Best Humbucker...for my new westbury standard!!!!

jellybelly

Hi guys, I got an absolute steal on a westbury standard on ebay (link below) and I'm chuffed; it plays wonderfully and is much better than any les paul copy (or the genuine les paul special or studios, for that matter). I'm not a big fan of the super pickups though, the PAF is ok but I'm not a fan of the super distortion at all; I was thinking about a pair of seymour duncans with a 59 in the neck and I'm not sure what in the bridge...the JB is the obvious choice, though I'm a big fan of that pickup in fender style guitars and don't know how it'd react to a big piece of solid mahogany. Any other options? I'm thinking Custom, Custom-custom, another '59 (bridge model) or the JB. Any thoughts would be nice. And any jealousy too. That'd be lovely.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 0288179411

jellybelly

And the custom 5. It even says thats a good match. Which is nice.

grunge-fan

doesnt josh homme from queens of the stone age palay those gutiars

jellybelly

No, those were ovation GPs, only about 1000 ever made and hes the only player I've ever seen use one. Similar vibe though.

Fran

I sold two Westburys this year, nice guitars... well done belly.

I found if you roll the volume to 7 - 8 on the guitar them old Super Distortions work well. On 10 everything gets muddy, or try lowering them.

jellybelly

How come you got rid of them? Its the best guitar of its type I could find under

Fran

jellybelly said: How come you got rid of them? Its the best guitar of its type I could find under

jellybelly

The PRS SEs are nice, and I was looking to get something like a PRS mira second hand, but this just felt right, maybe I got a good one or something. Anyway, I will do the refinish soon and take some picks.

Fran

Your gonna be sick dude. A Westbury Standard went for

jellybelly

Ah bugger. Mines in a LOT better nick though, and has the dimazios...won't complain too much. Bugger. I wanted a brown one really, theres one going in the US real cheap with flight case:

jellybelly

Thats annoying.

jellybelly

Ah bugger. Mines in a LOT better nick though, and has the dimazios...won't complain too much. Bugger. I wanted a brown one really, theres one going in the US real cheap with flight case:

kadium

the best humber ive come across are the dimarzio steves special

LeoSquier

i have a JB in my les paul

tragictravisty

...so how does it sound?

Libtoem

I have a DiMarzio X2N humbucker and it sounds killer in my Jagstang,it has more bite than a Super Distortion in my book.

AnotherTool

I love the X2N too, had it in a strat once, and i still have it, waiting for something special to put it in.

Libtoem

The one I have in from the 80's but I really need to put in some 500k pots in my jagstang as its to muddy with distortion using 250k pots.

tragictravisty

mind describing the x2n?

Libtoem

Sure,the X2N has a higher output than a Super Distortion but it balances out pretty well.I know alot of metel dudes love this pickup as it gives a very awseome metel sound.Go on youtube and type in X2N and you can hear what it can do.I read its the highest output of all DiMarzio humbucker's.