humbuckers for an sg?

[emeka]

Hey all-

I'm looking to put new humbuckers in my early 70's SG, and was leaning in the direction of the Fralin PAF's for a while until I heard some clips and got some info on the WCR Crossroads and/or the CR/DB combination. Anybody tried both and have the ability to compare? If WCR is the answer, should I go with both CR or the CR/DB combo? Why? Any other suggestions? I tend to play more on the clean side and use moderate gain here and there, I'm not playing much metal through this guitar. Thanks for your time.

[emeka]

No takers? Someone here has to have tried the Fralins and the Crossroads...

[DANOCASTER]

a good friend put Wolfetone Dr Vs in a SG '61 reissue and he swears it is KILLER

I have Dr Vs in an old Goldtop and it's pretty unbelievable

[DaBlizzardofOz]

That's amazing! I was about to post a thread asking for pickup recommendations for an SG & here it is. Where did you hear the Crossroads clips? I've never heard them & would like to check em out

[emeka]

That's amazing! I was about to post a thread asking for pickup recommendations for an SG & here it is. Where did you hear the Crossroads clips? I've never heard them & would like to check em out

www.wcrguitar.com/crossroads.html

No clean clips, though... there's also some clips of the various pickups on his myspace, as well as a few youtube vids...

[dumbell78]

For what its worth i put in the suhr paf's (ssv's) in my sg and am very happy with them. Sound is just what i wanted, i can dial in those cream era (clapton) type tones very easily with my marshall 2555.

hope that helps!

[tedzepplin]

I haven't tried anything else but I like the classic 57s in my SG.

[Janglin_Jack]

I love my Pearly Gates neck and '59 bridge Seymour Duncans.

Jack

[FloridaSam]

I put Antiquities in my '86 SG and am very happy, especially the neck.

[Franklin]

I'm looking at the Fillmores myself...

[e-flat]

My Input? DEFINITELY go with the WCRs.

I have tried Fralin Humbuckers in two guitar: an LP Standard (both positions) and my current SG Standard (bridge). They are very good humbuckers, but I have a real hard time with the "cluttered", stuffy midrange of many humbuckers. The Fralins were pretty good in this regard....fairly open, but still not 100% of what I was looking for. (BTW, I own and love many of Fralin's single coils. So I'm not slagging their PUs by any means...awesome stuff)

I contacted Jim @ WCR and ended up ordering a set of Crossroads for my SG. I had them wind the bridge just a touch hotter than the standard Crossroads ... in between a CR and a Dark Burst bridge. The neck is standard wind. Man, I really love these pickups. They have the warmth that I wanted from a PAF with a nice clear and open midrange. Just a very well balanced pickup that will do great cleans (heck...I can even get the bridge to TWANG if set right with my AC30, and this is in a very mellow sounding, somewhat dark mahogany bodoed SG.) and then can respond dynamically to various levels of gain from pedals, amps, etc. They are NOT a hot output pickup...their output is comparable to a stock wound / classic P-90 IMO. Nice.

I've had them for almost 4 years now, and I have no intention of searching for something else. They are the biz.

[emeka]

After a bit more research it appears I'm going with the CR/DB set... Last chance for anyone to offer up their yay or nay. I've yet to find any negative talk about these pickups...

Thanks for your take e-flat!

[dr.barlo]

For that kinda price I would suggest checking out the Duncan Custom Shop (with roughly 4 weeks lead time), particularly the Duncan Brobucker (a 10K PAF with #42 wire and degaussed a5 magnet) for the bridge. That pickup has smoked all the hot PAF clones that I have compared against (including Fillmores). The neck could be a custom shop pearly gates wound to 7.70K and all.

B