Today i'm dedicating some quality time to my Jackson Kelly 3.
She spents most of the time on his big case since it not so pratical to handle and she has been a "work in progress" to find a new identity for years.
She's the only guitar that has seen live action on a stage, being my main and almost only guitar in that years.
When the bridge duncan designed humbucker died i switch to Ibanez SZ and never looked back.
I tried some EMG because of the plastic cover look but never liked it and i didnt have the experience to understand why.
Recently i upgraded tu an ibanez quantum on the bridge, i pickup that i like a lot and i started likeing what i hear agian.
Today i'm comparing with my Ibby S with the same bridge pickup. What i've found is that the S has a very warm tone and the Kelly is more on the treble side, more glassy. I think that the poplar wood of the body is making the difference.
I'm ok with that since you should not want all your guitars to sound the same, so same pickup with different result is ok.
I think this trebles richness is the main reason for the EMG fail.
Problem is that it still have the EMG on the neck. Also the soldering on the EMG failed today so some work is due anyway.
I need to make a decision for a pickup on that position.
Rational is: this is a fairly simple guitar, no tone control, simple 3 way switch with no splitting. I plan to keep its soul raw and simple, so i shuld find a good match for the bridge pickup. Usually you have 2 macro options: a creamy lead pickup or a more acustic one. I have some spare for the second option an di really dont know what should sound good here i i lean toward the first option: do i need to compensate the midrange on the neck. Altrough the neck joint isnt real that comfortable. Access is good at 20 fret, accettable at 22 but is a no go on 24 fret. The last to fret are almost aestical.
Is this guitar going for surgery today or i need to wait to find the right pickup?
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