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charvel wildcard pickup swap

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Hello all

As you know I have a charvel silver flame with a single emg 85 in it

Now I fancy a tinkle with a new pickup for the guitar its an alder body with a ebony neck with a Floyd
So I'm looking for a passive that will give a good high gain but not too mushy
Any suggestions?

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I've always been a fan of the Duncan JB. Worked a treat in my ESP Horizon which was alder/ebony.
Loving it so far

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Had a Charvel Pro Mod and put the EVH Frankenstein in. It rocked...

http://www.thomann.de/gb/evh_frankenstein_humbucker.htm
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StratMatt88 wrote:I've always been a fan of the Duncan JB. Worked a treat in my ESP Horizon which was alder/ebony.
I have an SD SH-4 spare, which I think is a JB?

Came thrown in with a guitar I bought, replaced by a HB sized P90 by the previous owner, so I've not used it. Think its a 4 wire. Not the longest bit of cable hanging off it - maybe 4 inches. No idea what its worth.

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Yep SH-4 is the JB. I took mine out of my ESP before I sold it; gonna chuck it in my PRS and buy a 59 for the neck, great combo.
Loving it so far

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have you considered a bare knuckle vhII - it's what I've got in my charvel. sounds great!
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I like the JB too but was really impressed with the BK Riff Raff I had in the bridge of a LP recently. Might be worth looking at their website.

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AiRdAd wrote:have you considered a bare knuckle vhII - it's what I've got in my charvel. sounds great!
If you like that Danny then look at a suhr aldrich ... mmmmmm awesome tonez
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willow13 wrote:
AiRdAd wrote:have you considered a bare knuckle vhII - it's what I've got in my charvel. sounds great!
If you like that Danny then look at a suhr aldrich ... mmmmmm awesome tonez
i've got some suhr aldrich pickups.they're not in a guitar at the moment. had them in my les paul - they were great! I should put them into something
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