Steve’s Special is a
non-traditional approach to high-output bridge humbucking pickup
design. Hot humbuckers usually concentrate most of the pickup’s power
in a narrow frequency bandwidth for maximum impact. Using our patented
dual-resonance design, Steve’s Special takes the opposite path,
spreading the sound over a broad range. Bass and treble frequencies are
boosted while the mids are pulled back, so the pickup’s power doesn’t
kick a high-gain amp into overdrive as easily. This makes Steve’s
Special a good choice for both fast soloing and clean chords, because
individual notes won’t smear together with heavy overdrive, and clean
sounds have an almost “hi-fi” quality.
Clean overdrive with
high-gain amps. Steve's Special is very effective in Dual Sound and
coil-splitting clean modes. For soloing, this is a very good pickup to
play with a midrange-heavy amp: the mid-scoop in the pickup's sound
keeps the initial pick attack clean, and the notes don't run together
as much with legato playing, even with heavy overdrive.
Recommended For: Bridge position
Quick Connect: No
Wiring: 4 Conductor
Magnet: Ceramic
Resistance: 18.21 Kohm
Year of Introduction: 1995
Color: Black
Pole Pieces: Nickel
Spacing: F-Spaced
