FINALLY! I tried a Suhr Aldrich. My thoughts.

Rex Rocker said:
Not apples to apples, but I recorded this quick clip. First is the LP with the Aldrich, then my LTD EC-400VF with a Duncan Antiquity JB: *CLIP*

Keep in mind the LP is naturally tight and aggressive and the LTD is naturally fat and round. But I think it's pretty evident to me that the mids in the Aldrich/LP are less stuffy.

Also, this is what the guitar straight in look like. Well, almost straight in. I use my 18V TS808 turned off as a buffer. You can tell that even the Ant JB with its degaussed magnet is way hotter than the Aldrich.

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Cool tone! The JB seems to have more fuzzy/woofy scratchiness going on for a lack of a better description. The Aldrich sounds tighter and better 'reigned in'.
 
Rex Rocker said:
What did you not like about it?

I personally don't love that it's so high DCR and it's so not blistering hot output, LOL. But that's kind of irrational of me. It sounds good, it's just not what I was expecting. I guess what's "negative" about it for me is that it's neither a full-on hot pickup nor is it a vintage-y PAF-type.
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It was both muddy and biting for some reason
 
I love the bustbucker 2 I have in the bridge of my Lp Std.

The maple neck of your tribute might tweak things thou.
 
67mike said:
I love the bustbucker 2 I have in the bridge of my Lp Std.

The maple neck of your tribute might tweak things thou.
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I've liked BB Pros in the past, but I've never gotten along with BB 1/2/3. I had the 2 and the 3 in one of those 1959 Epis. But it could've just been the guitar. It was alright, but not fantastic.
 
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itsme said:
It was both muddy and biting for some reason
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I found the Aldrich to be pretty sensitive to height position, a few turns on the screws could change it quite a bit. Once I found the sweet spot the only gripe I had was it was slightly more compressed than I was hoping
 
I'm really digging it, honestly. It just caught me off guard that it isn't as high output as the DCR had me believing. I suppose that has to do in part with the Alnico 5 that Suhr use.
 
Rex Rocker said:
I've liked BB Pros in the past, but I've never gotten along with BB 1/2/3. I had the 2 and the 3 in one of those 1959 Epis. But it could've just been the guitar. It was alright, but not fantastic.
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Probably the guitar.
 
The Aldrich is a great pick up. My issue with it was that it lacked the high end sparkle of the JB, or other pick ups, that I prefer when playing leads and solos. Maybe in some guitars it has that, but not in my PRS CU 24. I prefer the Afwayu from Motor City as a great all around rhythm and lead pick up.
 
Huge fan of the Aldrich pickups. I have one in my Suhr Modern that sounds so good into just about any amp...

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