what are some of the best stock pickups you've played

[bunghole]

wondering what are some guitars you've played with good stock pickups other than the obvious (fender, gibson, anderson and any other high end brand whose pickups alone are noteworthy)

 

[GOHOINC]

57 classics

 

[LP Freak]

Suhr

 

[Bakonshakin]

1 up on the 57 classics. But then again I've yet to own many a well done guitar brands.

 

[thiswaythatway]

Anderson H2+

PRS DGT, 57/08.

 

[halebox]

57 classic plus is good

 

[shane159]

Gibson P-90's are my favorite P-90, and the Gibson 498 and 500 are my favorite stock humbuckers.

 

[hstlaurent]

PRS 57/08 and 53/10.

 

[Steinmetzify]

PRS McCarty pickups. Vintage vibe, hot PAF type, hot enough for modern metal and also sound great split.

 

[Purpleibby]

Have to agree with the 57 classic comments above....Got my first Les Paul recently(have always been a superstrat, charvel, ibanez guy) and I was totally happy with the tone of the 57s....very cool to not have to immediately change the pickups in a new guitar for a change(Charvel was awesome pickupwise too).

 

[spguitar]

PRS HFS are pretty cool for super high gain.
Iommi
500T

 

[fretout]

Lots of love here for the 57 Classics! I'll add that I see to HATE these pickups and tore them (carefully of course) out of all my 68RIs up until the last RI I bought.

I plugged it into my all the day I got it, and it was one of those days when you're incapable of playing a bad note. I figures it was an anomaly, and figured I would try my guitar with a different amp...and to my surprise...same thing...great depth and I loved the grit those pickups have!

So, now I'm debating pulling all the EMGs I installed out of the guitars and throwing in the stock pickups with upgraded electronics.

So, surprisingly I'm loving the 57 Classic / 57 Classic Plus setup. They're missing the immediacy and the cut of the EMGs, but the depth these PUPs have is amazing!

 

[rokket2005]

I love my PRS #7's and 408s.

 

[dfrattaroli]

Suhr, the EBMM JP pickups and the new Kiesel stuff.

 

[charvelstrat81]

the pickups on the EBMM axis guitars!(custom wound for EVH dimarzio's)
I bought a few sets of those for my other guitars i liked them so much

 

[crankyrayhanky]

Peavey Wolfgang ftw

 

[Bxlxaxkxe]

I liked the burstbucker 1 and 2s in my R0.

Also like PRS 59/09s

 

[mchn13]

Peavey Wolfgang ftw

What were in those? I don't change mine either when I had one. Also had an ibanez rg550 back in the day I didn't just hate the pups. Some kind of ibz pups.?

 

[Tuckerbomb]

Peavey Wolfgang ftw

Agreed. The stock bridge pup that was in my old Wolf Special was incredible.

 

[NoodlerKS]

Bill Lawrence XL500's are nice for high gain. Dimarzio Super Distortion is nice for rock and metal. I recently became a fan of the Seymour Duncan P Rails. The P90 and Single coil setting is nice but the humbucker setting is one of my all time favorites. Great sustain.