Bridge Humbucker - "I still haven't found what I'm looking for"...

[moj067]

Great to hear Husky chiming in. Thanks for the input even though I'm not the OP. I've enjoyed my SSV for some time and your humbuckers split very well I might add.

[mishomor]

My vote goes to Suhr SSV

[jbp]

I'm just now discovering Motor City Pickups. Man, these look intriguing. The Afwayu has me VERY interested.

[jbp]

These look like they might fit the bill.

It seems everyone is hot on the Afwayu and the 2nd Degree Black Belts. I listened to James Lugo's massive pickup shootout MP3s - pretty helpful, but A LOT of those pickups sounded good.

For those of you who use them, which Motor City Pickup fits what I'm looking for? Where to start? (Check out the beginning of my thread)

(And yes, I'm going to contact Wade...)

[Valtiel]

I'll bump this up with some input. For your application I think an overwound Fralin Unbucker would work perfectly. Not only would it split really well for your clean sounds, but the full humbucker tones will be big and open due to the mismatched coils, but will still have some of the normal humbucker fatness.

I also wanted to add a big -1 to the Rio Grande BBQ bucker, its definitely dark and fat and anything but open sounding IMO.

[jbp]

Hey folks-

From what I can tell, here are my best options for bridge humbuckers, but i still haven't heard much on some of these models (from players, that is)

- Motor City Afwayu
- Motor City Angel Dust (Wade's suggestion)
- Tom Anderson H2+ or H3
- Suhr SSH+ or Suhr Aldrich
- James Tyler Super
- James Tyler California Special (does anyone know if it splits well?)

I listened to the James Lugo's big pickup shootout soundclips and every one of these sounded good. Hard to discern the subtleties...

[Help!I'maRock!]

Originally Posted by malabarmusic

Dimarzio Norton?

- DB

if the Air Norton i have in the bridge of my Ibanez is any indication, this is a great choice.

[jbp]

After much deliberation, I'm going to give the Tyler Super (covered) a whirl.

My guitar seems to be very warm and resonant overall, but not overly bright. it has a lot in the mids and low mids. I talked with Lance at Wildwood Guitars (CO) and also Paul at Jim's shop and it sounds like the Super is a good complement to my alder/maple Strat. Paul also mentioned that the California Special would work if I wanted a darker tone - I'm betting that pickup would KILL in a swamp ash/maple set-up.

More to come...