New to Floyd, Need a pickup.

[crankyrayhanky]

lower your guitar volume to 8.5ish, go into a clean OD. Wicked Awesome no new pickup needed!
The stock neck pickup is fantastic too, once wired up. You may need to put something in underneath to lift it up a tad

 

[skoora]

lower your guitar volume to 8.5ish, go into a clean OD. Wicked Awesome no new pickup needed!
The stock neck pickup is fantastic too, once wired up. You may need to put something in underneath to lift it up a tad

I’m sorry but there’s just no way I’m relying on doing that all the time to get a sound I like. Especially as at a little less than full on, this particular pickup is worse?
I’ve heard good things about the neck SC.

 

[crankyrayhanky]

IDK, I think it is the perfect pickup. Not sure how nudging a dial is a chore lol
Go get some bare knuckles

 

[johnny q]

I wonder if the Black is good for a Floyd guitar as they say it’s a little darker than the white, in regards to the plinky artifacts. It seems spec wise the White is like a 78 and the Black a Duncan Custom Custom? What guitar do you have the Black in?

It's in a 1980s-something Charvel Strat that was converted to a Floyd and Hum/Sing/Sing configuration. The Black sounds great in there but honestly, the Duncan Custom Custom sounded just as good if not a little better. The Black (at least in that guitar) is brighter than the Duncan CC.

 

[skoora]

Fuck…I’m taking a bit of a left turn in it and possibly making it a D or C# standard guitar. Threw on some 11-52’s but they’re a tad too much. Maybe back to a 11-50. Not use to this longer scale length. Hoping for a pickup that could do double duty of A440 and this. Is the Alnico 2 in a 78 going to be too spongy in the lows? Thinking I need at least a IV or V magnet to handle the low tuning.

 

[JohnnyGtar]

@tallcoolone is right: The Norton is an all around badass pickup. I'll add that I think the Norton is fantastic in parallel mode as well...it works great in parallel by itself, and it's quack city when Norton bridge in parallel is combined with a Strat pickup in the middle!
Steve Blucher told me years ago that people had been asking him to design a pickup that was in between a Tone Zone and a FRED, so he created the Norton. I'm surprised that it's not much more popular. It deserves to be.

 

[JohnnyGtar]

I don't personally like the "Air" Norton at all. The Norton is a snarling, grindy beast tho

 

[BlueParfait]

yeah but Joe could play a shovel with strings and it would sound great

 

[JohnnyGtar]

yeah but Joe could play a shovel with strings and it would sound great

Well, I can't play anywhere near as good as Joe does and the Norton still kicks royal ass when I play through it...

 

[Geo]

If you want to try something new that works with every kind of music, try an EMG 89.

 

[heath]

The Suhr Thornbucker II would be a great option for that guitar. Moderate output and alnico II magnets. Clear and warm sounding with the right amount of push.

 

[skoora]

Interesting and cool to learn from this video that you may need an F space Hum for hard tail PRS. The Norton sounded fine, but I really liked the way that Air Classic sounded.

 

[SFW]

A hotter PAF will do fine IMO

This.... The Duncan 78.

 

[BlueParfait]

This.... The Duncan 78.

Pearly Gates on steroids

What's not to like hahaha

 

[Uzi Nein Millimetah]

I have an EVH Bumblebee and consider the stock Wolfgang pickup to be perfect for that guitar, inspiring even. It was the first guitar where I was forced to use the volume knob for cleaner passages since there is only one pickup. I'd give it a little time and think about your signal chain/setting before swapping.

I even picked up a Frankenstein pickup at one point because someone was basically giving it away, but I haven't felt the need to put it in the EVH, maybe a future Warmoth project.