bright pup + bright guitar = ?

[metalmachine]

freaking awsome. i decides to put the TB-6 in my jackson SL-1 just for laughs. i figured it would be crazy bright and kinda thin. well i dont know why but this pup sounds big and chunky but also searing and clear in this guitar. it is like a bright fat if that makes sense. well really overall it pretty balanced.

but anyways it was my last pick ever for a floyded maple neck thru and low and behold best that axe has sounded

[leftyjay360]

That's the beauty of pup swaping

[metalmachine]

That's the beauty of pup swaping

i agree thats why i love it. you never know when you gonna get a suprise by throwing the rules out the window

[rotting casket]

maple is really focused tonally, and tightens up various frequencies. I've never considered maple bright per se, but a lot of guitarists do.

Ceramic rules in maple!!! my favorite bridge humbuckers for maple (either maple bodies or maple neck-thru blocks):

Duncan JB
Duncan Screamin Demon
Duncan Distortion
Dimarzio Super 3
Dimarzio X2N
Dimarzio D Activator
Bare Knuckle Miracle Man
EMG 81
Wilde L500L & XL

[metalmachine]

i would like to try a wilde l500xl. and i think your right maybye it isnt bright as much as it just tightens and snaps

[CountFunkula]

Maple is a WEIRD tonewood. A C8 sounded bright and tinny in it, but an A4 '59 sounded full and smooth.

It's because it has a lot of high mids and a lot of really low-range treble, then has a quick cutoff point. It needs a high resonant peak, because if your peak is too low, then it will exacerbate the upper mid/low treble spike. An exception to this is the JB. Its high mid spike seem to really blend well with the spike of maple.

[Zerberus]

Actually, all other factors the same brighter pickups generally work better in neckthru guitars than bolt-ons. This is because the construction method adds a Low midrange hump or "spike" and attenuates the highs slightly (comppared to a bolt-on which for this comparison is regarded as "neutral"), both factors that compliment a pickup like the DD very well

[Aceman]

This is an interesting thread. I find myself attracted to ceramic bridge pups, and mostly like maple neck/maple top LPs....Hmmmm.

[metalmachine]

I hear you aceman its like I found out a secret nobody would tell. Maybe this is why so many people get turned of by neckthru guitars. They think the need a dark pup but they don't at all