PUP change on a Hamer Standard (MIK)

[chinocapuchino]

Dear friends,

I just recently purchased a Hamer Standard (MIK) from the 90's (the red one in my avatar) and I don't seem to really adapt to the pups it originally came with.

The pups it carries now (Duncan Designed), the neck pup is too bassy! I have to turn it down to 1 and the bridge pup to 10.

I really want to get the volume of both pups without such a boomy and rough bass tone. We play 70's , 80's Hard Rock and I play the Hamer thru a JCM 2000 DSL 100 Marshall head....

I was wondering what recomendations I can get for seymour duncans to put in this baby....

any advice will be greatly appreciated!!

[murkat]

Bridge~ duncan custom 5 for the highs, or duncan custom custom for punch

Neck~ duncan 59 for highs, or duncan seth lover for smooth grind love.

[chinocapuchino]

Thank you Murkat!

I will try this combination, I'm listening to them on the seymour duncan page:

http://www.seymourduncan.com/support/tone-wizard/tonewizard.php?Instrument=Guitar&Type=Les+Paul+or+similar&Music=Hard+Rock+Metal&BodyWood=Ash+or+Alder&Fretboard=Rosewood&BridgeType=Standard

[Toadroller]

Is that the maple-bodied import Standard?

I have one and Alnico 2 based hum buckers took the shrill out of it.

[chinocapuchino]

Hi Toadroller!

I'm not sure if it's maple-bodied or not...it does weigh quite a bit though......

[sledhead44]

I've had six MIK Standards. I am down to two. I have tried all of the following SD pickups in the bridge: SH-4 (JB), SH-5 (Duncan Custom), SH-6 (Duncan Distortion) and the SH-12 (Screamin' Demon). I've also had the DiMarzio DP-100 (Super Distortion), and the DiMarzio DP-155 (Tone Zone). My favorite of them is the Seymour Duncan SH-6.

I don't usually use the neck pup in my MIK Standards, but I had one with a DiMarzio DP-193 (Air Norton) which sounded pretty good.

In my USA Standard I have a SD SH-PG1 (Pearly Gates) in the neck and a SD SH-6 (Duncan Distortion) in the bridge

[chinocapuchino]

sounds interesting sledhead44....thanks!!

I do like to use both pups at the same time in the middle position, and then the bridge for soloing....

In fact, I just lowered the neck pup a few turns and it amazingly improved the sound 100%!! It's not as boomy or muddy now.... I'll keep testing it though with the marshall and decide....

thanks again!!

[Toadroller]

If it looks like this, it's maple:

[gorch]

You need pickups that serve the alder body. The best pubs I had in my MIK Standard were SD Phat Cats and classic single coils in humbucker format. The latter I have for years and don't think of a change.

[chinocapuchino]

I think it looks just like it, but in red!!