Epiphone HB6N Open Alnico

Yet another Sub Par open coil pickup

Came stock in my Epi Les Paul in the neck position.

Output is slightly higher than the HOTHb8B that accompanies it in the bridge position. But still the terrible muddiness and lack of any rock sound makes this pickup utterly crap for 70's rock. Save yourself the pain and throw the thing away, you can polish a t*rd but you cant make it food again.

Steal this pickup i dare you... i beg you... i urge to... because actually paying for one would be more of a crime. throw it out and buy a Gibson 57 classic or even better, a Seymour Duncan Classi 59 model.

Passive open-coil humbucker

Epiphone Dot Studio, neck position, stock

Output level is much louder than the bridge pickup. Very bassy and muddy, imbalanced. Sounds like crap.

I wouldn't use this pickup for anything excep as a paperweight. I've been playing for over 40 years and know junk when I hear it. I think this pickup was designed for distortion junkies; it has no clean sound at all. The guitar was a gift - I wouldn't have chosen it myself because of the horrible sound. I have since replaced the pickups with GFS Mean 90s, and now the Dot sounds wonderful

open alnico humbucker, single conductor. it comes from the neck of a gothic sg.

I tried it in the neck of a strat, then in the bridge of the same strat.

this is a neck pup. in the neck position it sounds quite bad: good highs but no definition in the mids and a mess in the bass. I give it 3. in the bridge position it's not bad: very funny, I like the sound it delivers. I don't know why but it's something close to the strat's mid+neck sound, plus a bit honky and compressed. not a very tipical humbucker sound, however.

I play since I was 16, now I'm 26. if broken, I would buy something else, maybe a kent armstrong. I like it because it's unusual. sometimes I play it out of phase with the single coil it's in the neck and I like the funky sound I get. if you're looking for a paf tone or a high output or a clean sounding humbucker, forget it. this is good for uncommon sounds, for over drive to distorsion sounds, for having more bite in the bridge instead of a single coil. it's got its own sound, I like it, you may not.

Pickup features: Humbucker passive
Impedence or other specs: Medium

Model of guitar or bass: Epiphone Dot Studio Plywood made in China
Position: neck
Pickup being replaced: Came with guitar
Other pickups on guitar: Same in bridge
Artists using this pickup: Noboby in Their Right Mind (new band)
You musical style(s): Blues/Jazz/Pop/Rock/Classical/Gospel/Metal/Grunge/Country
Reason for pickup change: None, It came with my Eppie.

Perceived output level: Medium
Tone: very balanced but flat tone what-ever
Sonic evaluation: Use a Marshall JCM 800 combo all-tube amp. Sound is medium, not much range, flat, but smooth. Not bad for a Chinese made pickup.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Blues/Jazz/Pop/Rock/Classical/Gospel/Metal/Grunge/Country - match

Comments: If some one were to steal a pickup off my guitar, especially this Chinese Eppie, I would recommend serious phsycological therapy for them. Then, I might question my wife, "Honey, did you take the pickup off my Eppie?" Her response would probably be "Why, yes, I TOLD you to turn it down!"