Favourite humbucker?

Clingy · July 2015

Custombucker

Fortheloveofguitar · July 2015

Suhr Doug Aldrich Bridge
Gibson 57' Neck

Pete24v · July 2015

Bulldog Hot PAF, power and clarity.

Fiftyshadesofjay · July 2015

Bare Knuckle Rebel Yell Bridge, like a thicker JB, mainly used for rock/metal riffing.

Seymour Duncan Slash Neck, I mainly use that for a cleaner/edge of breakup tone rather than soloing though.

normula1 · July 2015

Best sounding bridge pickup I have is the stock Burstbucker 2 in my 70s tribute SG. Best neck pickup is an old Duncan 59 I bought second hand years ago, simply stunning in any guitar I stick it in.

BK mules are pretty good too.

Clarky · July 2015

Pete24v said:

Bulldog Hot PAF, power and clarity.

I use those too at the neck position..

they are awesome..

really versatile too

ICBM · July 2015

normula1 said:

Best neck pickup is an old Duncan 59 I bought second hand years ago, simply stunning in any guitar I stick it in.

I had one like that. It went in my last PRS though, so I don't have it any more. (Or any humbucker guitars.)

57Deluxe · July 2015

Heads Up for the manufacturer's originals: In my Gibson LP, and 335, Hofner archtop and Yamaha SG2k are all standard HB PUPS and every one sounds different. I think I have a sound for all occasions enough already rather than swapping units in and out continually... use a pedal!

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ChrisMusic · July 2015

I rather like the tone of these, sounds gorgeous with the whole sound chain in place, Pete's chops included,

(now where can I buy those chops ?)

Pete's New LP Guitar

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Gil Yaron Bone 1, demo by Pete Thorn

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BloodEagle · July 2015

BKP Nailbomb, Bulldog Extremist or SD DDin the bridge, SD 59 in the neck

Cirrus · July 2015

My favourite humbuckers are SD alnico II pros in my Explorer. Mainly because they're the pickups I actually have. I like them a lot more than the pickups I don't have, because they're no use to me at all when it comes time to play that guitar.

Catthan · July 2015

The Suhr SSV is a great HB pickup.

mudslide73 · July 2015

BK Crawler
BK Vhii
SD Custom Custom
Dimarzio Air Zone
WCR Darkburst

XWulfhere · July 2015

I always loved the stock mini HBs in my '81 Les Paul Deluxe

Stevepage · July 2015

Seymour Duncan Blackouts
Dimarzio Fred
Duncan 59
Nailbomb
Fender 69

Skipped · July 2015

My favourite pickups of all time are:
Real PAFs
BK Crawler

I only play clean or cleanish. At this moment I cannot say which of these 2 are my favourite pickup of all time.
:-O

Flanging_Fred · July 2015

Mighty mite motherbucker.

It's one more init? So must be betterer.

Moltisanti · July 2015

Suhr Aldrich - both bridge and Neck sound great, very versatile, best coil tap i've ever had.

The bridge sounds like a JB with a bit of the harshness rounded off and a tighter low end - perfect.

digitalscream · July 2015

I realise that it's not a common choice, but I'm really enjoying the Little '59 I've got in the bridge of my JR Tele right now. Exactly the right mix of...well, everything really.

Got one in the neck position too, and I love this guitar even more than I did before now.

Jaded · July 2015

If it has to be a "proper" PAF kind of thing, then probably the Bonamassa set I had. They're what I'd imagine an old set to sound like anyway. Chimey and clear, tele-ish in the middle and focused when distorted.

But I'd say my favourite humbucking pickup is probably tied between my Oil City Brassknuckle and some TV-Jones Classics. The LP Deluxe style Mini-humbuckers aren't far off though, and I'd love to try some real Firebird style mini-hums.

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