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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: DimeZakk on August 30, 2010, 09:57:45 PM

Title: Pickups for an Ibanez J-Custom 7 String?
Post by: DimeZakk on August 30, 2010, 09:57:45 PM: What pickups should I get for an Ibanez 7 String with a mahogany body, maple top, bolt on maple neck and rosewood fretboard and a tremolo?

I am pretty much set on a Cold Sweat Neck because I just loved this pickup in every guitar I played it in but I am not sure what to get for the bridge. All I know is that I don't want a Miracle Man and any kind of warpig...

I play through a Peavey 6505 and a Marshall Vintage30 cab and I play some modern thrash metal and Melodic Deathmetal.
Title: Re: Pickups for an Ibanez J-Custom 7 String?
Post by: ericsabbath on August 30, 2010, 11:34:18 PM: cold sweat set
Title: Re: Pickups for an Ibanez J-Custom 7 String?
Post by: DimeZakk on August 31, 2010, 01:31:03 AM: I assume the Cold Sweat can deliver a Nevermore-kinda sound since Chris Broderick used the Cold sweat in his RGAs?
Title: Re: Pickups for an Ibanez J-Custom 7 String?
Post by: ericsabbath on August 31, 2010, 06:01:20 PM: well, jeff loomis was always the dominant part of the tone, but yes, it works for nevermore
it's not a big sounding pickup in near standard tunings, but it gets very growly in lower tunings without getting boomy
Title: Re: Pickups for an Ibanez J-Custom 7 String?
Post by: DimeZakk on August 31, 2010, 06:22:19 PM: Well it is a very clear but not particularly big sounding guitar (with the DiMarzio Evolution that is) but I guess I will try the Cold Sweat first and see how it works out for me... it's the only contemporary BKP I haven't played yet!
Title: Re: Pickups for an Ibanez J-Custom 7 String?
Post by: guitarxtc on September 01, 2010, 10:48:11 PM: Quote from: DimeZakk on August 31, 2010, 06:22:19 PM
Well it is a very clear but not particularly big sounding guitar (with the DiMarzio Evolution that is) but I guess I will try the Cold Sweat first and see how it works out for me... it's the only contemporary BKP I haven't played yet!
i have cold sweat set in my ibanez 8527 j-custom and bridge pickup needs more mids-less bass,maybe something like painkiller.
Title: Re: Pickups for an Ibanez J-Custom 7 String?
Post by: DimeZakk on September 02, 2010, 12:15:54 AM: The Painkiller has more mids but also more bass than the Cold Sweat...
I already had a set of Painkillers in a 7-String (however in a cheaper S7420). It was nice and tight but not really 100% what I was looking for but that could also have been the guitar itself.

How would a Holy Diver perform in a mahogany/maple top Sevenstring?
Title: Re: Pickups for an Ibanez J-Custom 7 String?
Post by: ericsabbath on September 02, 2010, 01:50:35 AM: Quote from: DimeZakk on September 02, 2010, 12:15:54 AM
The Painkiller has more mids but also more bass than the Cold Sweat...
not really
the cold sweat has a thicker bass
the painkiller sounds fuller on the low and center mids
Title: Re: Pickups for an Ibanez J-Custom 7 String?
Post by: Roobubba on September 02, 2010, 11:23:56 AM: Out of interest, why not a miracle man? I think that'd be a pretty good match for your guitar and stated influences...
Title: Re: Pickups for an Ibanez J-Custom 7 String?
Post by: DimeZakk on September 02, 2010, 04:03:34 PM: I have a miracle Man set already and I have tried it in several guitars and I never liked it in mahogany guitars with maple tops (be it a Les Paul Custom or an Esp Eclipse custom)...

Don't get me wrong the Miracle Man is awesome in my Gibson Gothic Explorer but I wan something with more mids and less low end because the MM tends to be a bit bass heavy on drop tunings IMHO.
Title: Re: Pickups for an Ibanez J-Custom 7 String?
Post by: Roobubba on September 02, 2010, 04:27:17 PM: Fair enough!

I'm just a bass whore :)
Title: Re: Pickups for an Ibanez J-Custom 7 String?
Post by: DimeZakk on September 02, 2010, 06:20:00 PM: Bass is great to have but I don't want it to overpower