Good single coil neck pup for a bright guitar?

[Lester Burnham]

What would you guys recommend? It would go in the neck position of a VH type setup (single hum, maple neck, basswood body, W/ a floyd rose). I like the guitar, but it IS kind of a one trick pony. It seems to be kind of a bright sounding guitar, so i'd like something with maybe a darker clean sound that could counteract that. .I'd like a good "woody" sounding pickup that would get me in the ballpark of my rosewood board strat.

 

I'm pretty open -- i'm not opposed to a stacked single-coil either.

 

I typically play blues/classic rock/80's hard rock type stuff, just to give you an idea.

[Norcal_GIT_r]

What pickup do you have in the bridge?

Also do you have one volume for both pickups?

[Gas Hed]

I love my Dimarzio Area 58 in my neck.

[algernon7]

I have a Squier Cyclone with a Tex Mex single coil in the neck, it freakin' rocks.

Gets a good gutsy blues sound with mediumg gain, and with high gain you can get some scorching lead tones.

[Lester Burnham]

 

What pickup do you have in the bridge? Also do you have one volume for both pickups?

 

 

I have a generic ESP humbucker in the bridge, sort of like a SD '59. I have one volume which would be for both pickups. Oh and along with a 3 way switch, I would probably add a tone control.

 

It's an inexpensive instrument, but I just like it...I just want more versatility. A good clean sound is important, but if the pickup handles gain well, then that's just a bonus.

[Norcal_GIT_r]

 

I have a generic ESP humbucker in the bridge, sort of like a SD '59. I have one volume which would be for both pickups. Oh and along with a 3 way switch, I would probably add a tone control. It's an inexpensive instrument, but I just like it...I just want more versatility. A good clean sound is important, but if the pickup handles gain well, then that's just a bonus.

 

 

Do you like the sound of your bridge pickup? Is it bright as well? Also do you know what pickup is in the neck. Is it an alnico or ceramic pickup?

[Lester Burnham]

 

Do you like the sound of your bridge pickup? Is it bright as well? Also do you know what pickup is in the neck. Is it an alnico or ceramic pickup?

 

 

The bridge humbucker sounds really good to me with distortion, but is kind of bright clean. I actually don't have a pickup in the neck -- I would get my guitar routed for a neck single coil (it doesn't have a pickguard).