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  1. #26

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    Benedetto pickups is another option as well

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  3. #27

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    I have a Seymour Duncan '59 in the neck position of my Telecaster. It really gives a thick jazzy tone whether or not I have my tone rolled down.

    With the tone all the way up, I can get some pretty good slap and pop sounds as well.


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    Duncan and DiMarzio make great rock pickups,but check all the great hand builders and you will see they all use Kent armstrongs for jazz guitars.There was a review of a Stromberg Montreux in Premier Guitar,recently.The KA pickups were reportedly "better than anything Gibson is currently using"

  5. #29

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    Does anyone use an EMG in the neck position of a tele?

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    Quote Originally Posted by gtr_5155
    Duncan and DiMarzio make great rock pickups,but check all the great hand builders and you will see they all use Kent armstrongs for jazz guitars.There was a review of a Stromberg Montreux in Premier Guitar,recently.The KA pickups were reportedly "better than anything Gibson is currently using"
    I have the Montreux with two vintage Kents on it. They sound great to me, but I nothing to compare them to.

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    I still need to decide on some pickups for my semi hollowbody, maple neck and body with rosewood fretboard and laminate top. Looking for a Joe Pass kind of sound, very warm but articulate and with good dynamic range. I'm likely going to go with some Vintage Vibe humbucker sized Charlie Christian pickups or Benedetto humbuckers. What do you guys think?

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    Quote Originally Posted by seagullc
    I still need to decide on some pickups for my semi hollowbody, maple neck and body with rosewood fretboard and laminate top. Looking for a Joe Pass kind of sound, very warm but articulate and with good dynamic range. I'm likely going to go with some Vintage Vibe humbucker sized Charlie Christian pickups or Benedetto humbuckers. What do you guys think?
    A friend of mine had a 1990 Joe Pass Epiphone....I didn't like the pickups on the Epi anywhere as much as the Kents on my Stromberg using the same amp for both.

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    I meant that I wanted a tone similar to Joe Pass has, not the Joe Pass guitar. I definately wouldn't want to purchase epiphone pickups, i'm not even entirely happy with my Gibsons on my Les Paul.

    I will look into Kent's pickups though.

  10. #34

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    Maybe you can look for a LOLLAR Charlie Christian pick up. Heard that these one's are also very good.


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    I have an old Bartolini in a McKerrihan 16" and that pickup is one of my faves...otherwise, the SD Seth Lovers are very nice in spruce top guitars. I am also partial to good P90's in some solidbodies...
    Last edited by ES350; 03-31-2009 at 03:16 PM.

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    That Schaller is wound pretty hot at 10K, but that seems to be the trend with the Bennys and some other stuff. Lindy Fralin makes a nice neck mount pickup as well...

  13. #37

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    Benedetto A6, B6, or PAF.


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    I have gibson 57's on my 335 and want to change them desperately. For stock pick ups they are alright, but really the dynamic response is shite, they don't match up to the quality and possibilities of the guitar.

    If you want a PAF Humbucking PU then you go and you get Harmonic Design classic Humbuckers. These things are unbelievable, just absolutely amazing pick ups. Man do they respond to you or what... holy crap I want to get a pair ordered so bad, but they're like 200 a piece and hand made so there's a waiting list or something.

    My 225 has vintage p90 pick ups and I never though I'd ever want a guitar with a single coil but these pick ups are so charming and so beautiful that once I get this guitar repaired up to a gigable level then I will feel bad for my 335 because she might spend a lot more time in the case then she's used to.

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    I wound up ordering Vintage Vibe humbucker size single coil Charlie Christian pickups for my semi hollow build. I'll let you guys know how it sounds and put up some clips once it's done (won't be for a while sadly).


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  16. #40

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    On my Joe Pass, I installed GFS Vintage 59 pickups, great sound for a very low cost.


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    I had a Joe Pass Epi for years, a '92. The vintage Kent's on my Stromberg sound like "Joe Pass" to me rather than the stock pickups that came on my Epi.

    Never tried the gfs's.....glad you like them.

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    "I am also partial to good P90's"

    Me too, I have a Casino with P90s and it has a good range of tones.

    Pickup choice is obviously quite a personal thing, it's interesting to read the variety of different things folks prefer; there seems to be no general consensus about 'best' sounding pickup.

    The best sound I ever had (for my tastes) for playing standard jazz was a Gretsch White Falcon guitar with Filtertron pickups, played through a Polytone Minibrute. Gretsches are rarely quoted as jazz instruments, but that combination of guitar and amp gave the most satisfyingly full tone I've played with. I no longer own the Gretsch, it was just too heavy for my aging spine to cope with - I was sad to see it go though, I loved it's sound dearly.

  19. #43

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    Quote Originally Posted by TSP
    benedetto A6 B6 or PAF
    Call Bob bennedtto. Ask him why he uses Kent Armstrong pickups,rather than the new Bennedtto that was long made by Kent,but he was made to have manufactured by duncan when he had the Guild/Fender deal.He now uses Kent Armstrong on his own guitars,once more.

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    No matter what pup I have used I still sound like me. My cheap Jazz box sounds a bit warmer than my Vintage reissue Strat I got like 20 years ago

    I just don't care as long as it's shielded well and is not microphonic.
    I just don't have the time or money to obsess over this stuff.

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    I am have Dimarzio's I know they seem to be for Rockbut htey give a nice creamy full thick jazz tone. But On other Guitars I really Love My Seymour Duncans

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    I have had a number of Gibsons along the years, including a Norlin Super 400, and have come to the conclusion that today Classic 57s do not compare even with an 80s Norlin HB. In my Gibson L5 Studio I have replaced the Classic 57s with a pair of Vintage Vibe Guitars Alnico II HBs and could'nt be happier. With the stock pickups the guitar's sound was muddy, thin in the high registers and dull. Now it has opened up, has less volume bur more articulation, bite and a woody sound. Of course it depends on the tone one is seeking. And also in the hands.

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    They're not cheap but IMO you can't get better than Bare Knuckles:

    For humbuckers I'd go for Stormy Mondays (alnico 2, unpotted).

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    For a more single-coil tone their Manhattan (alnico 3, humbucker sized P90, also available P90 sized if you ask them) is hard to beat.

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    Lifetime guarantee and exceptional customer service. Their tele and strat pickups are also outstanding.

  24. #48

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    I've become a huge fan of Gibson Alnico Vs.

  25. #49

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    Lollar low wind HB or for jazz possibly the standard Imperials, they sound old.


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  26. #50

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    Quote Originally Posted by trvlrtom
    Does anyone use an EMG in the neck position of a tele?
    Yes, the EMG tele neck pickup is the sweetest sounding pickup I have ever heard. I was telling a pickup winder (worked for Mel Lace) who hated EMG pickups. He claimed they distorted, and claimed he could hear the distortion and to prove it grabbed a guitar off the store wall to compare. Hearing the difference, he tried to excuse by saying the guitar he grabbed had cheap pickups. But then he looked at them, with his jaw dropped and said, but these are the DiMarzios, which were the upscale pickups for that line. In fact, there are at least a couple of Strat players who have the EMG tele neck pickup potted in a Strat cover to use on their Strats.


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