I'm thinking of putting a Seymour Duncan pearly gates in the bridge of my standard HSS
good choice? Feedback would be very helpful

Well, it certainly isn't a bad choice, but it depends on what kind of sound you are looking for. Also, you may want to consider the fact the Pearly Gates is not 100% hum-free as the coils are intentionally mismatched.

Do you mean an outright, Pearly Gates or a Pearly Gates Plus? They are two separate and distinct pickups.

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This is a very important distinction. In short, the PG+ is voiced brighter and maybe a little louder as it uses Alnico V magnets. I used to have a US Lonestar with this pup and while it was a versatile axe, the PG+ would not be my first choice if I were into heavier styles of music.

I've got the pearly gates pickup as my bridge pickup in my Ibanez Artist series, its a great pickup, its got incredible sound and really made the guitar come to life.

Sean

I'm going off on a slight tangent here: I think the absolute best, full sized humbucker ever made for the neck position is the Pearly Gates.

As always, this is merely IMO where YMMV.

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So, based on that, Martian, what would you consider the best combo for an HSH Strat? Music choice being classic rock up to current rock...

A Duncan Custom in the bridge and for the middle, a DiMarzio Fast Track 1.

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Ive got the Duncan Custom 5 in the bridge position, check that one out, it was the exact sound I was looking for. Add the pearly gates in the neck position and the guitar is a beast!!

Seymour-Duncan Vintage '59, reverse-wound, in the neck position - Seymour-Duncan Pearly Gates at the bridge = one schweet sounding guitar!



All stock Fender Toronado GT, solid mahogany body, pickups as above, made in Korea from 2005-2006. The Korean versions sported real US Seymour-Duncan pickups (as opposed to Duncan Designed), while Mexican and US versions of the Toronado sported Fender's Atomic humbuckers.

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I have these in my PRS and they sound great,warm and clear!

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Ive got a Gibby with an Alnico II Pro in the neck and a Pearly in the bridge. Good set up, but the Pearly is definitely a med output level, so if your looking for a hot 59 clone I would think about something with stronger magnets. Nice mids with the Pearly, though.