User Group Pickup Specs Poll #5

[pinto79]

OK, so, for out Medium output Neck Humbucker with Parallel Axis and blade coils, we need to decide what kind of voice.

Poll coming!

[jimman]

I voted thick and articulate but I could definitely go for open and crunchy too

[Jocelyn]

Bright and Airy. I like that.

[Mont97]

Thick and articulate...

this is going to be a strange, but good pickup

[Filipe Marquez]

I voted thick and articulate but I could definitely go for open and crunchy too

+1

[P.A.Foholic]

Open and crunchy!

[KeeperOS]

I was a little confused by these options as I consider some to not be self-excluding.
I went for Open and Crunchy but I could def. see myself wanting it to split/tap/whatever to a Bright and Airy 2nd tone

[ItsaBass]

Upper mids FTW...

[uOpt]

What I want thingie to do is do something about many Les Pauls being too boomy on the neck pickup.

[CTN]

I have never heard a "crunchy" neck pickup. I dunno if that could even be applied to neck pickups...

Although I hooked up a PAF Pro in neck pos. to a 1meg volume pot and it was really difficult to tell it apart from the bridge bucker with a 500k volume. But I digress...

I think focus on uppermids/highs is important. I voted highs just cuz "Open" means the same to me as "bright and airy". And cuz I don't get how a neck pickup can be crunchy.

[VHTJay]

Voted open and crunchy. Upper mids and highs in a neck pickup typically make it clear and articulate. Don't really know why you would want to focus on lower mids in a neck 'bucker; even if it was going in a 24 fret guitar. My postulation is that the fact this is a medium wind, which in the neck slot should provide ample midrange heft and warmth anyway.

[Mr 9finger]

[Filipe Marquez]

I think all of those are good, depending on the style you'll play.

[TheLivingDead]

Thick and articulate.

[ItsaBass]

This poll is basically a repeat of the last one.

[SrDeMaFp]

I voted thick and articulate but I could definitely go for open and crunchy too

Same here. Not sure how to vote since as was pointed out, the high-mids is what we'd be shooting for in a neck pup based on all of our votes/ideas in the previous polls. I think the "crunchy" part is a bit mis-leading.

[tonello]

I would go for Dark and Ominous if we're looking at a neck pickup. I don't use a neck pup for lead, I use it for rhythm, and I really want something that I can just dig in with and really chug at.

That being said, I'm still open for P90 sized humbuckers of such types as a JB, a Custom, and a Distortion.

[pinto79]

This poll is basically a repeat of the last one.

It actually is quite different. The last one was for output, this one is for tonal perception...

[Jocelyn]

Lets call the Pickup Lonnie Simmons.

[LtKojak]

Loony Bin...?