Neck pickup to pair with little 59 in the bridge

[YellowBullet]

Ho,

So the thing is i need a neck pickup for my Mustang to pair with Seymour Duncans lil’ 59 bridge. Any suggestions? This guitar is mainly going to be my progressive rock/fusion sort of axe, but i also need some good clean sounds for occasional bluesy/jazzy things too. So versatility is the thing i suppose. Feel free to suggest a good match with that lil’ 59 and if you have some nice wiring ideas too.

Thanks allready!

 

[JackL]

How about a Seymour Duncan Vintage Stack Tele neck Pickup? That's the one listed as part of a set.
I think you might have to find a stacked Strat pup for the Mustang though.
JackL

 

[YellowBullet]

Yeah i was thinking about that one too.

 

[ScottJPatrick]

I use a SD Alnico II in the neck with an open cover along with the lil '59 in my Tele, the Strat version of that pickup should work well for what you want. Series/parallel switch for the '59 and 250k pots.

 

[YellowBullet]

How about classic stack plus?opinions?

 

[Chunkocaster]

Twang King?

 

[YellowBullet]

Twang King?

Twang king is a nice pickup, i have one in one of my teles, but havent seen any strat-style yet...

 

[Chunkocaster]

Twang king is a nice pickup, i have one in one of my teles, but havent seen any strat-style yet...

Sorry, missed the Mustang part.

 

[Red Bread]

I run a set of SD vintage stacked in my road worn USA
I wouldnt say theyd be my choice for Rock/Fusion
I run a SD Hot Rails in the neck with a little 59 in the bridge on one of my teleys that i thibk would be much better choice

 

[YellowBullet]

Sorry, missed the Mustang part.

No biggie twang king is very nice pickup though

 

[YellowBullet]

I run a set of SD vintage stacked in my road worn USA
I wouldnt say theyd be my choice for Rock/Fusion
I run a SD Hot Rails in the neck with a little 59 in the bridge on one of my teleys that i thibk would be much better choice

I’m really trying to like hot rails, listened a bunch of demos and stuff, but just cant get in to them. Don’t really know why. I know that many likes them though

 

[Red Bread]

I found i like it low in the body
Lower then i run with any orher neck pick up
I had to find the sweet spot were it sounds clean and not fuzzie

 

[fatcat]

I second the SD AlNiCo II suggestion.

 

[uriah1]

Lil JB

Or swap..lil jb bridge lil 59 neck

 

[fatcat]

I use a SD Alnico II in the neck with an open cover along with the lil '59 in my Tele, the Strat version of that pickup should work well for what you want. Series/parallel switch for the '59 and 250k pots.

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What is that body wood? Does the open cover on the neck require any special surgery on the pickup ( ground wiring)?

 

[rigatele]

What is that body wood? Does the open cover on the neck require any special surgery on the pickup ( ground wiring)?

The cover should be connected with a small wire jumper on the pickup base to the common (non-hot) pickup lead.

 

[Antigua Tele]

Ho,

So the thing is i need a neck pickup for my Mustang to pair with Seymour Duncans lil’ 59 bridge. Any suggestions? This guitar is mainly going to be my progressive rock/fusion sort of axe, but i also need some good clean sounds for occasional bluesy/jazzy things too. So versatility is the thing i suppose. Feel free to suggest a good match with that lil’ 59 and if you have some nice wiring ideas too.

Thanks allready!

Personally I'd put a Little 59 bridge pickup in the neck position also, but wire it in parallel. That way you have the same looking pickups in both spots. Seymour Duncan also sells the "Duckbucker" for this purpose, getting a Fender single coil tone from that type of pickup, but I don't recommend that pickups, I'd sooner wire a bridge pickups in parallel and put it in the neck spot.

 

[YellowBullet]

Sounds interesting..How does that parallel wiring changes the sound? And are you talking about putting bridge version also to the neck position and wire that parallel or neck version wired parallel?

 

[robt57]

Maybe the tighter compression of Mini HB will work well.

In my minds ear: Antiquity Firebird Alnico II? Or Alnico II Pro Mini-Humbucker if you can find one.

 

[ScottJPatrick]

What is that body wood? Does the open cover on the neck require any special surgery on the pickup ( ground wiring)?

It's just a Squier standard from I think the late 90's so probably just boxwood, stained with Danish oil. Pickup cover supplied by someone in Philly, standard Tele wiring.