Good single coil sized neck pickup for Maiden?

[caneparo]

SD Hot Rails in neck position will make you sound totally like Dave Murray.
I have it in my charvel and i was surprised how murrayish I sounded. I also have the marshall jmp1, that I think it's what Murray uses.

[rocksoldier]

I don't think Adrian uses the neck pickup much at all...

As somebody else already said, THE Maiden neck pickup sound belongs to Murray. For his modern tone, use a Hot Rails, since it is what he actually uses. For his old tone, perhaps something a bit more vintage sounding. The Duncan Little '59 might be good for instance if you want to emulate a PAF sound, or the Dimarzio Pro Track, as both are supposed to emulate PAFs sound wise.

[DalyTek]

Hey MakeAJazzNoiseHere, I think Rich#6 might have a Cool Rails for ya soon!

[Rich#6]

Hey MakeAJazzNoiseHere, I think Rich#6 might have a Cool Rails for ya soon!

Old thread I sold it a year ago.

[DonP]

Old thread I sold it a year ago.

+1

Damn

[Tim_B]

Pro Track ... that's the beasty

[MartinBarre]

It kinda depends on the guitar. The DiMarzio PAF will get you Dave's tone pretty much exactly in any 22 fret guitar. I know this for a fact, I put them in all my 22 fret guitars, and it works every time.
But I have a Hot Rails in my SL3 and the fact it's a 24 fret guitar does make a difference. It sounds good, but certainly not like Dave. I'm actually pretty convinced you CAN'T get Dave's neck tone in a 24 fret guitar. I've given up even trying. The best neck tone I've got in a 24 fret guitar after trying all sorts of Duncans and DiMarzios is in my JDR-94 and it now has a Ibanez INF neck model in it (5 or 6 I think, can't recall from memory). But it sounds NOTHING like Dave, it's more like Vai or someone like that.