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Hey everyone.

I'm posting this to see if I can get any reccomendations on a set of pickups for my '81 Hamer Studio FM. Please feel free to suggest something that isn't in the poll.

The guitar's construction is 3 piece mahogany neck, rosewood fretboard (24.75quot; scale) mahogany body with a flat maple top, and string through body mounting.

It's a bright, lively sounding guitar unplugged and I would like that to be transferred to the electric realm.

I play in styles similar to STP, Foo Fighters, Alice in Chains, Collective Soul, ZZ Top ( I have my Pearly Gates loaded LP for that).

Oh yeah, I can't fit covered pickups into this beastie and I preffer 4 conductor wiring.

I was never crazy about the sound of the JB in the Hamer. Try a set of '59's I've got a JB w/an a-2 magnet in my Hamer Archtop (all mahogany, so it might not compare exactly with yours. otherwise they're the same guitar), and it sounds great to me. I thonk the PG might be too bright sounding.

Might try: 59/Jazz; Seth/Jazz; Custom Custom/PG

Demon!

Another for the Demon

A Custom in the bridge position and a Screamin' Demon in the neck position.

Not only is this combination compatible, but they are most complimentary too and can pretty much cover all styles.

The first of those is what I have, I really like it.

BTW, I've never heard of the 78 model...how is it? What's that like?

If it were mine, I'd start with a C-5/Pearly Gates, then go from there if something isn't sounding perfect to me. I really want to try a 78, though.......they just cost too much to buy without hearing it first.

wheres jb/59?

whats the difference between the demon and the jb? I've always wondered cause they look comparable on the tone chart.


Originally Posted by Nite_Maresz_25wheres jb/59?

I'm not partial to the JB in mahogany, but I think it sounds fantastic in alder or ash.

I've voted APII/CC. I haven't tryed it but if I were in your situation It's the combo i'd definitely choose. I've heard many things about it to don't want to try it.

Thanks for the suggestions, gents. KMD, the '78 is the Evenly Voiced Harmonics model.

It's supposed to emulate the sound of a certain artist that rose to prominence around 1978. It's basically an overwound Alnico II PAF style humbucker with assymetrically wound coils.


Originally Posted by MartianA Custom in the bridge position and a Screamin' Demon in the neck position.

Not only is this combination compatible, but they are most complimentary too and can pretty much cover all styles.

Totally true , in bright guitar i have C5 bridge and Demon neck , they match perfectly ouput wise and are complementary tonally .

WHERE the heck is the 59/JB combo?

Alnico II Pro/Custom...quite a RAWKing set if you ask me (or anyone else on planet Earth).

The pickup that rocks hath a name ... and its name is Demon!!!


Originally Posted by pac112WHERE the heck is the 59/JB combo?

OK, for those of you just tuning in, I don't like the 59 in the neck. I mean, I really, really don't like it. Some do, but for me, it's boomy, doesn't have enough mids, and has too much treble.

I am currently giving a JB a test drive in the Hamer, paired with an Alnico II Pro in the neck (that one's staying ).

If the JB doesn't work out, I'll probably go with either a C-5, or just get another Custom.

Hey TO, I've been dying to try the Demon, but I haven't been able to find one in zebra.