please recommend me a bridge pickup

[elysianfield]

Well as title suggests i'm in the market to upgrade the bridge pickup on my new PRS SE EG already, i bought this as a cheap 2nd guitar to gig instead of gigging the CE24 all the time.

The SE has a solid mahogany body with a rosewood fretboard.

Criteria is it must have white bobbins and be F Spaced. Looking for something that produces a clear defined tone. I've narrowed my search down to a SD TB10 Full Shred, TB4 JB or a TB6 Duncan distortion.

I'm in a 3 peice punk/rock cover band, so i need something thats gonna cut through, be clear, but not get mushy

Any ideas?

[jgcable]

Air Norton or PAF Pro

[dg]

I like the sound of a Distortion in a mahogany body. I usually hate the JB, but I've only tried it in alder/maple guitars. It might balance really well in a mahogany set-neck and brighten it up without being shrill. Another pickup to consider is the Custom, which is my favorite in all kinds of setups.

[chrisolson]

Full Shred is an excellent p'up, but I've never had it in a mahogany guitar. JB & DD are both good though. PAF Pro would be a good one too - nice, mid-strong, medium output p'up.

[Dreamland_Rebel]

Dimarzio Super Distortion. nuff said.

[Burn]

Air Norton or PAF Pro

+1 on the PAF pro

[metalchurch79]

+1 on the PAF pro

Agreed. Either that or the TB-10 Full Shred.
I'd only use the JB with a 250k pot though.
The DiMarzio DP-166 Breed is an excellent pickup with an awesome mid range that cuts through very nice, has a good low end too. That pickup doesn't get the attention it deserves.

[rickydekker]

bill lawrence?
maybe not if your playing punk, but just an idea... also its a rail pickup so theres is no spaceing

[Rupe]

A Full Shred sounds good in the mahogany guitars that I've had it in. You may want to consider the Tone Zone as well...a very "big" sounding pickup. A Duncan Custom 5 is high on my list of favorites as well and works great with mahogany.

My all time favorite is the Anderson H2+ but white bobbins are not an option.

[elysianfield]

thanks for the input guys.
Quite a few dimarzio's in there, but they are mainly in black in the UK and are more money than SD's.
I've had a Breed before in the KE3, instead of the detonator and it really sounded good.
I fancy white bobbins because the guitar is white with a black pickguard with black pups at present, a white humbucker would contrast nicely.

I'm still undecided

[Foulacy]

duncan custom custom for classic rock to hard rock even metal. or a jb! i have a JB in a mahogany guitar and it sounds HUGE

[elysianfield]

duncan custom custom for classic rock to hard rock even metal. or a jb! i have a JB in a mahogany guitar and it sounds HUGE

i've had a JB in the DK2 i had and it sounded shit, weak and poor performance. i had a korean wolfgang special at the same time and the pups in that kicked the jb/jazz into touch.

[Foulacy]

i thought u wanted a jb?

[elysianfield]

i thought u wanted a jb?

only because it was cheap. Jb is hit and miss from what i've read on the forum, so i coulda just had a rubbish one. To be honest i don't know what i want, until now...:idea:

Best pickup i've had was whatever was in my wolfgang, that is the sound i'm after again. I found a comment on a site that mentioned a tone zone or a duncan distortion as the closet pickups to that evh config. Is that bullshit or not?

[Rupe]

I've heard that the Tone Zone is essentially what was used in the Music Man EVH guitars (it was a proprietary Dimarzio at the time of production)...I have no idea if there is any truth to that though.

The Duncan Distortion story sounds like BS to me, although it is a good pickup if you like high output. Seeing as Ed typically used lower output pickups, I'd have a hard time believing Wolfgangs came with a similarly voiced unit to the Distortion.