Greetings all - question for anyone who has swapped out pickups in their Swamp Ash SE: what did you use? did it improve your tone? if so, in what way, specifically?
Would love to hear your relevant experience, please. You can stop here and answer, or read on for my long winded story...
so, I have a McCarty 2003. The stock neck pickup, when used in single-coil mode, is THE best sounding neck tone I've ever played. SRV, Hendrix, etc. I took it to a studio where they wanted that "strat neck" tone; engineer looked puzzled, until he heard this thing. Amazing tone. The bridge, however, had too much high end; it was GREAT for open chords at low gain, but for lead solos? too much treble. Swapped in a SD JB with more midrange, and now it's one of my favorite guitars. But it lacks: trem, and the "in-between" strat tones that I often need.
Then along comes the SE Swamp Ash: it's got the pickups that (I thought) would give me the tones I need, plus a trem, AND a great price? bought one, it plays great, seemed to be a perfect gigging solution. But I am finding the tones less than useful. Interested to hear what others have done, and how it worked out. thanks!
