Mod 6 pickup replacement

[donf]

Looking to replace the pickups in my mod 6. There are the standard pickup in it now.

What would make a good heavy sound for Blues type music?

What would also be a good pickup for metal music sound?

[Alvin_Wilson]

Looking to replace the pickups in my mod 6.
What would also be a good pickup for metal music sound?

For metal, EMG's are killer. I would go with an 85 in the bridge and SA's in the middle and neck positions.

Alvin

[donf]

EMG's are killer. I would go with an 85 in the bridge and SA's in the middle and neck positions.

Alvin

EMG 85, ok What are SA's?

[Alvin_Wilson]

EMG-SA's are high output single coils. Here is EMG's link:

http://www.emginc.com/displayproducts.asp?section=Guitar&categoryid=7

[donf]

Thanks for the link

[jackson1]

I would pull out the JE-1200 circuitry when changing the pickups... maybe you already thought of that?

[donf]

I would pull out the JE-1200 circuitry when changing the pickups... maybe you already thought of that?

No, I haven't yet, but thanks for the info. What advantage would it have to pull the circuitry?

[Nazgul]

No, I haven't yet, but thanks for the info. What advantage would it have to pull the circuitry?

less trouble when rewiring with EMGs (if you choose them). But you won't have the mid-boost anymore, altough it can work with EMGs.

[jackson1]

I don't have any personal experience regarding the JE-1200 circuitry, but your original pickups are designed for use with active circuitry, so putting in, say a Duncan Custom, without removing the circuitry, i'd say that the Custom would suffer from running through the active electronics... probably way too hot output. But someone better chime in to correct or +1 me.

[dg]

I've got a Custom & a Hot Rails in my Model 6 and they work fine with the midboost. The effect of the boost is a little less noticeable than it was with the original pickups, but it works fine with no ill effects. It sweetens the tone of the Custom a little, which can sometimes be kinda scooped for my taste. I haven't noticed the output being too hot except for once or twice when I had some clipping during computer-based recording, and it was easy to fix by dialing back the gain a bit.

[bratfink]

If you are pulling the JE-1200 circuitry then let me know. I can find a new home for it.

[jim777]

I play lots of different types of music, and have a lil '59 in the neck, a Gold Lace Sensor in the middle, and a JB in the bridge. It gives me lots of great sounds both clean and distorted, and I'm very happy with the guitar as it is now. I've only got the master vol and tone in the circuit though. I think I would leave the mid-boost in, personally, if my 6 still had one. I had one in a Pro Soloist, and I thought it was pretty cool.

[1trussell]

My 650xl has a Distortion/Cool Rails/Hot Rails in it, and it is an absolute tone monster. It does metal better than any other guitar I've owned. And it is versatile enough to handle a lot of other styles as well. I've used that setup with and without the mid boost. With the midboost, the Hot Rails in the neck sounded a little better. It seemed hotter and smoother and did amazing shred metal leads. The Distortion and the Cool Rails in the mid sound much better without the boost. They are both clearer and more articulate. The character of each pickup shines through. Right now, I've got it set up with 3 volumes and no tone, with push/pull pots on the Hot and Cool Rails to split them. The only thing I might change is to take off the push/pull pots and put a different pickup in the middle to give it a little better single coil tone. But I don't see myself doing that anytime soon.

[SGplayer]

I have the EMG 81/SA/SA set up on my model six if you wired it right you can have many sounds from metal to blues. When I use the bridge or bridge & middle it's metal w/volume full up. When I use the bridge & neck or just neck pickups
it's bluesy with volume 3/4, when I use all three on there's alot of harmonics like a vintage strat. I wired to work with one on/off or any combo. Here's a copy of my wiring diagram after I finished wiring. Also wired it at 18V , 2 batteries for more power & no noise.

[donf]

All these are interesting. Thanks guys!