Pickup suggestions for Pop and Modern Country sounds.
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JasonE
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Doesn't that have the 58/15 LT pickups in it? I would think those would work just fine. I have used guitars with 57/08 pickups in them and was very happy with how they performed for these types of tones. They do well with everything from super clean to medium, medium high, gain.
I purchased it used, and the original owner installed Planet Tone Soul Serenade’s (a Pearly Gates type tone) in it.
what you have will. Unless youre talking about more new new country where its basically hard rock/hip hop. I like to call it Hick Hop. That youll want something more in the terms of a ceramic magnet or a high output bucker like a JB or getting into expensive bare knuckle territory.
truthfully...a pearly gates PAF style will cover just about anything. Your amp will prob influence more.
Source: ive played new/classic country for like 7 years in a working band now and most guitars i play PAF/hot rod PAF/telecaster pickups but the amp always has to be in a ac30/blackface etc to really get some of those older chimey songs. New country i use a friedman BE
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For pop & modern country, I would suspect that anything "vintage style" with Alnico V magnet construction would be great. Seymour Duncan '59 Models or Dimarzio 36th Anniversary to start with the cheaper (but excellent quality!) options; more expensive option--PRS 57/08 set or 59/09 set (or 57 in the neck w/ 59 in the bridge) would be excellent and versatile, too.
What's the difference between the aforementioned PRS pu's?
1) 58/15 L.
2) 57/08.
3) 59/09.
As a side note, I must be getting old because in the "good old days" Seymour Duncan was considered a more expensive/boutique pickup than stock pickups
1) vintage PAF but underwound. Less output.What's the difference between the aforementioned PRS pu's?
1) 58/15 L.
2) 57/08.
3) 59/09.
As a side note, I must be getting old because in the "good old days" Seymour Duncan was considered a more expensive/boutique pickup than stock pickups
2) standard PAF style pickup.
3) little more low end PAF style pickup.
In my opinion at least.
JasonE
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The 59/09 is constructed similarly to the 57/08 but is wound a little hotter and is an uncovered pickup instead of covered. It has just a little more push to it.
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If you want a country sound, I would get a NF 53. I have the 58/15 LT and they don't do the country thing though going to single coil with the pull knobs on my 594 help a little.
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What tones are you not able to get, Tele bridge tone? That one is going to be tough on anything that doesn't have a single coil in the bridge position. I ask this question in all seriousness. The reason I am asking is the last band I was in was a country band that played everything from old to new country. I used a single cut hollow body 2 piezo with 57/08 pickups in it. For live performances it pulled the tones off pretty well. I was actually surprised at how well it did on songs like Watermelon Crawl and Chattahoochee. Many of the bands writing and performing the modern music are actually using PRS guitars with humbuckers in them to do it.
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You can get good country tones out of the 57/08 pickups and several others. My 335 in the back pickup can do country quite well with the calibrated t pickups. But if you play it side by side with the NF 53, there is a big difference in the tone. It's not just the pickups but several things that are different which combined together gets that twang and spank with the NF53
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