Recommended For
Neck and bridge positions in all solidbody, hollow and semi-hollowbody guitars.
Tech Talk
FRED_ started out as a prototype designed to add a little midrange to the PAF Pro_. When we sent one of the first ones to Joe Satriani, he discovered and exploited a unique tonal characteristic _ the ability of the FRED_ to emphasize upper midrange and treble harmonics through an overdriven and distorted amp. Many standard humbuckers have a tendency to fatten up with distortion. The FRED_ does the opposite; it gets tighter and brighter, much like a single-coil. Joe uses the FRED_ strictly as a bridge pickup, but it's also a distinctive neck pickup _ it works really well with any humbucker of equal or higher output.