Time for a pickup upgrade....need suggestions

CBDBRP · **Joined:** Tue Apr 07, 2009 8:22 am **Posts:** 196

wrong thread - my bad.

bynapkinart · **Joined:** Sat Feb 21, 2009 6:49 pm **Posts:** 79

alright well, I went ahead and got the Americans over the 57/62s....wayyyy better choice and a serious upgrade over the standards. I plugged it in and she sounds sweeter and punchier than ever, with just the right amount of glassiness and shimmer. I love them!!

Thanks for your suggestions!

filerj · **Joined:** Thu Aug 09, 2007 6:23 pm **Posts:** 191

Martian wrote:

BigJay wrote:

Martian wrote:

bynapkinart wrote:

...the 57/62's...I know that they'll get a slightly deeper and fuller tone in the 3-ply pickguard versus the 1-ply on the AMRI.

This is a new one I can honestly say I've never heard before.

Its the fancy black middle ply. Black sound better than white. Geeze Martian...

Of course, a thousand pardons! I must have been having a, "senior moment".

Yet, I know for a FACT because I read it somewhere on the web that they can't compare to OEM Starcaster pickups as they are without a doubt, the "yardstick of tone" which ALL others are judged by!

Martian after you had me checking out Dimarzio areas and Seymour Duncans you now say starcaster pickups are the best

. This may be true :shock:

but I'm going with your original suggestions.
filerj

shadowgrass3 · **Posted:** Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:31 pm

I absolutely love the EMG SA's. I know that's going to have the hardcore vintage guys up in arms, but that's my two cents.

Martian · **Posted:** Mon Dec 07, 2009 5:57 pm

filerj wrote:

Martian after you had me checking out Dimarzio areas and Seymour Duncans you now say starcaster pickups are the best

. This may be true :shock:

but I'm going with your original suggestions.
filerj

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

That Starcaster comment was a remnant of an old joke from here.

Starcaster instruments and their pickups are literally one step above a toy and should be avoided like the plague!!!

Absolutely, go with my original suggestions!!!

Post-Punk · **Joined:** Fri Sep 07, 2007 3:53 am **Posts:** 113

Good choice with the American Standards. You don't need "vintage" for what you originally stated was a more substantial yet responsive rhythm need.

fadingcaptain · **Joined:** Tue Aug 04, 2009 3:54 pm **Posts:** 53

I use Duncan SSL-1/SSL-5 set. Check these out.

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