What is the dealeo with the Suhr Aldrich pickups?????

[blackba]

Too many people are now telling me they are harsh and do not clean up. Not talking about clean tones with the bridge pickup, I am talking cleaning up with the volume knob.

I am mostly goinf for classic hard rock and 90s hard rock and grunge tones. Amps are 20th Ann Bogner Shiva, PWE Event Horizon and 1998 Mesa Boogie Rectoverb.

Favorite bridge pickups to date are Rio Grande BBQ, Duncan Custom, PRS Dragon, WCR Godwood, Guitar Force Rebel Fire, Gibson Bill Lawrence circuit board pickups from '88-'89 and Motor City Torque.

The only ones in your list that I have experience with is the BBQ, which I found very thick and crunchy, not smooth. The Aldrich to me sounds clear and more balanced.

 

[fuzzyguitars]

Too many people are now telling me they are harsh and do not clean up. Not talking about clean tones with the bridge pickup, I am talking cleaning up with the volume knob.

I am mostly goinf for classic hard rock and 90s hard rock and grunge tones. Amps are 20th Ann Bogner Shiva, PWE Event Horizon and 1998 Mesa Boogie Rectoverb.

Favorite bridge pickups to date are Rio Grande BBQ, Duncan Custom, PRS Dragon, WCR Godwood, Guitar Force Rebel Fire, Gibson Bill Lawrence circuit board pickups from '88-'89 and Motor City Torque.

i had asked a similiar question about a month ago about the aldrich's

i now have had a set in my les paul for a while.

they sound great in a les paul period!

I don't get the thin and harsh statements. If anything it sounds a little dark on the top to me in comparison to hot rod PAF sounds. In direct comparison to my WCR Godwoods they are not as bright on the top but still very clear. They have a big bottom end that is firm but not overly tight like my anderson H3. But it is a little round. It worked great in taking some harshness out of one of my Les Paul Customs which has a top end crack and super tight low end. In that guitar it smoothed it out and gave it a bouncy feel.

In comparison to my MCP detroiters, they are not as open sounding, but have more grunt to them and push the amp a lot harder.

They are said to be like a modified JB, but i dont get that comparison at all, because i feel that the aldrich is not as bright, has more lows, and slightly less mids than a JB.

I finally settled on the extra bridge aldrich in my prs tremonti I single cut. That guitar I had struggled with getting the right bridge pickup, even tried afwayu in that one. too dark, H3, too bright, 500T very good, ALdrich perfect. I always felt the stock bridge pickup was too scooped and the lows too soft. Kinda like a hot 59 bridge.

anyways, i am rambling now.

 

[richedie]

maybe I will stay with stock pickups from now. The audience sure doesn't care and my stock pickups are all certainly good enough for rock n roll....plus it is less of a headache than swapping stinkin pickups. I will try to buy guitars that sound good out of the box, period!

 

[blackba]

maybe I will stay with stock pickups from now. The audience sure doesn't care and my stock pickups are all certainly good enough for rock n roll....plus it is less of a headache than swapping stinkin pickups. I will try to buy guitars that sound good out of the box, period!

Replacing pickups while a pain is to me just seasoning to taste. Its no worse than trying to find the right speakers/cab for your amp. Only 25% of my guitars have the stock pickups. If I include my basses that goes up to 40%.

Some guitars only need a pickup swap to sound great. I have a few friends with Epiphones, that really came alive when swapping out the stock pickups.

 

[richedie]

maybe I will stay with stock pickups from now. The audience sure doesn't care and my stock pickups are all certainly good enough for rock n roll....plus it is less of a headache than swapping stinkin pickups. I will try to buy guitars that sound good out of the box, period!

Replacing pickups while a pain is to me just seasoning to taste. Its no worse than trying to find the right speakers/cab for your amp. Only 25% of my guitars have the stock pickups. If I include my basses that goes up to 40%.

Some guitars only need a pickup swap to sound great. I have a few friends with Epiphones, that really came alive when swapping out the stock pickups.

