Jackson Soloist Pickups

[Gretsch 6120]

Are these the active Jackson humbuckers? I have a set of Jackson Humbuckers in my old Charvel, circa 1991. Of course, a lot of guys don’t like active pups, but they don’t bother me at all….just got to know how to dial them in, and that’s a little different than with passive pups……they sound good IMO…..In general I think Jackson makes good pups, and unless you just have something specific in mind (i.e., you know exactly what tone you’re going for), I wouldn’t worry about switching the pickups at this juncture.

Sorry I don’t have any more specific information to give you.

Chris

[targa2]

Thanks. No they are passives. I am probably just bored and looking for a change. These pickups are pretty good. I switched out the fronts before and I noticed an improvement but the double coil is a decent pickup.

I was thinking about putting in Evolution cause I kinda like that Vai sound which is partially due to the nature of those pickups it seems.

[TurboJets]

You might enjoy a Bill Lawrence L-500 at the bridge to replace the Duncan.

Another pickup from that era that was hot were the pickups in the Matsumoku factory guitars ('78-'80) if you can find part-guitars on the cheap with the original pups still in them. Or if you can find pups pulled from those guitars - Vantage, Westone, Epiphone, etc.

Gibson's 498T is a good replacement, very hot output.

If you like the sound of ceramics over alnico V then consider Gibson's Dirty Fingers pickup.