Another Pickup Suggestion Thread

[alex.pinheiro.soares]

Hello everyone!
I am looking for some objective recommendation (within each one personal appreciation) of pickup set for a Charvel Pro Mod Rel.
The guitar comes from factory with Seymour Duncan® JB™ TB-4 on bridge and Seymour Duncan® '59™ SH-1N on neck.

I basically play original (band) songs that flows from 60s rock through 70's Led Zeppelin/Wolfmother to 80/90s (somewhere around Guns N Roses, Motley Crue etc), of course not even near in terms of quality.

I am using a Marshall SH20 (20 Watts plexy) and i play a lot with guitar volume to get clean tones from it (either using a tele with Seymour duncan quarter pound and/or Strat with BK Irish Tour)!

So you may ask, why change pickups on the Charvel, i love the neck and the playability, and i was looking for some pickups that would react better to volume and would be able to get some decent cleans and dynamics (the JB is quite harsh/aggresive some times). I have to do some "intros" wich are heavy on delay/reverb effects and these pickups don't deal really well with it (in my opinion/ignorance).

So. should i drink a glass of water and wait for GAS to disapear or any of the below would fit my purposes and why:
- BK Mules
- BK Rebel Yell
- BK PolyPaf

I also have some Suhr Thronebucker set, but on an Ibanez FR1720 i had they lacked "character", too much HiFi for my taste!

Thanks for reading this!

Best Regards

[b.gandt]

Alder body, Maple neck, right?  You may want to consider a Crawler.  It is hot, but more open than many other hot pickups.  Cleans up well.  I used one in a single H configured basswood MIJ Strat.  I can get a fair amount of sounds out of that single humbucker.

I used Mules in a single cut Korina PRS SE.  great classic sound that can be goosed for heavier sounds, very dynamic.  It may be brighter than you want in your chattel, though.  Only a guess on my part, though.

No experience with the Poly PAR and Rebel Yell.  I have read comments here that the Rebel may be too bright for a Strat.