Which single pickups ( swamp ash body ) for eric jonhson sound?

[chopeth]

I have a new guitar ( swamp ash body , maple neck, ebony fingerboard )  and , for bridge, i have decided for ceramic nailbomb and for the two singles i want get eric jonhson sound... Which pickups i need to choose?? Thanks!!

[EffigyForgotten]

http://www.dimarzio.com/player/eric-johnson

[chopeth]

http://www.dimarzio.com/player/eric-johnson

i don't like dimarzio at all....

[Telerocker]

I would say Apaches, they're closest to the mid fifties single coils. Their output they will be out of balance with the C-Bomb.

[EffigyForgotten]

http://www.dimarzio.com/player/eric-johnson

i don't like dimarzio at all....

Thats what he uses though!  :D

['Ash' J. Williams]

I've asked Tim a loooong time ago about this, and he immediately replied Apaches.
FWIW, EJ rarely use those DiMarzios... he did get some of his vintage Hum and Singlecoils rewinded though.

His strats also have 300K pots and the original vintage pickups on his 57' are "strangely wound as the neck seems brighter than the bridge, which is beefier"...I think Fender did a custom shop set to replicate that which had alnico III magnets...

[Philly Q]

FWIW, EJ rarely use those DiMarzios... he did get some of his vintage Hum and Singlecoils rewinded though.

He definitely had at least one Strat with an HS-2 (wired for single-coil operation!) in the bridge position. 

But as you say, I don't think he used them that much - he certainly didn't switch all his Strats over to DiMarzios, or anything like that!

['Ash' J. Williams]

But as you say, I don't think he used them that much - he certainly didn't switch all his Strats over to DiMarzios, or anything like that!

My point exactly 

[darkbluemurder]

I would say Apaches, they're closest to the mid fifties single coils. Their output they will be out of balance with the C-Bomb.

I would second that. But if the OP wants to use the single coils primarily for a clean tone then it still could work.

@OP: EJ uses a truck load of equipment. His clean tone is very clean and sparkling, and his overdrive tone is very smooth and buttery. To get this with the same guitar/pickup is quite a challenge, especially given the fact that your guitar has an ebony fretboard which tends to add harder highs to the overall sound. A two channel amp or a two amp set up would defintely help.

As regards the pickups: I have no experience with the BKP singles but if Tim spontaneously recommends the Apache I would go with it. If balance with the bridge pickup is an issue you could go to a lower output humbucker, e.g. Holydiver or Abraxas. Or is the C-Bomb a given in your set up?

Cheers Stephan

[chopeth]

I would say Apaches, they're closest to the mid fifties single coils. Their output they will be out of balance with the C-Bomb.

I would second that. But if the OP wants to use the single coils primarily for a clean tone then it still could work.

@OP: EJ uses a truck load of equipment. His clean tone is very clean and sparkling, and his overdrive tone is very smooth and buttery. To get this with the same guitar/pickup is quite a challenge, especially given the fact that your guitar has an ebony fretboard which tends to add harder highs to the overall sound. A two channel amp or a two amp set up would defintely help.

As regards the pickups: I have no experience with the BKP singles but if Tim spontaneously recommends the Apache I would go with it. If balance with the bridge pickup is an issue you could go to a lower output humbucker, e.g. Holydiver or Abraxas. Or is the C-Bomb a given in your set up?

Cheers Stephan

I still don't have the nb but is the one that I have chosen for the bridge but the diffentent of output doesn' t mind because i have got split coil. I know that the pickup is bright and the ebony increase this feature but i love bright sound and apart from that the guitar has two tones knobs to control it