Vintage output humbuckers

[Steinmetzify]

Yeah H Golf......GOD, settle down and do what the loquacious boss tells you.....oh wait....

 

[H Golf Sport]

Here I was thinking It was like comparing apples to car tires.
Thank you for schooling me. I see the connection now. Overpaying for a brand name.
Unquestionably the finest made. I will be sure to run to TGP and study up. I too aspire to the finer things in life.

Now back to your reg scheduled TT 500 trolling.

 

[TrueTone500]

Here I was thinking It was like comparing apples to car tires.
Thank you for schooling me. I see the connection now. Overpaying for a brand name.
Unquestionably the finest made. I will be sure to run to TGP and study up. I too aspire to the finer things in life.

Now back to your reg scheduled TT 500 trolling.

I see... You have a poverty chip on your shoulder, and so you are lashing-out...

Yours is a self-destructive attitude, which will only lead to ruin. Change your attitude, and your fortunes will change with it... May God bless you with the strength to make the change.

It's a hard road
A hard road to follow
It's a hard road,
It's the highway to tomorrow

Hey you, man, what do you know?
It's not so easy on the lonely road
Hey man, where do I go?
Nothin' to win, and nothin' to show

Hey you, human sacrifice,
You paid the road, was it worth the price?
It takes, it takes, it doesn't ask twice
You could win the world,
You could lose your life

You waste each precious moment
Chasing rainbows in the sky
The road lies there before you
Are you afraid to try?

You're so clever,
You're so cool
But you're just another number
Just another fool
How you thirst for sweet revenge
But you're the loser in the end

And when it's said and done And the hard road claims you
Even though it won
No one really blames you
The truth gets lost
But the legend will grow
Yesterday's victim...tomorrow's hero

- Rik Emmett

 

[TrueTone500]

I'm looking for some recommendations on what to try next.
Currently I'm using:
Suhr SSV bridge with Gibson Burstbucker Pro neck
Motor City Black Belt set
Bareknuckle Mule Set

I've tried almost EVERY Seymour Duncan and there
seems to be a Dimarzio flavor that I just don't like.
Alnico seems to be my thing.
Other than that, I'm wide open.
I played Tom Anderson pickups for a long time, but they were
the original H series. I was thinking of trying their HC series.

Recommendations?

Back on topic... I think you would like the DiMarzio 36th Anniversary pickups. If it has to be SD, then I'd try the Seth Lover. The 36th is a potted Alnico V, and the SL is an non-potted Alnico II. If you're using high gain/volume, I'd go with the 36th Anniversary.

I have a cream under raw nickel cover Wolfetone Marshallhead w/Alnico II non-potted that I may sell. The bottom-end is a bit more than I needed, so I went with the Marshallhead MKII.

 

[JTyson]

Suhr DSHs. I've got them in a few Singlecuts, and they are amazing. The only better PAF style pickup made is the PRS DGT (David Grissom signature). They were made with his ears judging, using his 1959 Gibson ES PAFs as a guide.

Agreed
That Dave Grissom sig pickup was amazing. It made me reconsider vintage output pickups altogether. I could not find a bad tone in the thing

 

[audiomidijace]

Well, we got off track there for a bit, but thanks for all of the suggestions guys!
I'm researching all of them. There were many I'd never heard of.
We'll see how it goes!

 

[charvelstrat81]

This guy makes a stellar pu for $85 each
http://www.zhangbucker.com/humbuckers.html

 

[charvelstrat81]

Look at Sigil pickups...

http://www.sigilpickups.com/

Dude is a member over at MLP and will wind whatever you want, man.....I have one of his first sets of Bluesmans in my #1 LP and they're killer. MLP info:

http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/members/cheopisiv.html

I have dealt with him many times and he is a great guy and knows pickups!

 

[4406cuda]

I suggest the SD Seth Lovers

 

[Steinmetzify]

Look at Sigil pickups...

http://www.sigilpickups.com/

Dude is a member over at MLP and will wind whatever you want, man.....I have one of his first sets of Bluesmans in my #1 LP and they're killer. MLP info:

http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/members/cheopisiv.html

I have dealt with him many times and he is a great guy and knows pickups!

Yup. Shame more people don't know about these, but I'm trying to educate the public.

 

[sytharnia1560]

Has any one else found duncans don't seem to go well with basswood?? I have 2 basswood guitars and every duncan I have tried in them sound like ass. Dimarzios seem to work with them though

 

[charvelstrat81]

Has any one else found duncans don't seem to go well with basswood?? I have 2 basswood guitars and every duncan I have tried in them sound like ass. Dimarzios seem to work with them though

JB,custom,custom-custom, demon,jason becker,duncan distortion and a few others always sounded fine for me in basswood?
I use a single 500K volume pot no treble bleed cap.
With the dimarzio's i have to use a 1meg volume pot or they stay too dark.

 

[sytharnia1560]

JB,custom,custom-custom, demon,jason becker,duncan distortion and a few others always sounded fine for me in basswood?
I use a single 500K volume pot no treble bleed cap.

I guess its all a matter of taste. I have never liked the tone of a jb with basswood

 

[charvelstrat81]

JB,custom,custom-custom, demon,jason becker,duncan distortion and a few others always sounded fine for me in basswood?
I use a single 500K volume pot no treble bleed cap.

I guess its all a matter of taste. I have never liked the tone of a jb with basswood

yes and the actual guitar itself
I have played a few basswood guitars with those same pu's and they did not sound very good.
take a EBMM axis for example,very bright guitar so the JB sounded like ass in that one where as a duncan custom-custom sounded amazing in it.
the JB worked wonders in a RG i used to own.