Malcolm Young of AC/DC also used Filtertons (and something else in the middle),for the rhythm on some of the crunchiest classic rock tunes.

Shows how small Malcolm and Angus are; the Duo-jet is a small guitar and he makes it look huge...the Filtertron is the only humbucker I can use...other people using them sounds great but when I play them they sound dull; I even have one of lenny Kravitz's old flying v's and the original Gibson pickups just sucked to me so I put p-90's in it and the guitar came to life and became my main guitar with the band I was in at the time, wrecking the collectability in the process, who cares? anyway, my backup guitar was a '60's Yamaha sgv series guitar which I put a Filtertron in the bridge (original pu gone) and it had a similar snotty tone to the p-90...I'm sure someone here is a pickup guru who could explain it all but Filtertrons are a lower output humbucker and I think as you add output you cut mid/treble and smooth it all out, kinda like as you add gain stages to tube amps you lose bottom end; it's all a funny balance...

Quote from: peoplechipper on August 02, 2016, 11:36:07 PMit's all a funny balance...

Thomas Jones made a business out of the quest. He's somewhere around here, I wonder if they'd
give me a tour.
http://www.tvjones.com/


The cheap filtertron in my cheap 90's duojet has a great gilmourish tone.
I couldn't bond the guitar, so the pickup is now in a '72 SG.
I put a stratoblaster in there too, I'll report back on how that combo sounds.