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Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Apr 21 2016, 03:07 PM

Hey guys!

I mostly use two guitars with my band and on both guitars I have a pair of Seymour Duncan Sh2 Sh4. I'm really happy with both of them. Lojo, the luthir who build my custom guitar offered me to construct a second guitar and I'm now thinking on pick ups. The guitar will be similar to this one that he's done:



I could go for the same pick ups but I was wondering if you know any other good options with similar "power".

Posted by: Todd Simpson Apr 21 2016, 03:24 PM

For the bridge maybe the ALTERNATIVE 8 from Seymour Duncan. Similar power but Alnico 8 magnet which gives a very organic sound that isn't grainy or fizzy at all. I had one put in my old Gunslinger and really loved it. Pairs well with a 57 in the neck. smile.gif

Todd



QUOTE (Gabriel Leopardi @ Apr 21 2016, 10:07 AM) *
Hey guys!

I mostly use two guitars with my band and on both guitars I have a pair of Seymour Duncan Sh2 Sh4. I'm really happy with both of them. Lojo, the luthir who build my custom guitar offered me to construct a second guitar and I'm now thinking on pick ups. The guitar will be similar to this one that he's done:



I could go for the same pick ups but I was wondering if you know any other good options with similar "power".

Posted by: Mertay Apr 21 2016, 06:17 PM

Separate windings on coils is what I like most on a bridge humbucker, thats why I kept using dimarzio. But sometime ago SD released 59/custom, I have yet to try it but from the video's its uniqe breakup is noticeable like the dimarzio stuff.

http://www.seymourduncan.com/pickup/59custom-hybrid

With such coil-winding, powerchords sound bigger and when soloing some finger/pick dependand tonal sounds (tone from fingers) is much easier.

Posted by: klasaine Apr 21 2016, 08:34 PM

I would go for a set of 'vintage' output Lindy Fralin or Jason Lollar humbuckers.

Or, 'bucker in the bridge and two Strat pkups in the middle and neck positions.

Posted by: PosterBoy Apr 23 2016, 08:49 AM

I'd look at the Bare Knuckle Rebel Yells

They are the Steve Stevens signature pickups

The Les Paul player in this band uses them

Posted by: Darius Wave Apr 25 2016, 04:48 PM

I would have problems replacing those two. Those are one of the brightest pickups outthere - the react nicealy for a voluem roll off and the have this awesome dynamics response. I would stick to those because it would let the second guitar sound different because of the woods only and it will keep a kind of dynamics response you are used to.

From the other hand if you would like to make your second guitar sound totally opposite, I advice to try some cermic magnet pickups (yes, for neck position too). The have totally warm sound and high output. In my case a ceramic magnet pickup with metal cover makes a clean tone of 24 fret guitar sound much more like 22 fret guitar and this really makes sense when I play in a project based on the clean tone mostly


Of course that's just how I feel it works in my gear smile.gif

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