What is your favourite non-boutique low output humbucker?

[Loobster]

That will do really nice cleans as well as great drives? Not Lollar/Fralin prices.

 

[Blix]

Plain DiMarzio PAF, great pickup. And the 36th's are supposed to be even better, still very affordable.

 

[TubeStack]

I really dig my Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers.

 

[corpraider69]

The Dimarzio PAF Joe sounds really nice in a Basswood body Ibanez RG I have!!

 

[Loobster]

I really dig my Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers.

Do you have these in both neck and bridge? Which guitar? How do they sound clean?

The guitar I'm asking about is an HH tele with an alder body.

 

[Tidewater Custom Shop]

I really dig my Seymour Duncan Seth Lovers.

Big time maker, original designer. Gotta be good! I had a set of these... I wasn't disappointed. I do like my Sheptones better, though. And they weren't a whole lot more 'spensive (used).

 

[gunslinger]

DiMarzio PAF.

 

[Loobster]

Shame dimarzio whack so much more money on for having covers on the pickups.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

What are you putting it into, Ben?

 

[Crowder]

I like to use Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pros in that application. They pair well with any decently-hot Strat middle pickup if you go with a H/S/H configuration.

 

[Bobby D]

DiMarzio PAF and PAF Pro

 

[TubeStack]

Do you have these in both neck and bridge? Which guitar? How do they sound clean?

The guitar I'm asking about is an HH tele with an alder body.

Yes, I have them in both neck and bridge, in a '95 Les Paul Studio. They sound fantastic clean.

 

[Spudman]

Ibanez AH-1 and AH-2. Shhh, don't tell anyone.

 

[Jim Soloway]

DiMarzio PAF 36th Anniversary. One of my favorites at any price. By coincidence, I just posted this demo of a pair of 36th Anniversaries yesterday.

http://www.jimsoloway.com/CompletedGuitars/J290WalnutCarveTop/J290-1.mp3 (neck, both, bridge in humbucking mode; neck, both, bridge in split coil mode)

 

[msr13]

Another vote for the PAF 36th Anniversary DiMarzio. Love the articulation and smoothness of the sound. Hotter than my Gibson 57s but with just the perfect edge. Great cleans, and did I mention the articulation?

 

[Kmaz]

Gotta mention Duncan 59s.

 

[Help!I'maRock!]

one thing to note is that you're going to want to make sure the pots are 500k.

other than that, i also highly suggest the Air Norton. i use it as a bridge pup with a PAF in the neck.

 

[uburoibob]

PRS 57/08

 

[Rock Johnson]

I like to use Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pros in that application. They pair well with any decently-hot Strat middle pickup if you go with a H/S/H configuration.

Big +1. Seymour Duncan Alnico II Pros are great pups, very underrated IMHO.

 

[odd]

DiMarzio PAF 36th Anniversary. One of my favorites at any price. By coincidence, I just posted this demo of a pair of 36th Anniversaries yesterday.

http://www.jimsoloway.com/CompletedGuitars/J290WalnutCarveTop/J290-1.mp3 (neck, both, bridge in humbucking mode; neck, both, bridge in split coil mode)

Very, very nice. What amp and mic (and any effects) are you using there?