Crystal Clean Rock Pups

[darknailblue]

hey guys wut kind of pikcups do u use.... Im looking for a crystal clean rock sound (not a scooped jazz) and need some opinions... I play mostly metal, and hard rock, but I want a good clean bridge pup, so that I can have a diverse sounds geetar...

 

[Track Rat]

I've got DiMarzios in my Strat but I'm not impressed with them so I'll probably be changing them soon. In my Tele I have the duncans which I like a lot.

 

[TheGuitarMan]

Total, those companies make approximately 1 bazillion different kinds of pickups. So telling you the my favorite company will not help you in the least bit.

Seymour Duncan Blackbacks are clean enough to eat off of but they may not be for you. You really do have to listen to a bunch of different pickups to find the one that's just right. I would have to say that since SD makes SO MANY different kinds of pups, including clones of popular ones made by Gibson and Fender (for a lower price I might add), you should go with them. They have this cool calculator type dealy on their website which will recommend pups for your guitar based on woods n stuff.

 

[LocusLarsen]

Ya I been to the SD website, that thing is cool.

 

[Light]

Though I hate them, it sounds very much like EMG's are the road you should probably look at. They are flat. That is their defining feature, and they have a very high level of articulation.

You might also look at some of the Bartolini's.


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[guitarist]

I haven't really used a lot of different pickups, but for clean sounds I'd recomend either the Dimarzio humbucker from hell (very glassy/sparkly and singlecoil-like, definately not a bridge pickup though), the Seymour Duncan Jazz model (Warmer, not 'scooped' in my opinion but that depends a lot on your amp and settings also) or the Dimarzio Eric Johnson model (similar to the Duncan jazz but a bit clearer and brighter. Also has some characteristics of the '54 strat pickups I think.)