JS6/6000 owners - which pickups with mahogany...

[dmz62]

I'm wondering if anyone swaps pickups the mahogany JSs and why...did the mahogany body & fixed bridge darken up the FRED & PPro? Or do they sound pretty much the same as the trem & basswood JSs?

[saTa]

I'd like to know that, too!

[jono]

I think my JS6 is darker than either my JS1000s or JS10. There's more midrange shove to the tone, great for drop-d or detuned riffs.

The 6's sound isn't as crisp and focussed though, but its definately "bigger" I don't know if that's cos of the body wood, or because of the trem/fixed bridge issue.

Great guitar though

[saTa]

thanks, thats what i thought and wanted affirmed.

would you give me your js6? i want one.
check my thread in the classifieds if you think of parting with it... i offer my beloved js90th for it...

[dmz62]

I toyed with the idea of buying a JS6 as it has a lot of the things I like in a guitar - same fret size (6105), same fretboard radius, mahogany....but they are not easy to find & major bucks...so I ordered a sculpt heeled 'S' mahogany body & mahogany neck from USACG, outfitting it with a Wilinson trem, tried a bunch of bridge pickups in the test axe, FRED was the best of the lot. Got a pafpro neck PU. Cannot wait to get it all together. Almost done finishing the wood.

[volthause]

Seymour Duncan distortion in the bridge worked for me on my 6. The FRED sounds like a wee mouse in comparison (IMNSHO).

But I've never been a DiMarzio fan, so call me biased.

[dmz62]

LOL, the distortion is a very different pickup, more compressed and different EQ. Either a Fred or a PAF or a distortion can sound huge with the right eq & amplification, but try cleaning up a Distortion....Fred's got a lot of range, and if you amp has the gain you dont need a distortion PU but still, they are fun. One day I'll do a seymourized guitar.