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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: rocknrollrob on February 15, 2008, 04:12:56 PM

Title: Another 'what pickup' thread...
Post by: rocknrollrob on February 15, 2008, 04:12:56 PM

Hi all,
I really hope you can help me out here!

I am a very 'a bit of this, a bit of that' guitarist, so I play lots of different styles and have left playing covers take precedence over defining my own tone.

I am looking at getting some bare knuckles for my Ibanez, but don't really know what will work with my range of sounds.  It is probably worth noting that I have a Tokai Les Paul I use for my softer, slower stuff normally, but I am still not quite swallowing that I won't be able to get pickups which do EVERYTHING.

I am probably going to wire the pickups like this on a 5 way switch:

Neck coil tapped
Neck humbucker
Neck + bridge inside coils, series
Neck + bridge inside coils, parallel (strat like according to Dimarzio)
Bridge humbucker

Anyway, this is what I am after:

Guitar:

Mahogany but a little thin (Ibanez S320), Rosewood fingerboard, 22 Jumbo Frets, H-H configuration

What I want out of the new pickups:

Very articulate cleans, especially on the neck (more so when coil tapped)
A neck that when I crank up the distortion will really be shredder heaven for fast riffs
(If possible)  Nice blues and jazz sounds off the neck
A bridge that will produce screaming pinch harmonics (even when I miss a little)
Bridge that works nicely when palm-muted
Bags of sustain
Two pickups that will mix well (But if they don’t I guess I can always wire out the 3rd and 4th positions)
(If possible) A nice strat sound in the 4th position

Sounds I am after:

Necessities:

Satriani sound
Metal (Pantera)
Hard Rock (Avenged Sevenfold, Metallica, Dragonforce)
Classic Rock (Led Zeppelin, Guns n Roses, Van Halen)

Good to have as well:

Muse type sound
Softer Rock (The Eagles, Eric Clapton)
Blues sounds (e.g. BB King)
Santana type sound


I hope this is enough information for you to give me some suggestions,

Thanks a lot!

Rob

Title: Another 'what pickup' thread...
Post by: Ted on February 15, 2008, 04:26:46 PM

I reckon Nailbomb bridge and mule neck.

BTW - this is a bit off a guess. I'm interested in what everyone else would say...

What amp do you use?

Title: Another 'what pickup' thread...
Post by: PhilKing on February 15, 2008, 08:05:19 PM

Nailbimb bridge & Cold Sweat neck will give you most of what you want.