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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: chris101 on December 19, 2011, 12:07:17 PM

Title: Pickup advice for cheap Ibanez ART200!
Post by: chris101 on December 19, 2011, 12:07:17 PM: Hi,

First off, sorry for yet another question about pickup suitability! Having had a variety of guitars over the years, most of them too expensive to leave lying around the house (due to two young kids) - as such they've sheltered in their hard cases and had limited use, a bad thing for any guitar in my opinion. So I've just picked up a cheap Chinese made Ibanez ART200, with some setting up it should be a fairly nice guitar for the money, and best of all if my 3 year old knocks it off a guitar stand I wont be too upset! However its not without its faults, the tuners are cr@p, but easily replaceable, and the pickups are fairly thin sounding, despite the mahogany body it does tend to sound somewhat lacking in mids and lower end. I tend to play either clean or 80's metal (Iron Maiden/Def Leppard), plus some Vai and Megadeth when in the mood for it. Previous pickup experience has been 90% Dimarzios, although the only Dimarzio pickups I currently own are the Liquifire & Crunchlab - nice mids, not too thin or shrill.

I'm after a pair of chrome covered pickups, with plenty of mids, not too shrill like the Dimarzio Evos, or muddy as the Breeds - and need to be pretty hot.

Would the Painkiller or Aftermath be suitable? Also, what’s the difference in colour between the Nickel or Chrome covers - is there any? Near impossible to tell from the pictures.

Many thanks,
Chris
Title: Re: Pickup advise for cheap Ibanez ART200!
Post by: Telerocker on December 19, 2011, 02:01:06 PM: For this spectrum I think a ceramic Nailbomb would work: tight, good mids, nice, not shrill top.
Title: Re: Pickup advice for cheap Ibanez ART200!
Post by: chris101 on December 19, 2011, 06:47:04 PM: Cheers, will give them a go! Just need to find somewhere with them in stock in the UK.
Title: Re: Pickup advise for cheap Ibanez ART200!
Post by: Telerocker on December 20, 2011, 12:59:53 AM: Quote from: chris101 on December 19, 2011, 06:47:04 PM
Cheers, will give them a go! Just need to find somewhere with them in stock in the UK.

If you want a real recommendation just mail the BKP-team, explain what guitar you have, which styles you play and the tones you're after. They know their pickups best.
Title: Re: Pickup advice for cheap Ibanez ART200!
Post by: chris101 on December 20, 2011, 08:46:24 PM: Guess what they said... Nailbomb (Alnico), so a pretty good guess.
Title: Re: Pickup advice for cheap Ibanez ART200!
Post by: Telerocker on December 22, 2011, 12:37:48 AM: The alnico has a bit more mids then the ceramic version, which is a tad tighter. Hope it will work out fine.