Has anyone here owned and/or used either the Hot Rodded Humbucker or Vintage Blues pickup combos from Seymour Duncan? The Vintage blues is a pair of matched '59's in the neck and bridge. The Hot Rodded Hum set is a Jazz in the neck and a JB in the bridge.
I've also heard that a 59 neck sounds good with a JB in the bridge. Has anyone tried this combo either?? I'm looking to change the PU's in a Carvin C66 I just bought. I'm going Duncan for sure. The tone I'm looking for is a cross between bluesy Scott Henderson type stuff and the legato sound(s) of Garsed or Holdsworth. I'd really like to be able to get a lot of good and clear harmonics..natural and artifical with ease. I also would like a pickup that cleans up when the volume is backed off.
Joined: 17 May 2004 Posts: 49 Location: Alexandria,VA
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 10:50 pm Post subject: Re: Seymour Duncan Pickup choices
clovis wrote:
Has anyone here owned and/or used either the Hot Rodded Humbucker or Vintage Blues pickup combos from Seymour Duncan? The Vintage blues is a pair of matched '59's in the neck and bridge. The Hot Rodded Hum set is a Jazz in the neck and a JB in the bridge.
I've also heard that a 59 neck sounds good with a JB in the bridge. Has anyone tried this combo either?? I'm looking to change the PU's in a Carvin C66 I just bought. I'm going Duncan for sure. The tone I'm looking for is a cross between bluesy Scott Henderson type stuff and the legato sound(s) of Garsed or Holdsworth. I'd really like to be able to get a lot of good and clear harmonics..natural and artifical with ease. I also would like a pickup that cleans up when the volume is backed off.
Any suggestions?
John R.
John,
the JB and '59 is a classic humbucker combo.I have a JB paired with two Vintage Rails pickups and I like it a lot-it has mid output,harmonically rich,not too rough but has a rock bite to it.I used to have a Guild Bluesbird with 2 '59s and I liked them as well but they were more vintage sounding-less output and brighter.That said as far as humbuckers go I love my current combo on my Suhr-DSV and DSH+(made by Suhr),they sound so freakin' smooth and dynamic.You definitely have a lot of options,good luck with the search!
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