Abraxas bridge (sic) .... respek!

[remak]

Just pulled my mules out of a LP standard and wired in an Abraxas callibrated set. I did my research on the forum here and was expecting good things from the neck pickup but, several posts were a bit differdent about the bridge. Actually reading between the lines, the AB bridge seems to have gained a neg rep. Well, let me set the record straight...

The Abraxas bridge is hotter than than Monica Bellucci in June. It pushes every non-BKP's head down the toilet and pulls the chain. Twice.

Singing leads, aggressive yet dynamic & sensitive, perfectly balanced hi/mid/lows, wonderful attack and harmonics, clear clean sound, tons of output. The best lead guitar pickup I have ever played.
It deserves a lot more attention.

I wasn't so knocked out with the Mule bridge in this guitar (almost certainly due to my bad soldering - I found my old iron was defective and not reaching the right temperature) but, whatever, with the Abraxas bridge this Paula has found its true lead voice.

One happy punter.

[MrBump]

I know nothing about these pickups, but on the strength of your recommendation I've just Googled Monica Bellucci...

Holy Mother!  She's amazing!!!

If the PUPS are anything like her, I'm selling a kidney to get some.

Mark.

[il˙ti]

Abraxas is one of the sets that upon reading the description I went "yep, this is the pickup I want", but after talking it over with Tim I decided against it.

I don't think it has a negative rep at all, it's just somewhat of a specialty pickup. Being in the mid-output category it has the danger of getting muddy in some guitars. The sound/voice is destinctly vintage but too hot for most vintage players, and not hot/tight enough for most metal players. Compared to others in the BKP range of course, I remember hearing some terrific metal clips from the Abraxas.
I don't mean this as a negative thing about the Abraxas set, just to explain why it might be underrepresented, and not often suggested.