Who makes a good t-top pickup?

Moe_Zambeek

Hello,

I’m going to make some tweaks this year to existing guitars. First up will be my old SG, currently sporting a set of Antiquities, I plan to Angus-ise this with a T-Top style bridge pickup and sell on the Duncans.

Are there any recommended T-Top style pickups out there? I know of the BK Riff Raff but looking for other options too. All suggestions welcomed. 

Koa

Marc at Mojo pickups does a T Top www.mojopickups.co.uk

andyp

@Moe_Zambeek ;

This sounds really interesting. I watched a CME video recently on T Top pickups in an SG and it sounded ace. I don’t know anything about these, how do T Tops compare to other styles of SG pickups, are they hotter?

Moe_Zambeek

@andyp in my case I find the Antiquities - which are solid PAF replicas - a little too soft sounding. I want something with a bit more output, more upper mids and a tad more aggression on the top end. That is what I understand T-tops to be.

andyp

That sounds cool!

xscaramanga

Koa said:

Marc at Mojo pickups does a T Top www.mojopickups.co.uk

Does he still? The only full-size humbuckers I can find on his site ATM are his vintage PAFs.

Besides the BK Riff Raff, there's the Oil City Dynamite, The Creamery '76, and probably plenty of others.

Moe_Zambeek said:

@andyp in my case I find the Antiquities - which are solid PAF replicas - a little too soft sounding. I want something with a bit more output, more upper mids and a tad more aggression on the top end. That is what I understand T-tops to be.

From my reading and the humbuckers I've used, I'd say more aggression at the top end is definitely right. I'm less sure about more upper mids though. The Riff Raff is more scooped than the other vintage output Bare Knuckles, and Alnico V (usually the magnet of choice) tends to be scooped compared to other Alnico types. The Riff Raff is also arguably slightly lower output than the Mule, owing to the reduced mids and slightly reduced wind.

Jimbro66

You could also take a look at the Oil City Dynamite which fits the bill:

https://www.oilcitypickups.co.uk/product-page/dynamite

sweepy

If you want an aggressive bridge pickup then check out the BK Rebel Yell

Koa

jonnyscaramanga said:

Koa said:

Marc at Mojo pickups does a T Top www.mojopickups.co.uk

Does he still? The only full-size humbuckers I can find on his site ATM are his vintage PAF

https://www.mojopickups.co.uk/product/t-top/

hyperben

sweepy said:

If you want an aggressive bridge pickup then check out the BK Rebel Yell

The Rebel Yell isn’t at all like a T Top. It’s more like a more highly powered normal PAF. Great pickup yes but not got the low output treble bite of a T Top.

Moe_Zambeek

Bit of a wait with Mojo...looking at his site I wonder how you actually buy a pickup from them, everything seems to have a long wait. Are they worth it? 

Mojopickups

Moe_Zambeek said:

Bit of a wait with Mojo...looking at his site I wonder how you actually buy a pickup from them, everything seems to have a long wait. Are they worth it? 

Sorry, I'm just really busy, I can't make them any quicker.

p90fool

Moe_Zambeek said:

Bit of a wait with Mojo...looking at his site I wonder how you actually buy a pickup from them, everything seems to have a long wait. Are they worth it? 

Yes they're worth it. They're the only constant in my ridiculous pickup merry-go-round, once fitted, I never remove them in a quest for something "extra" like I tend to with everything else.