Jackson Ultra High Output Ceramic Humbucker

Pickup features: Humbucker, Passive
Impedence or other specs: High (unknown)

Model of guitar or bass: Squier Strat
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: broken stock pickup
Other pickups on guitar: Jackson PAF copy
Artists using this pickup: unknown
You musical style(s): rock, blues, alternative
Reason for pickup change: original pickup was broken

Perceived output level: Very high output, tends to distort no matter what you do
Tone: trebbly & middy, not muddy
Sonic evaluation: Fender Squier through a cheap old Crate solid state with 12 inch speaker and 60 watts. This pickup sounds a lot like KISS (Cold Gin Time Again). With even a lamo amp it will give you heavy distortion. You can do earlier rock sounds with it or it could do the ultra-high gain modern stuff if you wanted and have the right amp or pedal.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: I play blues, earlier rock, some alternative. It's a bit hot for just blues and tends to sound a bit too modern for me. It basically always distorts even when you roll back the volume knob on the guitar. I originally had the pickup in the neck position. I'd say it's better in the bridge position (which is what it is designed for).

Comments: For $100 you should have some other options today. I bought this in the 1980's and the price was way too high. I think it's a little too hot for my style. For someone else it might be just the ticket.