]

S - neck
SA - middle
SLV - bridge
3-way switch

 

[RiffDuck]

I just installed a FLEOR Invader type humbucker in my 2003 LTD Viper.

Surprised at how great it sounds. Not dark or muddy like I thought it maybe. Really powerful punch with decent mids and relaxed highs that still cut.

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Dude, back in 2003 I almost bought this exact guitar! But the black version, which at the time I simply called the Batman guitar. I ended up going with the EC-400 at the time though, which I still own and is still a great guitar despite having the smallest neck on planet earth.

 

[Orvillain]

I've really been wanting a set of these tiggaz.

 

[Orvillain]

PS: I would've loved to have gone with Bareknuckle and kept my English4Albion.ru credentials.. but ... over twice the price... pffttt....

 

[SillyOctpuss]

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I've really been wanting a set of these tiggaz.

What are they?

 

[Orvillain]

What are they?

Tom Anderson pickups. It's basically the Billy Howerdel set which I've always been curious about.