Hey Matt. LP Freak already mentioned this... I would check the pots first. Maybe yours is over 500K, and finding one that is a bit under 500K could be just enough to solve your problem. I just switched from a pot that read 540K to a new one at about 470K. A subtle change, but it was enough to solve my issue.
Was gonna say this too, I have 3 guitars with this pickup and they aren’t overly bright, two of them being swamp ash even. Be curious to know what amp you’re playing them through
Thanks braintheory. I will take a look into your suggestions. There are so many options out there now.
I have found lower output pickups sound fuller with a higher gain amp. I will give it a try and might look into the Luxxbucker Old School if it’s to much. My BKP Rebel Yells in the Les Paul sounds good but is overkill with the gain available...
They're kind of hard to find now I bought two extras to have around years ago but they do pop up every now and then. It was Seymour's hot PAF right before he came out with the Custom and the Distortion, it just has less mid emphasis and just a bit less output....it's a wailer though....... Duncan then used the Seymourizer II wind as the complimentary neck pickup for the Distortion matched pickup sets. So you can still buy that wind today but he calls it the SH-6N neck pickup if you want to take that wind for a spin......
My 78 Model measures 9.1K but you'd think it was a much hotter pickup it was wound by MJ as was my Allan Holdsworth/Jake E Lee pickup. Even though I feel the MM1400 pickup was used on VH1 I won't pull the 78 out of my Frank because it does so many things well outside of EVH and just sounds great and has great feel and dynamics, it's also tight but has some give to it so I would never guess it was an A-2 quite honestly.
They're kind of hard to find now I bought two extras to have around years ago but they do pop up every now and then. It was Seymour's hot PAF right before he came out with the Custom and the Distortion, it just has less mid emphasis and just a bit less output....it's a wailer though....... Duncan then used the Seymourizer II wind as the complimentary neck pickup for the Distortion matched pickup sets. So you can still buy that wind today but he calls it the SH-6N neck pickup if you want to take that wind for a spin......
I'm not sure they would wind a custom shop SH-6N any different than the standard model. I guess one could ask for it to be made to the 1970's Seymourizer II specs and see what they say, as far as I know they have all the old specs of every pickup they ever made in the custom shop. I had a nice discussion with MJ when I ordered my Allan Holdsworth wind they did for Jake E Lee and she pulled up the specs while I was on the phone with her and confirmed what they were and then I ordered it. Or you could just pick up a SH-6N to see if you liked it enough to invest in a custom shop build or just look for an old one. I know the magnets and baseplates with buytrate bobbins were different back then just how much different is up for speculation.
I just checked my two vintage Seymourizer II's and they measure 12.51K ohms and 12.71K ohms respectively. Seymour basically took what was originally a bridge pickup and made it a neck pickup by proxy once he wound the Custom to 14K and the Distortion to 16K. I think the JB was his original hot pickup in the 70's.
Wasn't sure if you were asking me or the OP. I usually use a couple of old Marshalls ('71 Super Lead, and a Major modded by Michael RT) or a Morris XSIII. Two of my Luxxbucker Hot pickups are in Swamp Ash guitars, and one of them is in an alder body super strat.
