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I think being able to play certain chords and having it sound clean and clear har more to do with the amp and/or the pedals.I hear all that. I play more low gain than saturated so the SS makes sense, but yes it's very flat.
But the Steves Special is a good suggestion for chordplaying since its not congested (ie lacks) in the mids. However thats all it's good for IMO. Hate it for leadplaying but then I'm a midrange junkie.
Has anybody tried this pickup in the BRIDGE position!? I just recently installed it wired to an On/On/On mini switch and it sounds pretty decent in all applications (Series split and parallel). Only problem, for me, was that it sounded alot like the Super 3 that came stock in the bridge. Pretty similar EQ. And the single coil tone was not very fantastic due to over powering mids. This is why I didn't enjoy it in the neck of my other guitar. The output was nice tho, (as I'm kind of gearing towards more medium output for this Super Strat) and parallel sounded great too!https://youtu.be/OCIHQugA910
Forgot Schaller Golden 50s, several Japanese Jackson neck pickups, Ibanez V7/V8 w/ magnet swap, SIN pickups Rapture neck, SIN Pickups PAF and one other I can't remember, some Vintage DiMarzio PAF set, Super Distortion, Super 3...I use 20 or so different amps and I'm an amp and guitar tech, so........I heard all that. My complaint isn't that it's not single coilish enough- you pick up a Strat if you want a Strat sound. My point of contention was that it's not transparent. It really dictates the sound of the guitar more than many others, and more than most PAFs.
I know how they describe it, maybe with 9s or some other rubber band its that bright but I just do not hear it. There are other conventional humbuckers that are brighter, tighter, and more single-coil like.
If you really want single-coil like, get a Firebird pickup.
I've tried it over the years many times in many guitars, it just is not bright enough, tight enough, so qualify for single-coil like to me. I wish it was, and I wish DiMarzio would make something that was, but they do not.
It sounds like a low wind paf. It's not muddy, but it's not tight either, it's woody. The high end doesn't have enough edge to it to be in any sort of single coil category.
I honestly like it a lot more with ceramic, but you have to remove one of the spacers to get a normal size magnet in there. The stock pickup has a spacer on both coils and an under-sized A5.
I don't understand how it cold sound like a typical low wind PAF when DiMarzio specifically designed it to be unlike a typical PAF. I've played lower wind older PAFs and they sound nothing like the HFH.
Re: my guitar, jeez...Tone Zone, Crunch Lab/Liquifire, HFH (both positions), Air Norton (both positions), Norton (both positions), PAF Master set (Bridge pickup tried in both positions), Fred (both positions), X2N, D-Activator X or whatever that thing's called, Dimebucker, JB, Jazz, 59 neck, SH-5 Custom, PAF Pro, Steve's Special, AT-1, FS-1...maybe forgetting a few.
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I use 20 or so different amps and I'm an amp and guitar tech, so........I heard all that. My complaint isn't that it's not single coilish enough- you pick up a Strat if you want a Strat sound. My point of contention was that it's not transparent. It really dictates the sound of the guitar more than many others, and more than most PAFs.
I know how they describe it, maybe with 9s or some other rubber band its that bright but I just do not hear it. There are other conventional humbuckers that are brighter, tighter, and more single-coil like.
If you really want single-coil like, get a Firebird pickup.
I've tried it over the years many times in many guitars, it just is not bright enough, tight enough, so qualify for single-coil like to me. I wish it was, and I wish DiMarzio would make something that was, but they do not.
It sounds like a low wind paf. It's not muddy, but it's not tight either, it's woody. The high end doesn't have enough edge to it to be in any sort of single coil category.
I honestly like it a lot more with ceramic, but you have to remove one of the spacers to get a normal size magnet in there. The stock pickup has a spacer on both coils and an under-sized A5.
Weird.I would say your experience is more an anomaly than mine- everyone I've ever heard describe it (including DiMarzio) calls it a very bright pickup with a very prominent pick attack.
I don't find it bright, nor do I find the attack particularly stands out. The low notes are too woody as well, lacking the bell-like thwack of a single. I hear nothing strat like about it in any of the 20 ish guitars I've heard it in. It's a low-wind PAF sounding pickup. Which is just fine if you want a low-wind PAF, but not if you expect anything like a single coil.
That's what I DONT like about it, which is kind of the opposite if what you hear in it.
Did you measure your volume pot? Unhook the pickup and actually measure the resistance across the outer legs. Sounds like there may be an issue there.
Weird.I haven't, but there's no need to-I've had over a dozen pickups in this spot, same pot. It's the pickup.
I don't find it bright, nor do I find the attack particularly stands out. The low notes are too woody as well, lacking the bell-like thwack of a single. I hear nothing strat like about it in any of the 20 ish guitars I've heard it in. It's a low-wind PAF sounding pickup. Which is just fine if you want a low-wind PAF, but not if you expect anything like a single coil.
That's what I DONT like about it, which is kind of the opposite if what you hear in it.
Did you measure your volume pot? Unhook the pickup and actually measure the resistance across the outer legs. Sounds like there may be an issue there.