Bass/Neck Pickup to pair with a Treble \m/ Metal Pickup

[Texo]

Hi,
on my further search for the perfect components for a private stock I am a bit unsure about the topic pickups.
I am quite confident that it should be an uncovered metal pickup on the bridge but having heard close to nothing about the neck metal pickup and being a fan of the 58/15s or 57/08s in the neck I am considering one of those (covered) for the neck position.
My question is: is it a good idea to mix two of these pickups or will I have issues with the sound of the middle position (with or without coil split), or drastic volume differences between them? I would think the guitar gains a lot versatility with this mix, but maybe just the two metal pickups would also do it?
Maybe someone has some experience with this.
Thanks!

 

[bodia]

I think you’d be fine with either of those in the neck. The \m/ pick up is so versatile and has great clarity.

 

[Bowtiefanatc]

85/15 or \m/ neck

 

[alantig]

As Bodia said, the \m/ pickup is very versatile. It cleans up -and taps - very nicely. I pulled out my PS tonight, which has the \m/s in both spots. The neck pup on about 3 through the clean channel of my Archon sounded nearly acoustic.

 

[vchizzle]

I have a 5708 neck pickup with my \m/ bridge and it’s fantastic. 5909 works well too.

 

[Texo]

Maybe it's just consequent to go with both in bridge and neck since the neck seems to sound nicely clean aswell. Are your Metal-Pickups covered or uncovered? I sometimes like the mix of uncovered in the bridge and covered in the neck.

I have a 5708 neck pickup with my \m/ bridge and it’s fantastic. 5909 works well too.

Do you hear a significant volume drop when switching between the pickups due to the different output level?

 

[alantig]

Maybe it's just consequent to go with both in bridge and neck since the neck seems to sound nicely clean aswell. Are your Metal-Pickups covered or uncovered? I sometimes like the mix of uncovered in the bridge and covered in the neck.

I went with both uncovered. And I had push-pull coil taps put on as well. Added a few extra options and a nice bit of snap and sparkle when playing clean.

 

[vchizzle]

Maybe it's just consequent to go with both in bridge and neck since the neck seems to sound nicely clean aswell. Are your Metal-Pickups covered or uncovered? I sometimes like the mix of uncovered in the bridge and covered in the neck.


Do you hear a significant volume drop when switching between the pickups due to the different output level?

Mine are both uncovered. No volume drop, I don’t usually play clean on the bridge pickup and often have the neck pickup at around 5(2 volume knobs) when under high gain to have milder gain settings.