Wich Duncans?

[Michael]

Hi guys, im racking yoru brains again, i've learnt so much about amps from this forum and you guys, i was even reading a later addition of Australian Guitar magazine, and someone wrote in with a question wich i belive the magazine guy anwsering got wrong. LOL

Anyway to the point the guitar i play (link in my signature) has a humbucker in the rear and a single coil in the front. Now after speaking on an austrlian gear board, ive been told that the pickups on this guitar are its weekest link, as most of us on this board, were allways looking for a "Better" sound, and i feel that changing generica stock pickups to Seymour Duncans is my next choice.

The reason i say Seymour's is becuase most my favourtie guitarist seem to use them. Ive stated looking into them and there are that many different types??? Im jsut so confused.

Basiclly i play mostly punk/rock, how ever you want to generelize it (lol is that a word) stuff like Green Day, Blink 182, NOFX, etc....
Im after advice what would be the pickups you recoment for me to #1 reasonably fit my guitar (if i have to buy a new scrath plate so be it, i think those open cute humbuckers look better anyway) #2 proberly give me the tone im looking towards. #3 i guess i want to keep this guitar with a bridge and neck pickup, i don't want just a rear humbucker.

Sould i replace a single coild in the front and a humbucker in teh back, or should i go all out buckers??? My guitar is actully released these days with a humbucker front and back option?

I'm after advice, thanks guys if you read all of this LOL

Michael

Thanks guys

 

[musicbox]

Well...Green Day is realllly into p90's, which I don't think will fit into a humbucker slot, although duncan may make a full sized one, I'm not sure p90 is what you are looking for. My brother has an invader in his guitar which sounds pretty good for punk, althtough a JB or a Distortion would also be good. Check out the sound samples they have on their website. For neck, it really depends on what kind of neck tone you want? Really clean? Dark? Bright? Single coil strat sound?

 

[TonyBar3]

Do yourself a favor. Go to the seymour duncan board and get on their forum. I'm a member there as well, those people know their stuff. Very big crowd (normally 30 people logged on at a time) as well as very diverse. They are your best asset.

 

[musicbox]

even better! also, i believe duncan has artists that use the pickup posted on his site when you are looking at the pickups, which may be of help.

 

[Michael]

Thanks guys for yoru imput, yeah i looked on teh artist page it was fairly shitty and incomplete. However i will talk on the forums there, thanks heeps for your help.

Michael

 

[atlst7]

I'm a punk player who uses duncans. SH-5 in the Bridge, and Single coil P-90 in the neck. Its really great because you can have a high octain cutting sound from the bridge PUP or a more fat/round/soaring solos/ska from the neck PUP. You can also mix them and get a full, snappy, distorted sound. I just really like the setup becasue it is so versitile and has some really nice distinct sounds when you play with the tone nob a little. Goold luck and i hope this helped.

ps. we need more punks on the board.

 

[KH Guitar Freak]

This is going to sound crazy and biased, but there are a number of pickups out there that are cheaper and IMO, better than them Duncans...

 

[TFridgen]

I'm a punk player who uses duncans. SH-5 in the Bridge, and Single coil P-90 in the neck. Its really great because you can have a high octain cutting sound from the bridge PUP or a more fat/round/soaring solos/ska from the neck PUP. You can also mix them and get a full, snappy, distorted sound. I just really like the setup becasue it is so versitile and has some really nice distinct sounds when you play with the tone nob a little. Goold luck and i hope this helped.

ps. we need more punks on the board.

Sounds like you're an Eric Melvin fan. Oi , Oi, Oi!!

 

[MusicManJP6]

I think the Duncan '59 neck humbucker may be the sweetest sounding neck pup ever made... !!

 

[SonOfIAm]

I know you're leaning toward Duncans but since you seem open, you may want to consider T.V. Jones Power'Trons. A great different sounding pickup with plenty of umph! They are roughly a P90 size but you can get them with standard humbucker sized rings.

 

[fatoni]

huge nofx fan here. i used to love sd but then i tried some dimarzios and the air norton/dsonic kills the '59/jb setup imo. never looked back. i also like the paf pros and steve specials. look into it at least

 

[Rocky]

Most early Green Day was recorded using JB's

 

[MusicManJP6]

Most early Green Day was recorded using JB's

That sounds about right...

 

[MrMason]

I didn't know Seymour Duncan sold wigs :lol:

 

[Bobby_E]

You really can't go wrong with a '59/JB set. Though a Custom 5 in the bridge is nice too, however much, much thicker sounding.