Pickups...
Pickups...
Evening all,
Can anyone recommend a great bridge humbucker pickup for a Les Paul style guitar that is very versatile? I use this guitar for clean sounds, crunchy sounds, rocky driven sounds and right up to full metal riffage and lead \m/ Would prefer it to be passive as I know what good active pickups are out there. Would it be easy to only swap the bridge pickup and keep the neck pickup? I really like the tone of the neck pickup for the cleans
my favorites for bridge are the following - these all sound great clean, distorted, and heavily distorted
they are all slighlty different, but any should cover what you are trying to go for
duncan sh5, -nice bright but not harsh clean - sort of zepplin sounding distorted
pearly gates, - nice bright but not harsh clean - ac dc or zz top sound distorted
suhr ssh+ - really nice clean both warm and bright - defined progressive distortion sound
bill lawrence - Wild Pickups ( not bill Lawrence USA) - L500 XL - really nice clean both warm and bright - pantera distorted
of these I like the - L500xl and the suhr ssh+ best for cleans,
I like the duncan sh5 best for rock / moderate distortion
I like the duncan sh5, and the l500xl best for heavy distortion
Try emg81.., ppl love it on bridge.., I myself am more of a S&D fella, so I'd go with S&D..,