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Bizarrely the neck Miracle Man with it's A5 magnet is a good choice for the bridge but not sure if you can get it 53mm spaced easily from BKP
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And in reply to Bucket, no, a Rebel Yell is not like a JB or Holydiver or Classic '83. The Rebel Yell has more of an open sound. It's primarily a Hard Rock pickup that is tight enough to take a lot of gain if needed but the others don't have that open sound. I've used BKP extensively over a number of years and I swore by them. They are superb, there's no doubt about it but I learned enough about pickups over the years to then both take educated risks on other manufacturers and design my own pickups. The best neck pickup I've ever owned is in my Gibson Les Paul and it was built entirely to my specification for just £60 by Catswhiskers pickups but I only got there after many years spending a small fortune on pickups from other manufacturers. These days I know exactly what works for me so all my bridge pickups use 43AWG wire and all but one use an alnico 5 magnet. In the neck I prefer 42.5AWG wire, though I also use 42AWG and 43AWG at times. I also never get covers as I prefer the extra bite you get from open humbuckers. You would find the Holydiver a very good pickup and in mahogany, you may even prefer the Miracle Man but I think Jaime at The Creamery can make you something better and do it for a lot less money.
I love the rounded top end of the Abraxas set in my prs and are amongst my fave ever pups, the bridge being an overwound alnico 4.
IIRC The original holydiver was more like the later rebel yell..S.Stevens took the HD & customised it to his own spec so there were two pups too close in spec and the current HD changed from its original spec which was akin to the dimarzio SD.
A pickup that works really well in mahogany and can cover what you are looking at is the VHII - it's not a high output pickup, but can cover very heavy sounds. Another one that you could also look at is the Blackhawk with Alnico magnets. Both can give a very defined tone when you are driving them.
Seymour tells the story of the guitar here:
Jake E Lee used either the Duncan Allan Holdsworth pickup or later the Duncan JB both of which used AWG44 and alnico 5 magnets. However he did use an old P90 in an SG Junior on many recordings so you have to do some detective work to figure it all out.
Many guitars have a re-sale value. Some you'll never want to sell.
Stockist of: Earvana & Graphtech nuts, Faber Tonepros & Gotoh hardware, Fatcat bridges. Highwood Saddles.
Pickups from BKP, Oil City & Monty's pickups.
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