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ElectricTurkey4369

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Pickups for a semi hollow tele shaped guitar
« on: May 18, 2013, 08:14:29 PM »
I have a Carvin SH60 with a semi-hollow mahogany body and neck-through walnut neck. This guitar is primarily tuned down to D standard/drop C most of the time and I'm looking for a pickup that will help the guitar sound a bit more articulate and well balanced... I don't want anything super high output or ceramic, so I was thinking mules.
I play mostly metal, but also a lot of jazz fusion. I like my distortion sound to be almost "purry" and well articulated, like in this Gojira song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rhMnv2nKcw  (around 0:24).
Right now the stock pickups are alnico V and I like how they feel, however they're a bit fizzy and don't have enough articulation.
I'm really leaning towards trying some lower output pickups since my Axe Fx can pretty much supply as much gain as I want... Any suggestions?
« Last Edit: May 19, 2013, 12:03:34 AM by ElectricTurkey4369 »

Telerocker

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Re: Pickups for a semi hollow tele shaped guitar
« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2013, 01:12:30 AM »
Mules are versatile, open, sweet yet crisp and amazingly tight for a PAF59-copy. I use mine for maximum hardrock, but our honorable moderator Nolly recorded some metal-tracks with Mules and they sounded superb.
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ElectricTurkey4369

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Re: Pickups for a semi hollow tele shaped guitar
« Reply #2 on: May 19, 2013, 06:06:08 AM »
Hearing those tracks from Nolly is what made me consider Mules in the first place!  :lol:

I'm thinking Mules may be the ticket... although I wanna hear what others have to say!

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Re: Pickups for a semi hollow tele shaped guitar
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2013, 12:30:59 PM »
Mules can work for such things as has been shown many times, but while they generally also fit nicely in semihollows, I dunno how well they would do their metal thing there. Might be good to get something with more grunt and thickness in there I think.
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