Pickup for LP with big bottom

napalmdeath said:
JBs can be tubby in mahogany. I'm not a fan.

Maybe a Super Distortion?
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The JB is my go to pickup in LP’s. Pretty much perfect for me. I like a tight sound. In SG’s I don’t like them though. The Custom /59 hybrid sounds great in my SG Custom. Years ago I hated the JB, now it’s one of my favorites. Weird how that worked out.
 
Greazygeo said:
The JB is my go to pickup in LP’s. Pretty much perfect for me. I like a tight sound. In SG’s I don’t like them though. The Custom /59 hybrid sounds great in my SG Custom. Years ago I hated the JB, now it’s one of my favorites. Weird how that worked out.
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I've never had a tight JB, but I suppose other factors could make it tight. It's too round and bouncy for my liking.

Funny you mention the SG.. I have an SH-5, and have had my SG for about a year, and toyed with throwing it in there. But, the stock pickups seem to just work. It's tight, great clarity, and sounds crushing through my Rectifier 25.
 
napalmdeath said:
I've never had a tight JB, but I suppose other factors could make it tight. It's too round and bouncy for my liking.

Funny you mention the SG.. I have an SH-5, and have had my SG for about a year, and toyed with throwing it in there. But, the stock pickups seem to just work. It's tight, great clarity, and sounds crushing through my Rectifier 25.
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My SG is a ‘90 with those Bill Lawrence designed pickups with the circuit boards on the bottom. Squeal like hell and suck tonally. They had to go. First thing I popped in was the JB, figured it would work…nope, dull city. Duncan recommended the Custom 5…nope, no midrange, just lows and highs. Then they recommended this Custom hybrid, it’s really good in it. SG’s just seem tricky with pickups.

Recently swapped a JB in my RG570. It sounds great in there. Surprised me it sounds good in basswood.
 
I'll second the SH14 Custom5. It's beefy, not too overpowered, and the low end is not as loose as the JB's.
ToneZone is an option, but in the wrong guitar it would become muddy probably.
Have you considered the DiMarzio Breed Bridge? It's big sounding, but also quite polite. So I figure for hard rock (think Y&T, Thin Lizzy) it should work fine.
I had the Custom5 in a Les Paul first and it rocked; punchy too. Now it resides in my ESP Horizon to add some beef. It probably has more high end crunch and sizzle than the Breed Bridge, but it's nowhere near a Duncan Distortion or DiMarzio Norton.
Oh, another beefy contender: DiMarzio AT-1!
 
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