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    Default OK, I need opinions please

    I'd like to swap out the H2+ in my Anderson Drop Top as I find it too " hifi " sounding and with such a flooded market I'd like help choosing .
    This is the guitar, Alder body/maple top, Maple neck with African Rosewood board.
    Acoustically it's quite bright.

    I have a Duncan JB in my Silhouette Special but with 500k pots ( as in the Anderson with his Vintage Voicing wiring ) it was too harsh.It sounds lovely with 250k pots but Duncan tell me that nothing in their range sounds like a JB with 250k but running 500k, if that makes sense.
    I don't want a really high output pickup in this guitar because I use it in my covers band so need versatility to cover anything from country to rock soloing. It's also important it splits well with my mid single.
    I've been suggested some of the following so I'd love some opinions on these but welcome other ideas.
    Tyler Secret Humbucker.
    Tyler Supercharged Studebaker
    Suhr SSH and SSH+
    BareKnuckle Crawler and Holy Diver.

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    Default Re: OK, I need opinions please

    Beautiful! I've always loved green quilt. There's probably a number of pickups that would sound excellent in that guitar. As many here will suggest, one of the Custom variants would be a great choice. I have also found the Norton to work well in many guitars, and it isn't too high output.

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    Default Re: OK, I need opinions please

    The only pickup I know out of these is the Holydiver. It has a smooth distortion and it's quite hot too. Suitable for rock/hard rock/metal etc. I guess it would be alright for blues too although I've never used it for this application. For blues I usually use the neck pickup. EQ-wise it's very balanced with a bit rolled off highs to get that smooth distortion.

    Crawler is supposed to be made as a good match for both strats and LPs so I guess it would be a balanced pickup too, however I don't know much about it.

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    Default Re: OK, I need opinions please

    Are you content with the stock single coils or are they a bit "hi-fi" too? Consider keeping the stock pickups and changing your bridge saddles.

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    Default Re: OK, I need opinions please

    The singles are Kinman 62's and I love them.

    I swapped out the Anderson Singles as soon as I had the guitar 7 years ago, they were dreadful.
    His newer ones are much better but I'm happy with the Kinmans.

    I've also got Titanium saddles on it, as you can see in the pic.
    They are really amazing and Tom now recommends them himself.

    Sounds like the Holy Diver is off the list.

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