Do you favor neck pickups or bridge pickups?

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Do you favor neck pickups or bridge pickups?

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Do you favor one pickup (or selector position) over the other(s)? Do you prefer the in-between positions of some guitars over others? I found that I tended to use the neck pickup of my Mustang, the bridge pickup on my CV Duo, and the bridge humbucker on anything with a bridge humbucker. I also tended to use the out-of-phase sound more than the in-phase on my Mustang.


LATE EDIT: Specifying which guitars you use X pickup on is awesome but not vital. :)
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Post by Freddy V-C »

It varies, but for the most part:

Both in series on my Baja Tele.
Neck on my Squier Affinity Tele.
Both on my Jagmaster.
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Post by stewart »

always bridge. apart from when i'm recording and want to thicken something up. my amp settings tend to be quite bassy and if i switch to the neck pickup in a live setting it sounds all muddy and boomy as hell.
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Post by ohyeahfuzzbear »

Neck. OR Neck+Bridge.
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bridge at all times.
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Depends on the guitar: neck on my Jazzmaster, usually, and fuzz pedals prefer neck pickups and I use a lot of fuzz. But I've just ordered a Junior, so have some love for the BRRANNG of the bridge too.
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Post by lorez »

neck on the mustang
bridge on the tele
lead on the jag
when I had the sheraton and epi lp it was both the neck

all needed tweaking on the amp and pedals though to make them sound sweet though
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Post by Thom »

90% of the time, bridge.
With a lot of dirt, definitely bridge. Clean, neck a fair amount.
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Always the bridge pup. The neck pickup on my Jaguar is muddy as hell and has no clarity. I doubt a change in pickup would remedy this at all.
And i've got no choice with the Esquier.
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Post by hotrodperlmutter »

NECK FOR MOST THANGS

BRIDGE FOR ABRASION

except on my dot, i generally use neck or neck + bridge. i just don't play a lot of shit that sounds good through the bridge. i love the warmth and muddles of most neck stuff.
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Usually always Neck pickup.
Both on my Cyclone II. The middle never gets used.
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Tele - N+B for strumming
Jaguar - N+B for strumming, Rhythm circuit for fuzz
P-rail'd tele - Bridge 90
Musicmaster - :oops: :roll:
Strat - kind of a love/hate/fuckinghate relationship with the pickups. N+M for most things, Neck for leads
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Post by STABxYOU »

Bridge. In fact if I get a custom made guitar it won't have a neck pickup.
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Both on Duo-Sonic and neck on Blacktop Jazzmaster.
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Post by lank81 »

Neck

The Bridge is always too thin for me. I like things to be round and full in my life. Kind of like a pair of D Cups.
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if i had a set of d cups in my life, i'd definitely be watching what i eat, and try exercising. then once i got into shape, i'd play the neck pickup only.
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neck pickup

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Post by Lucamo »

robroe wrote:neck pickup

MASTER-TANG II
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Neck... Neck plus Bridge on my mustang because the bridge pickup has low output.
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hotrodperlmutter wrote:if i had a set of d cups in my life, i'd definitely be watching what i eat, and try exercising. then once i got into shape, i'd play the neck pickup only.
Unless the D cups aren't attached to you...still, I'd play the neck pickup only.
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Post by Rox »

I'm a bridge pickup guy . The hotter the better usually . But in melodies I like a cool neck pickup . Most of my guitars are set up with a hot bridge and a cool neck combo .