BallisticGuitars
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When I started looking for new pickups for my ElectraJet, I figured it would be fairly easy but most of the pickups that were on my original short list fell off for one reason or another. Here's my criteria:
- medium output humbucker
- must be 4-conductor (plan to use PRS switching)
- split coils shouldn't have a huge volume drop
- chrome covers
- tone = darker, woody, open (not overly compressed)
- < $130 each
I pretty much have every tone I need in my other guitars, but I just can't part with the EJ so I'm looking for something a little different to force me to change up my playing a little. I'm looking for this guitar to have some vintage flavor but still untamed and rude. I envision using this guitar more through my Orange Rockerverb.
I've found a few nice pickups that hit on most of these but so far I haven't found one that gets them all. I don't need the split tones to be accurate to a Strat or Tele, but they should still sound nice and fairly warm. The closest pickups I've found so far are the PRS Mira pickups, but they are tough to get a hold of and they don't have a chrome cover. It's claimed that the SC245 pickups are simply covered Mira pickups, but they're not 4-conductor. I also considered a Duncan JB but it was a little too compressed, and I haven't played a DiMarzio that I've kept for more than a few weeks. Here's a few more I checked: Suhr DSV/DSH (no chrome), Suhr Aldrich (too hot/compressed), Anderson H1/H2 (no chrome)...
Any other suggestions?
- medium output humbucker
- must be 4-conductor (plan to use PRS switching)
- split coils shouldn't have a huge volume drop
- chrome covers
- tone = darker, woody, open (not overly compressed)
- < $130 each
I pretty much have every tone I need in my other guitars, but I just can't part with the EJ so I'm looking for something a little different to force me to change up my playing a little. I'm looking for this guitar to have some vintage flavor but still untamed and rude. I envision using this guitar more through my Orange Rockerverb.
I've found a few nice pickups that hit on most of these but so far I haven't found one that gets them all. I don't need the split tones to be accurate to a Strat or Tele, but they should still sound nice and fairly warm. The closest pickups I've found so far are the PRS Mira pickups, but they are tough to get a hold of and they don't have a chrome cover. It's claimed that the SC245 pickups are simply covered Mira pickups, but they're not 4-conductor. I also considered a Duncan JB but it was a little too compressed, and I haven't played a DiMarzio that I've kept for more than a few weeks. Here's a few more I checked: Suhr DSV/DSH (no chrome), Suhr Aldrich (too hot/compressed), Anderson H1/H2 (no chrome)...
Any other suggestions?
