Good neck pickup for cleans ?
Good neck pickup for cleans ?
the Seymour Duncan site says so.
Jazz has a DC resistance of 7.72k and tone of 5/3/9 (bass/mid/treb)
'59 has a DC resistance of 7.43k and tone of 6/3/8
so the 59 is a bit less powerful and has more bass and less treble than the Jazz. Listening to them both on the SD site, they do sound very similar. Here's the link:Seymour Duncan
DC resistance does not equal output.
I recommend the DiMarzio PAF Pro, personally.
This is a great pickup because of it's upper mids & treble response. Very clear, gives you a lot of room to work with either your eq settings at the amp or with your tone knob.
The Humbucker from Hell would be the next full size Humbucker for very much the same reason, but it has some quack & single coil like characteristics that I prefer for my cleans.
I use a Chopper, which a single coil sized dual rail pickup by Dimarzio for my TFS6, and a Blaze Neck in my 7 string.
GFS has a Dream 180 Neck pickup that's very nice, so are their Noiseless Strat & Tele pickups.
Duncan's 59 is an all around great neck humbucker for a variety of applications, and therefore is in my opinion their best offering as their "go to" neck pickup.
my favorite neck humbucker continues to be the Gibson Classic 57.
it would take me forever to list every neck humbee that i've had and was beat out by the gib57.
i like the SD 59 but it's crunchier and higher output than the gib57;
the gib57 is better for cleans and also can get great SRV pinch harmonics - which its hard to get good pinch harmonics from neck position with most pickups ime.
side note the gib 57+ BLOWS, it's harsh and trebly and not good for bridge, if you don't want a hot pickup in the bridge then another regular 57 is a great choice and is what my '61 sg has in both positions, perfect for classic rock medium gain and low gain.
jmo
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