JohnA Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 (edited) I wanted some other people's opinions, and some users of these pickups to chime in. Okay, the deal is this: getting a new guitar soon. It's mahogany bodied, maple neck, rosewood fret board, double humbucker wraparound bridge style guitar (Ibanez). I will be using this guitar to play METAL. I already have a great guitar for clean sounds. Whether or not the pickups you reccomend have a good clean sound is irrelevant to me. The bridge pickup needs to have a well defined 'chunk', and a precise sound where the notes don't smear together under heavy distortion. Probably have a high midrange response, but I am flexable, as long as it has that sound. I want the neck pickup to have a smooth sound, like Satriani or Vai, where it sounds real natural and legato. I want a bright neck pickup. No Air Nortons. The combos I was considering are: X2N/PAF Pro Steve's Special/PAF Joe SD Full Shred/PAF Joe I'd love to hear your feedback on these combos, or your suggestions for others. ALSO: No suggestions for EMG's. If I decide to get those, I already know what combo I want. thx This is really long, but please respond. I hope this is the right place to put this... Edited January 9, 2006 by JohnA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GregP Posted January 9, 2006 Report Share Posted January 9, 2006 Seems like an OK enough place to discuss it. FWIW, and mainly in my opinion, for high-gain usage, the amp itself will determine note separation and clarity more than the pickup. Er... semi-useless post, since I don't have an actual recommendation. I still prefer a lower-output pickup even for metel (sic) because there's often a more balanced tonal range. Seymour Duncan JB is never a bad choice for a bridge pickup from what I understand. Haven't tried every flavour of pickup out there, though, so it's not a completely objective or informed opinion. Greg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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