Ok, so i've just got a Charvel Model 4, pickup config is HSS. What pickups would be suitable, i know the PAF Pro is used mainly in the neck, but what is it like in the bridge? What pickups are best to put in the single neck and middle spaces, single coil or mini-humbuckers?

Any advice/suggestions welcome

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imnot sure, but the paf pro hasnt got a big output, so i dont think its nice for bridge positions

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k13m is right ... paf has not enough output. i'll highly recommend it for neck but if you go hss my advice won't help you much

look in one of those 4000 pus threads for some good bridge pus

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An x2n in the bridge. and maybe somethin like hotrails for middle and neck ?
But for bridge an x2n for metal, They are real high output. Kinda shitty for cleans though

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ya x2n owns ... got one in my us warrior

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i heard x2n's were very trebbley

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I want it to be fairly good for cleans, i had a look and JB/Hot Rails/Hot Rails seems to be used on HSS, anyone tried the hotrails?

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a friend of mine uses a hotrail in the bridge (strat)
it's a very loud pickup, don't know if it's useful for cleans..
for heavy sounds its pretty good

I think an X2N with single coils would be noisy as fuck, I don't know why, I just got this feeling.

You can always get an EMG-81/SA/SA or 85/SA/SA combo, or hell buy an 89 and the single coils seperately so you can use the coil tap and get a triple single coil combo.

Being the Immortal fan that I am, I'd suggest a Seymour Duncan Cool Rails and some other SD single coil along with an EMG 81 or a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge if you don't want to deal with mixing actives and passives.

Edit: Hotrails = think of Iron Maiden. Cool Rails + EMG 81: Think of the clean guitar interludes from Immortal.

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I wouldnt get hot rails in the last neck pos for clean (or even for solo/sweeping) they are very very hot and arnt very good for cleans IMO. I think the perfect combonation would be JB/Hot rails/Little '59 I replaced my neck hot rail with a little '59, the 59's have much better cleans, are still a hot output, but very warm cleans and sweeps which i love

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That sounds like a plan.... a very good plan

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id say X2N bridge, hot rails for middle, and something more smooth for the neck.

X2N + nothin in Middle + YJM thats my FoxXxe guitar

YJM is good for solos and clean tones !!!!!!!!might not be the best but i love it

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