Pickup suggestions for Mahogany

Speeddemon said:
The Custom/59 Hybrid (what they were talking about) is a different pickup. Not honky whatsoever. Very open, dynamic, good push, not mushy.
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Yeah. Lots of guys get caught up in too hot of an output, and get a shit sounding pickup. This has a classic voicing and is medium output. You can make it nasty with a heavy picking hand. As it fucking should be
 
Mahogany can vary a lot. If you want to go active, I would do the EMG Retroactives. If it's a relatively dark guitar, I would do an SH-6. If it's bright for mahogany I'd do a hotter alnico magnet like an aldrich.
 
I've got a jb in two mahagony guitars, both sound good. You might want to try a full shred. Just got a charvel with it and am really liking it, but it is a alder body.
 
LPMojoGL said:
Hey! I have a new Soloist with EMG 85/81 set. Been thinking about disconnecting the mostly useless tone knob, hopefully opening up the sound a bit. What does the 24v kit do? Not that it's muddy, but more openess and clarity would be good.
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That’s exactly what it does…more openness and clarity…the 24v mod is the same size as a 9 volt so no space issues like sticking 2 9 volts in there.
 
For your wood combo and your style of music in no particular order...

Duncan Custom - great rock and hard rock pickup. plenty of bottom end with some umph. P90 style mids.
Suhr Aldrich - LOVE this pickup. does rock and metal and all points in between. Has a wonderful midrange grind.
BKP Rebel Yell - love this one too. Think super refined JB.
 
For all Mahogany - something with some cut. JB or one it's variants would be my starting point. I love ceramic pups in my maple capped Les Pauls and PRS guitars but they can get a little muddy for me in a Mahogany body guitar. Again alnico and something along the lines of a JB and it's variants.
 
My opinion Alnico 5
Lower out put
Generally the lower the output the more clarity and brighter
The hotter the pickup the darker and thicker

Kind of the opposite of Amps
Higher plate voltage more open less compressed
Low voltage more brown thicker

So anything Duncan , Dimarzio
Bare knuckle with about 8-11 resistance Alnico 5
 
tallcoolone said:
The Custom is pretty honky—in the wrong guitar it can be too much IME
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We all here things different, I suppose, but the mids in a Custom are pretty relaxed. They do have more high mids, but honky would be the last adjective I'd use to describe a Custom.

I know I've said this before, but the Wes Hauch signature rails are superb. Not too hot, very well balanced across the board. They fly way under the radar. They're not an all-out metal pick-up at all.

If you like PAF's, (and get lucky in the used market), PRS's 57/08's get my vote in the PAF camp. Pricey though.
 
Ok, I revisited the PRS tonight and playing it thru a UA Lion 68 into the power section of my EVH 5150III el34 50 watt into EVH412.
Got the Lion set to brown and it sounds killer! Just the right amount of dirt and clarity . I think the SD78 is 9k? And it really comes alive with this pedal.

When playing JB loaded guitars its a lot more hotter ,like I got a boost on which is ok sometimes. If that makes any sense (y)

So, pickups sound different on what amp you are using?

I am looking into getting a custom/59 to try out for other guitars I have.
 
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