I totally concur. My Fred in the bridge can seem like a nuisance, bit they are really good at some things and I had thought Cliff could figure out a way to minimize the disconnect encountered when I use other's presets. But it just ain't in the cards. The response of the amp models is distinct IN RESPONSE TO the pickups. And for what Fred's are good for, I believe they are really good. I haven't heard of another PU that was a more versatile option that includes the Fred-like upper harmonic humbucker coloration. I did have them wired series/parallel, but this cools the gain slightly without really bringing forth the clarity of say the single coils played by the dear departed Rory Gallagher. Danny Gatton, or Roy Buchanan. (I'm not partial to Satriani's tone. Its like, a very fun thing to fool around with, as are SO MANY Different tones of my guitar player influences. Gary Moore is hard to duplicate. Imagine an Axe Fx preset change, with the same guitar, going from Moore to Gallagher.)
Since I play a variety of styles, classic/prog rock, blues, some metal, some jazz, all with a BC Rich Bitch... I've wanted to make a thread for bridge pickup recommendations because its gotten difficult lately with only one nice guitar. I am in a predicament because I love/hate my pickups. Tone matching? I haven't figured this out; or have not understood how this could work. Just think of it, a guitar with three sets of three pickups, in interior-to-body cartridges, lazy-susan'd up under the strings during a set. Yeah, like thst will happen.. I simply need to own more guitars. (Really honey, its a proven fact..) Are pickups less compensatable than wood and construction?