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Lucky you!
I can't complain really - I got my Lollar singles set on ebay for about £80. Brand new. I think I did ok!
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My current HSS has a Duncan JB in the bridge and it’s too dark. So I’ve got a Dimarzio Super Distortion going in there.
Past ones that I had and liked were the Tyler Secret Humbucker and I think it's a good choice if you're used to single coils and are switching to or introducing humbuckers. The Suhr Thornbucker is similar and another goody but I've never heard the Thornbucker Plus which has a bit more oomph to it but they're still low output humbuckers.
Whilst I had Lollar Imperials in my old PRS CU24 (a low wind in the neck position and a standard in the bridge), obviously, they weren't paired with single coils but were tapped and they were nice but they are rather pricey now.
Works really well, but I'm planning on putting the original guard with the EJ single coils back in soon
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Crunches and sings nicely and taps ok, too
I do however own a Godin SD24 with STK-S4's in the neck and middle & a Pearly Gates HB in the bridge.
It is a thing of great expressiveness & general versatility, with articulate warmth & gorgeousness.
I also have a 'cheap' Fender Squier 'Showmaster' that is HSS. I put a black, covered Wilkinson humbucker of unknown provenance & specification in the bridge as I happened to have it & was practicing soldering...
Again it is very balanced, delicate & sounds waaaay better than it ought to do on paper.
More that the sum of it's parts seems appropriate
Enjoy whatever you settle on, there are no recipes for success
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My HSS guitars have, variously:
Seymour Duncan SH-4 JB*
Seymour Duncan Perpetual Burn
Seymour Duncan TB-16 '59/Custom
EMG-HA (yes, an -SA in a humbucker cover.)
Oil City Pickups Scrapyard Dog Plus.
Alegree Old Timer Blazer
* Yup. Regular pole spacing, on an old MIJ Charvel Model series guitar, with a Kahler flatmount vibrato.
Can heartily recommend Vinehams along with the Thornbucker and they're not too pricey either.
http://www.vineham.com/humbucker_pickups.html
My head said brake, but my heart cried never.
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