Hello. Locked my last thread here cause I thought I found the solution [c-bomb] but I've run into a problem.
I have a Fernandes Vertigo Elite (see below). Has a mahogany body and set-neck construction. I want to get a nice heavy pickup to put in this. I was torn at first between the Nailbomb and the Warpig, but then I read up on the Aftermath.
Vertigo has a sustainer placed in the neck position. I've contacted Fernandes to see if I could switch the sustainer to the bridge position while retaining the same functionality but am not hopeful. Not really sure how it works exactly but I imagine it's picking up the string vibrations at their most plentiful spot. I really hate the bridge pickup sound though on a guitar and almost always play neck or combo as I prefer a more balanced, woody, less trebly tone. I only ever use bridge if I need a certain tone on a solo.
Any suggestions on a way around this? I read another forum this:
Just a suggestion from a theoretical point of view. You could try a very high output neck position humbucker in there. Heres my reasoning. Bridge position is overwound compared to neck position to compensate for less vibration of the strings. If you put a normal neck pickup in it'll sound weak and as already mentioned in the thread a bridge pickup is gonna sound like a bridge. Put an overwound high output neck pickup in & the overwinding may compensate for the less string vibration & might sound closer to a "normal" neck pickup.
I'm not an ace at pickup theory, but isn't overwinding what gives pickups high output?
I just want a massive, dark-sounding humbucker with tight bass response and smooth, balanced highs. Don't really want the trebly tone of bridge though. One user suggested a Warpig, from what I read and heard of it this might be the option, but I was initially intrigued by the c-bomb and the Aftermath because of the ceramic magnet. Just wanted a little more input before I pull the trigger. Thanks!
