Not satisfied with my neck pickup tone.. (Anderson related)

[MrDan666]

So im back in a band again now, and at full stage volumes im starting to realise im not satisfied tone-wise with certain things.. And im mainly noticing that im not really diggin the neck pickup in my GMW Strat!

The guitar is just Hum/Single in layout with no middle pickup. I have the Anderson H3 in the bridge and its by far the best pickup i have tried!! In the neck position, I tried the Duncan Little 59, the hot rails, the cool rails, etc etc. I think im more of a full size humbucker kinda guy.. These single coil sized humbuckers dont sound the same IMO, i have tried the Duncan models and also several Dimarzio models too.. only to be left unsatisfied with the tone. I prefer a thick smooth neck pickup tone, more LP type neck pickup tones.

Thinking of ditching the Hum/Single layout and going for a Hum/Hum pickguard and loading in an Anderson neck humbucker to go with the H3 in the bridge.

I like the neck pickup to be nice and thick/warm sounding, but with a little bit more output than the Lil 59 i had before...

Not sure whether to go with the H1 or the H1+?

Anderson pickup users chime in please

Cheers!

 

[van hellion]

h1 all day long, all my DFU stuff is done with this combo! that pickup rocks!!

A Wood

 

[rupe]

I have an Anderson with an H2+/H1 combo that sounds great.

 

[MrDan666]

Thanks for the response guys!

Andy, you get some killer tones on the DFU stuff with that combo man!! Thats pretty much what steered me in the H1 direction

 

[Ark Amps]

All I know is the H2 bridge is pup sounds unreal in my all mohagony Frankenstrat, the Steve Morse neck model by Dimarzio and the Wolfgang neck pup are two of my all time fav pups for the neck slot

 

[Capulin Overdrive]

if you're routed for H H, then that's probably the way to go.


if not, you might e-mail Tom Anderson and see what he says about his mini-buckers?

 

[jmgman69]

All I know is the H2 bridge is pup sounds unreal in my all mohagony Frankenstrat, the Steve Morse neck model by Dimarzio and the Wolfgang neck pup are two of my all time fav pups for the neck slot

The Steve Morse neck was one of my favorite dimarzio pickups!!!!!I sounded great even in the neck of my V!!!!