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Abraxas or Crawler for Custom 24 bridge
Nerd:
I have a really hard time trying to chose best pickup for a bridge position of my new guitar. The guitar in question is 35th Anniversary Custom 24. I can't bound with stock pickups. They are not bad, just not quite in my camp. I really like bright neck pickups - had good experience with RiffRaff in past and I feel confident going RiffRaff neck again. The bridge pickup is tougher - I thinking between Abraxas and Clawler. I like harmonic richness and good string separation. I also need a pickup with good split tones.
So what would you suggest? Also - how are the RiffRaff splits? I will most likely done the splits with resistor like its done in PRS DGT.
I play trough Boogie Fillmore if that matters - this amp is quite midrange dominant
Cheers
Nerd:
A little bump as Emerald just came in play
From BKP description it looks like everything I want. The only concerns I have is the lows content - I like solid bass, but not dry. Any input from Emerald users?
Dave Sloven:
The Emerald is lacking in bottom end. It needs a guitar that has acoustic lows.
That said, it is roughly the same as the Impulse in my experience, and someone did a demo of one of those in a PRS Standard 22, maybe this video will help. Bass response is similar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8MyXNAj_6E
Dave Sloven:
I got the Emerald sounding big in my friend's Les Paul Studio through my Peavey 6534+ and Orange PPC412 but then he used it through his Laney Lionheart 20W and it was lacking beef.
I think one of his bandmates adjusted the pickup down too, that cut out the bass.
timmy_pix:
I have to fundamentally disagree on the Emerald bridge lacking bass. Granted, it's certainly not bassy but it has controlled bass. It never sounds thin, it doesn't have low-end flub, but notes and chords have plenty of weight to them. It's a very even pickup, overall, with a sweet top end and lots of presence and rich harmonics. String separation and clarity is impeccable and the splits are great - quite Tele-ish in the bridge.
I've got in a Les Paul that is quite bright, acoustically, so having read some of the posts on here I was concerned before I ordered it, but it's absolutely fine - for example, I'd say the Mule is brighter and less bassy, even if what low end the Mule does have is "looser", so it responds differently. I've lived with it for four years now and it is absolutely my favourite pickup for a Les Paul.
Now whether that translates into a PRS is another question, but I think certain very visible posts in this forum paint the image of the Emerald bridge being thin and shrill, and that couldn't be further from the truth at all.
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