Re: If you only have one pickup....
Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 10:11 pm
i use two lace hot golds in the neck and middle, and then a alumitone deathbucker for the bridge. I would be happy using any of them as a 'final only' pickup, but chose this configuration because i wanted a guitar that had a really wide array of sounds it could produce. The golds, regardless of where they are placed are really warm and saturated with a lower volume than the alumitone. The alumitone is way more hi-fi and is super defined. The hot golds work okay with fuzz/distortion, but really shine with overdrive. The alumitone humbucker does great with overdrive, but also destroys with distortion and fuzz. When i first bought them i was actually kind of disappointed, but after sitting around for a day and messing with the height of the pickups and putting them way closer to the strings than people recommend, they really sing and sustain great for me. The difference before and after was crazy. Since using them, i haven't really had any desire to try a lot of other pickups other than what ognoy suggested with the EGC ones. So i guess on thing to also consider is that before you write off any pickups, really push them and mess around with the height as well to see how you like them and see in full what they can do before forming an opinion.