not satisifed with the stock pickups in my kiesel ct6/california carved top, looking to replace them (need suggestions)

[lost_horizon]

Why not just go the strandberg Suhr SSH+/SSV route?

Good Crunch combo's:
Bare Knuckle Black Dog
Suhr Thornbucker combo
Dimarzio Titan (suprisingly good mid gain and split)
Duncan Nazgul (suprisingly good mid gain) and '59 Neck
If you want super scooped thrash sound Duncan Custom Custom and '59 (I hate the Jazz for Neck)

 

[shalev98732]

Why not just go the strandberg Suhr SSH+/SSV route?

Good Crunch combo's:
Bare Knuckle Black Dog
Suhr Thornbucker combo
Dimarzio Titan (suprisingly good mid gain and split)
Duncan Nazgul (suprisingly good mid gain) and '59 Neck
If you want super scooped thrash sound Duncan Custom Custom and '59 (I hate the Jazz for Neck)

I already putted fishmans in it compared to a prs (has the sam woods used in the kiesel) which has a l500xl (one of my favofite passives) and the ssv neck (my current favorite paf style neck pickup, but might switch it for an sd aph-2) voice 2 is better and is kinda based on a high output passive bridge and low output neck, i think voice 2 s better, im not a big fan of the nazgul too it chainsawy sound is only good for specific stuff, i also never used bkp.

 

[SubsonicDoom99]

Actually, I think the SD Custom Custom has a nice amount of mids to it while not being overly boosted, and I wouldn't describe it as super scooped. I think that definitely applies more to the SD Custom 5. The Custom 5 paired with a 59 neck will definitely give you the super scooped thrash tones like lost_horizon mentioned.

And the APH-2 neck pickup is a good choice if you like the SSV neck pickup, as they have very similar characteristics to my ears.
The APH-2 has a bit more of a snarl to it that I like, whereas I found the SSV to be maybe a bit clearer-sounding, if that makes sense?

 

[shalev98732]

Actually, I think the SD Custom Custom has a nice amount of mids to it while not being overly boosted, and I wouldn't describe it as super scooped. I think that definitely applies more to the SD Custom 5. The Custom 5 paired with a 59 neck will definitely give you the super scooped thrash tones like lost_horizon mentioned.

And the APH-2 neck pickup is a good choice if you like the SSV neck pickup, as they have very similar characteristics to my ears.
The APH-2 has a bit more of a snarl to it that I like, whereas I found the SSV to be maybe a bit clearer-sounding, if that makes sense?

Yeah i compared those 2, the aph-2 snarl is what i want for my leads

 

[Hoss632]

and i dont really like them the eq they gave them in the site isnt like what they are

To my ear they sounded pretty much as shown on the EQ, also they are not wax potted which does make a difference. If you went with other Kiesel pick ups the MD12 bridge and a beryllium neck should get it done. If you like Fishman's get the Classics. They'll get in that range pretty easily as well. If you wish to stick passive the Bill Lawrence Suhr set you mentioned should work out nicely. And a dark horse pick might be a good ole Dimarzio Liquifire/Crunchlab combo.