Hey all, Mike Britton here. I'm a newbie to the forums, building a "Frankintar".
Maple neck, Indian Rosewood fretboard. Paulowina body, single H/B in the bridge position. 251/2" scale. Strat style top loader hardtail Might want to install a Bigsby later.
I'm researching options on different pickup ideas.
One is to find a good H/B and then split it with the tone button. Another is to drill and install a 2 way switch like a Les Paul (the body is a double cut away Les Paul Jr. copy.) to split the H/B.
I've been looking at the Seymore Duncan "Pearly Gates" pickup. Nice and fat, Billy Gibbons's favorite pickup.
What about putting a neck pickup in the bridge position? Is there any advantage?
As you can tell maybe, I'm looking for a fat. clear bluesy sound out of this single pickup guitar.
If you have a vision of the sounds you want, I suggest to just try any pickup in any position and test how it works. For example I like the sound of the EMG 85 in the bridge position and the EMG 81 in the neck position - the opposite of what is typically used. There's already a significant sound difference just by the pickup position. Then you can manipulate how much you want that difference by using either the same pickups, or making the difference even bigger (which is typically done), or making the difference a bit smaller.
Neck pickup in bridge position
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If you have a vision of the sounds you want, I suggest to just try any pickup in any position and test how it works. For example I like the sound of the EMG 85 in the bridge position and the EMG 81 in the neck position - the opposite of what is typically used. There's already a significant sound difference just by the pickup position. Then you can manipulate how much you want that difference by using either the same pickups, or making the difference even bigger (which is typically done), or making the difference a bit smaller.