Right now, all of mine have stock pickups. When I was big into swapping pickups, I spent thousands and years and still ended back on stock. Partly because I was sick of the overwhelming options and nothing blowing me away. Plus once you start swapping, you always think.....there must be something better. Soooooo....back to stock I say. Just as good I say.

Epiphones are one thing but I bought my guitars because they were amazing out of the box. I just for some reason started to swap and it was a stupid move.

 

[petejt]

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[Schaf]

maybe I will stay with stock pickups from now. The audience sure doesn't care and my stock pickups are all certainly good enough for rock n roll....plus it is less of a headache than swapping stinkin pickups. I will try to buy guitars that sound good out of the box, period!

Replacing pickups while a pain is to me just seasoning to taste. Its no worse than trying to find the right speakers/cab for your amp. Only 25% of my guitars have the stock pickups. If I include my basses that goes up to 40%.

Some guitars only need a pickup swap to sound great. I have a few friends with Epiphones, that really came alive when swapping out the stock pickups.

You know, the Aldrich is hot but it doesn't have that characteristic. To me for the output, it's very open and PAF like with more balls. It's got lots of mids. I never got the comparison to the JB. To me the JB is way more compressed. I love the JB too. It's just different. I think it depends on the amp. I use higher output pickups because I have a JCM 800. I need them to push the amp. If you have a higher gain amp then probably the lower out out will work for you.

 

[PosterBoy]

I have the same need for my LP and was recommended Bare Knuckle Emeralds

 

[nighttrain69]

as doug describes them ,they were designed for les pauls as a hot vintage tone

 

[ericsabbath]

My amps are Bogner 20th Anniversary Shiva and PWE Event Horizon and music is everything from classic hard rock to 90s grunge and rock to some modern hard rock and punk. I don't do much metal these days. The band I am in now is a 90s hard rock and grunge band.

what you want is a bare knuckle nailbomb

 

[LP Freak]

I love the Aldrich PUPs. They've worked in practically every guitar I've used them in. Like already said, they work exceptionally well in LP's. I just swapped out a JB/59 set with them in my Charvel and it was a huge improvement. No mo shrilling highs out of the JB and the neck PUP now sings where the 59 just died out. They also sound great split and clean up really good with the volume contol.

 

[richedie]

OK, ok.....you guys win.....I am back to trying pickups again. In my 8.5 and resonant 2003 LP Standard I am thinking of yanking the Bill Lawrence circuit board pickups in favor of my Wolfetone Timbrewolf bridge/Marshallhead neck. In my heavy 11 lb 1994 which sounds rather flat when unplugged (but dark and compressed plugged in) I might go in the bridge Wolfetone Marshallhead, Bareknuckle Riff Raff or WCR Godwood. This guitar sounds good although it needs some more dynamics and to be opened up.

One thing I like to stay away from are 80s tones. I like thick, meaty, creamy, good clarity.

Wolfetones clean up well as well. But part of that is the amp. I have a Bogner 20th Shiva and PWE Event Horizon.

 

[fuzzyguitars]

OK, ok.....you guys win.....I am back to trying pickups again. In my 8.5 and resonant 2003 LP Standard I am thinking of yanking the Bill Lawrence circuit board pickups in favor of my Wolfetone Timbrewolf bridge/Marshallhead neck. In my heavy 11 lb 1994 which sounds rather flat when unplugged (but dark and compressed plugged in) I might go in the bridge Wolfetone Marshallhead, Bareknuckle Riff Raff or WCR Godwood. This guitar sounds good although it needs some more dynamics and to be opened up.

One thing I like to stay away from are 80s tones. I like thick, meaty, creamy, good clarity.

Wolfetones clean up well as well. But part of that is the amp. I have a Bogner 20th Shiva and PWE Event Horizon.

so any update on your pickup hunt?

 

[Brad737]

There's a reason these are so popular. GREAT set of pickups.