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Pickups / Re: Another Pickup Suggestion Thread

« Last post by shalev98732 on October 31, 2025, 12:02:25 PM »

Thanks for the reply!

I was almost sure to go with The Mules, but know i am fearing they will be to bright! The Black Dogs/Emeralds i fear they will be to "aggressive", and i really need something that reacts great to volume knob and picking dynamics to switch between overdrive and clean!

emerald isnt really agressive, black dog does have some bark

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Pickups / Rebel Yell bridge 50mm vs 53mm

« Last post by rbg on October 28, 2025, 04:30:26 AM »

So I found something puzzling, maybe people can help me with. I have a quite dark sounding super Strat and I have been enjoying a RY in the bridge. Super nice sound sound, just love it. However that is a 50mm spaced humbucher. The screw/string mismatching was bothering me, but it is absolutely impossible to get a 53mm RY. A couple of weeks ago miracle happened and a used 53mm one showed up on a second hand marker... so I grabbed immediately. It arrived and to my deepest surprise it sounds quite different compare to 50mm version. Not as clean and not as tight. If you know the RY sounds so clean, it feels like you have one if those wiggly frets -- the guitar is like super intonated. So 53mm version is still clean and deep, but not like 50mm. I thought that maybe those used 53mm are not RYs. I opened the pickup and it has RY scratched in the corner of the bobbins under the magnet. It also has SS and 717 scratched. All look like my 50mm RYs. 50mm one measure 6.9kOhm and 7kOhm, where 53mm version is 7.35 and 7.5k. The difference in R would be explained by longer bobbins, I would guess. They have a little bit bigger offset, maybe that is? Or maybe RY was designed and optimized to be a 50mm humbucker. Any ideas, why the sound is different? Or it is just a regular difference between two hand wound pickups? Thank you.

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Pickups / Nomad neck with Silo bridge set — Tele-like tone when split?

« Last post by motis on October 27, 2025, 10:51:26 AM »

Hey everyone,

I’m planning to build a guitar using a Nomad neck and a Silo bridge.
My main styles are fusion, prog metal, and sometimes J-pop, so I’m looking for something that can cover both nice cleans and articulate high-gain tones.

There are two things I’m wondering about:

Middle position tone:
When combining the Nomad neck with the Silo bridge split, can that pairing get anywhere close to a Tele-style tone?
I’ve read that the Nomad neck leans more toward a Strat-like character, and while the Silo splits really well, it’s obviously not a true Tele bridge pickup.
So I’m curious if this combo gives that Tele sparkle and bite, or if I should look at something else for the neck to make the middle position more Tele-like.

Nomad neck performance:
How does the Nomad neck pickup hold up on its own — especially for clean ambient sounds and high-gain settings?
The BKP description mainly talks about the Nomad bridge model, so I’m not sure how the neck compares in terms of clarity and balance.

And one more small question:
For a HSS setup, do you guys think a Nomad / Triptych / Silo combo would be more interesting or versatile than Triptych / Triptych / Silo?

Any suggestions or thoughts would be super helpful.

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Pickups / Re: Looking for Pickup recommendations for a Baritone scale Ibanez RG2027XL

« Last post by ericsabbath on October 16, 2025, 10:53:27 PM »

Sounds like you might enjoy the Aftermath
I'd pick the Miracle Man instead, though

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Tech / Re: Does Humbucker Parallel Mode Still Matter in an H-S-H Setup?

« Last post by timmy_b on October 16, 2025, 09:34:23 AM »

The humbucker in parallel certainly offers a different tone compared to positions 2 and 4, due to the much closer proximity and physical attributes of the active coils, giving it a smoother sound that's less notchy / scooped than the sound of a humbucker coil blended in parallel with a singlecoil - Whether it's a useful addition for your personal needs is really down to taste, though

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Pickups / Re: DiMarzio Fantom P90 (humbucker sized)

« Last post by b.gandt on October 13, 2025, 05:12:29 PM »

Appreciate the review!  I’ve used a number of Dimarzios over the years, and I like them.

However, I haven’t tried any of their P90 offerings.  Right now I’m down to one P90 guitar, a Hamer Special, and it will take a lot for me to heat the solder iron to remove the Supermassive that’s been in there for some years!

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Pickups / Re: Tele suggestions?

« Last post by b.gandt on October 13, 2025, 05:00:33 PM »

Apologies for the delay…

I’d say the 52 neck is somewhere between a Strat neck and a Tele neck.  I can tell that there’s a bit of a Stratty sound, but it certainly isn’t a Strat neck pickup.  I like because I generally find Tele necks pickups to be too warm, or even muddy when it’s a lower quality pickup/guitar combination.  That bit of Strat in the sound gives it a touch more clarity.

I’m talking about playing into an amp that is set for clean.

I’ve not played any flat 50.

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Pickups / Re: Does Humbucker Parallel Mode Still Matter in an H-S-H Setup?

« Last post by motis on October 13, 2025, 02:46:01 PM »

In my opinion, the sound produced by three or more coils in parallel tends to be too weak, with a noticeable volume drop even compared to a two-coil parallel mode.It doesn’t seem capable of sounding good alongside a full humbucker mode within the same tonal setting.

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Pickups / Does Humbucker Parallel Mode Still Matter in an H-S-H Setup?

« Last post by motis on October 13, 2025, 02:32:11 PM »

I recently picked up a Black Hawk set along with a Cobra middle for an H-S-H setup. I’ve heard quite a few players mention that the Black Hawk’s parallel tones are surprisingly good, which got me wondering about something:

When a humbucker set is in an H-S-H configuration (rather than H-H), does the humbucker parallel mode still have tonal merit(or in parallel mode working with middle pickup) , given that the traditional 2 and 4 positions already exist?

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Tech / Does Humbucker Parallel Mode Still Matter in an H-S-H Setup?

« Last post by motis on October 13, 2025, 02:12:10 PM »

I recently picked up a Black Hawk set along with a Cobra middle for an H-S-H setup. I’ve heard quite a few players mention that the Black Hawk’s parallel tones are surprisingly good, which got me wondering about something:

When a humbucker set is in an H-S-H configuration (rather than H-H), does the humbucker parallel mode still have tonal merit(or in parallel mode working with middle pickup) , given that the traditional 2 and 4 positions already exist?