Alternative to a J50BC

[197666]

I love the PAF ceramic sound but it's muddy :think:

Leads are super rich and 'vowely' that i love, but heavy rhythms are not as well, gets loose.

Maybe someone has an alternative.

[197666]

Well apparently the emg hz h2 could fit this

It's a PAF with ceramics

[Richard W]

An emg hz h2 on its own won't give you enough gain. That's why Alexi and EMG made the EMG ALX; his signature pickup. It's an emg hz h2 with a gainboost (also a 3 band eq) it's modeled after the J-50 BC & JE-1000 gainboost. It will give you a great tone. This pickup/gainboost combo will not get muddy at all. It's Alexi Laiho's pickup, this thing doesn't understand the word muddy. Also: if you play around with the 3 band eq you can make the bridge pickup sound like a neck pickup, if you ever want that smoother sound. I would definitely go with the EMG ALX, or an EMG HZ H2 with an MM-04 preamp, which is essentially the same thing, but instead of a push/pull volume knob for the boost, the MM-04 has a mini toggle, and has a 4 band eq.

[197666]

Thanks Richard. I think I'll give that a shot and see how it turns out. I guess a lot of guys say the Hz's are bad due to they think they should sound like their active counter parts.

[Richard W]

You're welcome man, Also the EMG ALX kills an 81, you'll get the organic sound of a passive, but the gain and output of an active. I hope you like it.

[DonP]

I have a J50BC in a 1988 USA Jackson Dinky and it's not muddy.

[straycat]

Muddy is usually do to cheap electronics.A quality 500k vol and tone pot and oil an paper cap will cure a muddy pick up.
Try Martin Six String.com or RSguitarworks.net for quality electronics.
Jackson J50's are as good as any PAF style pick up.J50-BC is the ceramic version.
You might try a J80-C it is a distortion class pick up J50 is not.

[Chief_CrazyTalk]

I was never a fan of Jackson pups. The last one i had wasn't bad at all, but the SD distortion i upgraded to sounded much clearer to me.

[197666]

Muddy is usually do to cheap electronics.A quality 500k vol and tone pot and oil an paper cap will cure a muddy pick up.
Try Martin Six String.com or RSguitarworks.net for quality electronics.
Jackson J50's are as good as any PAF style pick up.J50-BC is the ceramic version.
You might try a J80-C it is a distortion class pick up J50 is not.

No tone controls here. Distortion class?

I was never a fan of Jackson pups. The last one i had wasn't bad at all, but the SD distortion i upgraded to sounded much clearer to me.

I really enjoy the PAF sound and I literally got two J50BC's a J50N and a J90C for 15 bucks.

[PallarAndersVisa]

J90c?

[Chief_CrazyTalk]

No tone controls here. Distortion class?



I really enjoy the PAF sound and I literally got two J50BC's a J50N and a J90C for 15 bucks.

I like them too. More so these days than back when I changed out whatever was in my new M1 for a distortion. I didn't know Jackson made PAF style pups lol. The one in my M1 was pretty hot.