What pickup is closest to the sound of the Andy Timmons bridge model?

[SpikeSocietySucks]

Hey folks,

What Pickup would you say is is closest to the sound of the Andy Timmons bridge model?

Thanks,

Spikey!xx

[TheToneZone]

According to Dimarzio, The Breed. That is, if you're asking about Dimarzio's.

[SpikeSocietySucks]

Thanks.

I'm installing into a new SAS36,

What pickups would you recomend? preferably DiMarzio.

I was thinking Cruisers for the singles, but I'm after a pretty ballanced consistant sound.

[j.arledge]

um i think the fast track one or crusier single coils personally. i actually have a timmons bucker that i bought off a forum member . i personally didn't find the breed too close to the timmons , but i also have a multi-bucker which has a cusier single coil and fast track one single put together to make one four coil humbucker and it sounds more simular to me then the breed to the timmons .

maybe if you ran the breed in series it would sound closer to the timmons .

[SpikeSocietySucks]

Originally Posted by j.arledge

um i think the fast track one or crusier single coils personally. i actually have a timmons bucker that i bought off a forum member . i personally didn't find the breed too close to the timmons , but i also have a multi-bucker which has a cusier single coil and fast track one single put together to make one four coil humbucker and it sounds more simular to me then the breed to the timmons .

maybe if you ran the breed in series it would sound closer to the timmons .

Can you tell me more about this multibucker?

[nsriley]

I just installed a set of Dimarzios in my SA1260, two Cruisers and one Breed. It nails Timmons sound. I read somewhere that the Breed is the closest thing to the AT bridge pickup in his signature AT300 guitar. I have to call Dimarzio though. They packaged a regular spaced bridge Breed pickup in an F spaced package sealed with the stickers and all. I was mad because I put a regular spaced in the first time and realized I need the F Spaced, so I ordered an F spaced and after I installed it it looked the same so I measured......sure enough it's a regular spaced one!!!!!!

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-Nate

[AirGuitar]

Andy has loads of mids in his bridge pickup, and the treble is rounded off. Seems to me the Breed bridge would be an excellent choice for a similar pickup.

[SpikeSocietySucks]

The Specs of the Breed sound VERY similar to the Tone Zone bar less output. Just how similar are these pickups sonically, and is there a chance the pickup could muddy up in the Mahogany, Maple top SAS36?

Something else I'm looking at is installing a FRED / Mo Joe in the Bridge, and sticking Cruiser necks in the mids and Necks.

What do you folks think?

[j.arledge]

i would call dimarzio and ask them what would be the closest, i think it is the breed but the timmons was a little less compressed and a tad like a fred but without the crunchy mid range distorted .

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[The Extremist]

i get pretty close with the Fred in my JS1000. It also depends on the amp. the fred has lots of mids but is kinda lacking bass, so i bump up the bass a bit and roll off the treble on the amp (carvin mts). it's not exact obviously but it's close enough that when i play along with andy's cd's it fits right in.

[TheToneZone]

The Breed Bridge and The Tone Zone are not so similiar... The output difference isn't really noticable. I've used both in a mohagany RG and it's hard to choose a favorite actually. If either one is muddy on low end notes it would be TTZ. The Breed is a little warm in mohagany and works better for single note stuff where TTZ has better chord definition. Overall, TTZ has a little more attitude and chunk where the Breed is more crunchy, smoother, liquidity, I would call it "loud vintage".

Mike