Kapo_Polenton
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At that point might as well just go dimarzio AT 1 which has the sound of a jb into 250 k pot. ( or so the story goes)
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Nigel
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Sure bro! Find your own revelation! Just spitballin.’ A JB properly dialed will get big, fat, satisfying tones for 80% of players imho, and we want to be playing, not tweaking.
Dale B
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Anderson H3+ in the bridge. As for the neck, Anderson H1.
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PSGuitar
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How is the Wicked 8 compared to the Aldrich? Did you get it?
I'm looking for really fat, full and warm. Maybe even a dense and thick pickup.
Wicked 8, Aldrich, BBQ, Fralin High Output, PRS Tremonti and others from which to choose.
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PSGuitar
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Does the Wicked 8 give you the bigness and thickness of the ceramics and Tremonti you like?
To me the Aldrich is also fat and big.
My PRS SC 250 sounds huge to me.
Kapo_Polenton
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The Wicked 8 will make your aldrich sound like that chicken armed wimp at the beach. It is the big meat head who kicks sand in your face. Big, chewy, but also excellent definition as most Tonenerd pups have.
I still like the Aldrich though.
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PSGuitar
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Me too. Love the Aldrich. Makes my LP sound amazing.
I deal with nerve damage so I struggle some days to play. For that reason I tend to avoid ultra right and articulate tones. I lean toward dense, somewhat compressed, forgiving and chewy tones.
I'm thinking the Aldrich is still more forgiving and compresses than the 8.
But I may order to try it soon.
jabps
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Hmm, that's hard to say because I haven't tried that pup in the Chub but...it's in the ball park tonally which is where I wanted to be. It has some sweetness that the 500T doesn't have and yet still aggressive. Overall it's just a bigger sounding pup than the JB but in a good way which was what I wanted...not overbearing, not boomy, right in the pocket with good feel if that makes sense. I mean it's hard describing pups because they are different in every guitar.
My thing is this if you find a pup and it works, stick with it. If not you're just continually chasing. I love the 500T's in Pauls, love the stock Tremonti pups in my Tremonti guitars and I really like the 8 in the Chub. Unless I'm just experimenting I usually stick with something I dig right off the bat.
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PSGuitar
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Japbs, well said my friend. Pickups are different in each guitar so it is so hard describing and explaining.
Some guys say the Aldrich doesn't big but it is huge in my LP.
I hear ya. I used to chase tones with pickups and it's a waste. I just am not thrilled with the #7 bridge and want to at least try one or two others.
Some guys say the Aldrich doesn't big but it is huge in my LP.
I hear ya. I used to chase tones with pickups and it's a waste. I just am not thrilled with the #7 bridge and want to at least try one or two others.
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PSGuitar
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Because I find the Aldrich to be really the only ck and chewy, sort of like a darker JB blended with a Rio BBQ, I may go that route. Although I will check Motor City and a few more.
Speeddemon
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I found that after changing the Floyd trem block to a big brass block in my Kramer SM-1, its JB (bridge) also became a tad less strident and bigger sounding in the lows and low-mids.
scottosan
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I’d like someone who has the Wicked 8 and Aldrich at the same time to chime in as well. I know the W8 will sound as big as the Aldrich I think that it has the same level of compression. I’ve had some guitars that I felt were too wooly with then Aldrich whereas I’ve never felt the W8 feel over compressed in any guitar I’ve tried it in. I always feel that compression and sag is more felt in the lower frequencies, but some people like that accompanied with a softer high end and some like it accompanied with a clear high end. I think it’s going to boil down to how you like the top end. That said, I agree with what others have said. If you have a go to pickup, try that. I’d rather miss a sale than mislead someone or have them be unhappy. I’m not trying to conquer the world, just offer some pickups that I feel bring something different to the table.
That’s why I haven’t focused on trying to replicate some of the more familiar pickups until recently. I will be offering some more models soon that are more on the warmer/loser, but until then, I get that my current offering lean toward the tighter more aggressive side.
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PSGuitar
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I like a softer top end. It adds the the chew and feel for me.
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The One
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What about the BK Holy Diver? That's a Pickup i thought about putting in one of my LP's.
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PSGuitar
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What's it like?
I want to also check out Motor City and Fralin.
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PSGuitar
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Interesting,
I like the description...
Adds depth, body and saturation to the guitar while having sweet highs? I like that. I wonder how it works in a singlecut.
https://www.bareknucklepickups.co.uk/pickup/humbucker/holydiver
jabps
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@PSGuitar, email @scottosan and tell him what you are looking for, maybe you already have.
That's what I did and he got right back to me. Super easy to order and to have the ability to tell him what I was looking for he gave me the recommendation. Sure you can email Seymour or DiMarzio, most any of these places but it often times feels like a generic response. Plus I love supporting smaller builders.
That's what I did and he got right back to me. Super easy to order and to have the ability to tell him what I was looking for he gave me the recommendation. Sure you can email Seymour or DiMarzio, most any of these places but it often times feels like a generic response. Plus I love supporting smaller builders.
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The One
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Would the Wicked 8 Make a LP that is a Bit Anemic in the Low End sound Bigger/Fuller?
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The One
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The Afwayu is a Big Sounding Pickup. I have one in my Practice Guitar. which is an older ESP/LTD Viper.
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PSGuitar
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Too big and fat for a singlecut?
Have you tried the Aldrich? I'd want the one that is darker and maybe more forgiving.