Need advice on pickup choice

[Sral68]

Hi!

Im thinking about changing the humbucker in my lonestar strat. At the moment I have a Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates. My amp is a Metro 12000. My Speakers are a Marshall cab with Greenback from the early 70s. The Pearly Gates seems to bright with the Metro. I'm looking for more mids.

I built the Metro to get into VH territory, but the sound dosent have to be completly similiar.

In addition to the Lonestars Strat, I have a Japan strat with DiMarzio Evolutions and a 80 Charvel with a JB. The Charvel is on lone to a buddy so I havent tried with the Metro yet.

I,ve been thinking about getting the Smith EBS-2 (brown sound), a Seymour Duncan 59, or just another another JB.

[fillmore nyc]

Hey, Sral. Check out some of the pickups from WCR. Really nice stuff, and Jim from WCR is a member of this forum as well.
Cant go wrong by any means.

http://www.wcrguitar.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Structo]

I have a couple Lonestar Partscasters.

I used the Dimarzio Areas in one for middle and neck and a Tone Zone HB in the bridge.

The other has Fender Hot noiseless and a Air Zone in the bridge.

Both sound great.

I have the PAF Pro in another guitar and it sounds great as well.
Dimarzios are an excellent pickup that won't break the bank.

Kind of funny but I think the Fender noiseless have better strat tone than the Dimarzio Areas that everybody is loving.

[Sral68]

Hi!

Thanks for the tips. The WCR Darkburst look like an interresting propostion. I've usually bought Seymour Duncan pickups, the evolutions being an exeption, but I'm willing to try other brands. I like the idea of supporting smaller wendors. I tried the Di Marzio PAF pro years ago, but I didnt like it then. I usually bought hot pickups for a more metal sound. My tastes have changed since then. I'll give it another shot.

[dmcguitar]

how about either, the evh frankenstein pickup, or if semour duncan still makees the '78 evh. or how about a gibson pickup?

[Sral68]

I've looked at the 78 but they dont do mailorders to Norway.

[flieger67]

I've been mulling over pickups, too, and I keep thinking a lot about the Duncan Custom Custom to go with my RJS 6850. That might be another pickup for you to consider.

For what it's worth, I got a Duncan Alnico II Pro in the bridge of an all-mahogany Charvel with a Floyd and I really like it. The A2Pro replaced the stock Ducan Custom 5. The A2 magnet in the A2Pro really sounds great with a plexi circuit, in my opinion. My only wish for the A2Pro is a little more output and I think the A2-equipped Custom Custom might be the ticket.

Good luck with your pickup hunt. There sure are a ton of options these days, aren't there?

[darkbluemurder]

Hi!

Thanks for the tips. The WCR Darkburst look like an interresting propostion. I've usually bought Seymour Duncan pickups, the evolutions being an exeption, but I'm willing to try other brands. I like the idea of supporting smaller wendors. I tried the Di Marzio PAF pro years ago, but I didnt like it then. I usually bought hot pickups for a more metal sound. My tastes have changed since then. I'll give it another shot.

If you're looking at WCR the Godwood may be even a better choice for a strat type guitar because it is fatter sounding. The Darkburst is not as fat - good pickup though. I have never bonded with Seymour Duncan pickups but obviously many players like them.

Cheers Stephan

[Sral68]

I've placed an order for the EBS pickup from Smiths. He said it would be finished in couple of weeks.

The JB humbucker fra SD sounds ice through the 12.000 but its a little bit to metal for my taste. No problem getting pinched harmonics though.

[Maverick]

"I'm looking for more mids". Dimarzio fred.

[Metal Handles]

Have you thought of these??

http://www.highorderpickups.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Sral68]

Thanks for the tips.

I'll see how the pickup from Smith works out first. I'm also starting to like the pearly gates better. My amp (12.000) is now broken in and the highs are a lot smoother. I used in the studio this week and the combo of 12.000 and the pearlygates wasnt that bad.

[vanhalen5150]

Thanks for the tips.

I'll see how the pickup from Smith works out first. I'm also starting to like the pearly gates better. My amp (12.000) is now broken in and the highs are a lot smoother. I used in the studio this week and the combo of 12.000 and the pearlygates wasnt that bad.

I put a WCR Darkburst into an ash charvel san dimas/bumble bee style. Absolutely killer. Took out the EVH Frankenstrat pickup, or as I call them now, the EVH "Prank-enstrat" pickup.

[jnewlyn]

SD's 59 ='s VH territory. End of story.

[Star*Guitar]

If you look in the EVH forum here, stan did a pickup recording test with all of the choices. He is going to post the Duncan 78 tomorrow. That made my mind up. I have a 59 in one of my guitars and swapped out the EVH wind and I am putting a Motor City 2nd degree in the other.

Still everyone's guitar and ears are different. Give it a listen.