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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Transcend on November 19, 2006, 01:48:33 AM

Title: new here ibanez rocket roll II what pups
Post by: Transcend on November 19, 2006, 01:48:33 AM

hello guys i got a ibanez rocket roll II made of basswood and it currently has the pups unwired but theyre shitety ibanez things i was wondering which BK pup would suit the basswood body most?

add a pic of the guitar if thatll help

Title: new here ibanez rocket roll II what pups
Post by: Eric on November 19, 2006, 02:58:57 AM

What kind of music do you play?

Title: new here ibanez rocket roll II what pups
Post by: plastercaster on November 19, 2006, 09:48:00 AM

people say very good thing about warpigs and nailbombs in basswood.
http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=5862&highlight=basswood
Depends largely what you want from your guitar, can you give us some pointers?

Title: new here ibanez rocket roll II what pups
Post by: Tim on November 19, 2006, 11:42:09 AM

Vees like Explorers have huge 'wings' of timber which can absorb string vibration. This can rob the guitar of high end so I generally advise something low output to work with the guitar...Stormy Monday or Mule or at the other end of the spectrum, something seriously hot to almost blanket the timber, ie a ceramic...Miracle Man, Painkiller or Warpig.

Title: new here ibanez rocket roll II what pups
Post by: Transcend on November 19, 2006, 11:43:12 AM

well at the moment i am playing a lot of megadeth & metallica covers with the odd bit of children of bodom in there

i think what im really looking for is a really brutal tone that still has some clarity and a good lead & clean sound.

Title: new here ibanez rocket roll II what pups
Post by: FELINEGUITARS on December 04, 2006, 03:47:38 AM

You've posted the same enquiry on this forum 4 times on different threads

A bit of overkill perhaps??

But  as Tim said Painkiller, Miracle Man or Warpig