You have a 1 hum Soloist - which pickup and why?

[DonP]

Maple neck thru, Alder wings, OFR. Ebony fretboard with Crosses, LOL! (You guy should know what I'm talking about).

I'm thinking the JB is the all around performer, but I have an old school L500XL, EMG's, Full Shred, Super Distortions at my diposal.

[kmanick]

Re: You have a 1 hum Soloist - which pickup and why?

Duncan Custom custom SH/TB 11
In my opinion Seymours best all around pick up, I have it in 2 of my guitars in the bridge and they sound better to me than the JB in my soloist

[Newc]

Re: You have a 1 hum Soloist - which pickup and why?

Duncan Distortion.
#1 - It's got the Biggest Balls Of Them All!
#2 - You can back off the volume to give it a less-saturated tone closer to a Custom, Pearly Gates, or JB.
#3 - Add a Tone knob (concentric for you uni-hole types [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]) and you can simulate neck pickup tones by working both knobs.
#4 - No batteries [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
#5 - You can go He-Man and wire it straight to the jack and use a volume pedal or an on/off pedal.

[~K~]

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Never cared for the JB ..

The custom, DD, and the EVH are all great pickups...

[neilli]

Re: You have a 1 hum Soloist - which pickup and why?

If I'm replacing a pickup, I invariably go with EMG 85s as the results are pretty consistant, but I love the JB as well...you can always coil tap it if you want a single coil sound, though in the bridge position that not be ideal!

[eddie_van_earache]

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Duncan Custom or the TB 14 like in the new charvels. Perfect pups

[DonP]

Re: You have a 1 hum Soloist - which pickup and why?

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Duncan Custom custom SH/TB 11
In my opinion Seymours best all around pick up, I have it in 2 of my guitars in the bridge and they sound better to me than the JB in my soloist

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Hmmm, ala EVH? I really love Alnico II pickups. Good suggestion. I've never given the custom a shot.

[DonP]

Re: You have a 1 hum Soloist - which pickup and why?

Edit: Since this guitar hasn't been drilled for controls yet, I could go straight out. That's how I've used it in the past with the BL L500XL. This is an older "Made in West Germany" L500XL.

[Brad]

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My vote = Distortion. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] Reasons: See Newc's post.

[agresivo]

Re: You have a 1 hum Soloist - which pickup and why?

One more vote for the Duncan Distortion!

[DonP]

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One more vote for the Duncan Distortion!

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Well, I guess it was good enough for Lynch in his 1 hum tiger...

[Chrisb]

Re: You have a 1 hum Soloist - which pickup and why?

Custom, without a doubt. Though many consider the full shred a neck pickup, I found it works well as a bridge pickup as well, its just not as powerful as the custom. Never tried the EVH or DD, both I hear are great.

[pagemalicious]

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PAF Pro they clean up nicely and sound good distorted

[~K~]

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EVH are great,good harmonics, warm tone, the only thing is they aren't high output altough becaus eit is a custom pickup you CAN have it wound the way you like ..

[toejam]

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EMG... 89. Passive... DiMarzio Super Distortion. A Duncan Custom is also a good choice. JBs are lame!