Hi guys, first time on the forum. Great to be here! I was just wondering what humbucker would go well with a TS neck and IT middle in my Chapman ML-1. It's got a (heavy-ish) mahogany body with a bolt-on maple neck and ebony fretboard, as well as a vintage trem. Compared unplugged to my featherweight basswood Ibby RG, it's definitely darker and warmer with a much more prominent bass response, but still has some snap and brightness to it thanks to the maple neck and ebony board. I'd say it sounds kinda balanced overall, but I could be wrong.
I decided not to go with matching pickup models since I wanted something a lot beefier than the stock neck pickup but still retaining the Strat character. However, I didn't want to lose too much quack and spank from the split coil positions which I really like, so I went with a lower output pickup in the middle. The stock bridge pickup sounds alright, but it's really nothing special—it's intended to be a placeholder for you to install what you like.
That being said, I'm a torn between maybe the Holydiver and the Crawler in the bridge (and the Black Dog?). Also open to other suggestions if need be. I play primarily jazz and fusion, and sometimes funk, rock, pop, and prog. I kind of need the pickups to do everything reasonably well, haha. The bridge, however, needs to be especially good for solos and lead playing since I improvise quite a bit. I'm influenced a lot by the likes of Tom Quayle, Greg Howe, Guthrie Govan, and Allan Holdsworth.
Hope I've described what I'm looking for well enough. Thanks, everyone!
