Good pickups for Squier Mustang Neck?

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I recently bought a Squier bullet mustang with a Dimarzio Super Distortion in the bridge. I really like the bridge pickup, but the stock neck pickup leaves a lot to be desired. I almost never play on the neck pickup, but my band does have one song that fell flat on its face live because the neck pickup sounded too dull and lifeless. It was almost like I was playing with dead strings. Does anyone have any good recommendations for a brighter sounding pickup that would preferably fit in the humbucker cavity? Right now I'm leaning towards the Seymour Duncan Jazz humbucker.

Re: Good pickups for Squier Mustang Neck?

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wolf wrote: Mon Sep 04, 2023 3:57 pm I recently bought a Squier bullet mustang with a Dimarzio Super Distortion in the bridge. I really like the bridge pickup, but the stock neck pickup leaves a lot to be desired. I almost never play on the neck pickup, but my band does have one song that fell flat on its face live because the neck pickup sounded too dull and lifeless. It was almost like I was playing with dead strings. Does anyone have any good recommendations for a brighter sounding pickup that would preferably fit in the humbucker cavity? Right now I'm leaning towards the Seymour Duncan Jazz humbucker.
Any idea what the current neck pickup is?

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I really like these:

https://www.fralinpickups.com/product/big-single/

I have both the 42 and 43 and I'm equally fond of both.

And I really, really like these:

https://www.geminipickups.com/goldfoil.html#/

Very bright and clear, low end is rolled off in a really nice way. I have the exact ones in that first picture and they look cool as hell.

Almost forgot, if you'd rather a traditional looking humbucker, this guy is really nice, real clear and articulate:

https://www.fralinpickups.com/product/sunbucker/
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I know its not what you’re asking, but I was a humbucker bridge guy for a long time, and with the way I had my amp set for that sound, you couldn’t flip to the neck pickup and expect anything but muddy woof. It was an AC30 with Blues, too. My “neck” sound was the middle position with the neck pickup rolled off on a Gibson style control setup, which I guess your guitar doesn’t have.

It took a while to feel out a more balanced sound that allowed me to flip the switch around with better results. Just an idea for when you find a pickup.

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I hate to sound like Annoying Contrarian Guy, sorry! But I have a humbucker from hell in the neck of one guitar and I'm pretty meh on it. I just did a quick comparison between that, the PAF Pro, and the Fralin Sunbucker. HfH was my least favorite of the three, as I expected. It's ok, doesn't sound bad, I just don't find it that exciting. PAF Pro was brighter, Fralin was brighter still (really it just has less low end than the other two).
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