Set of pickups for my Jackson RR5

[raz_klinghoffer]

Hey

How are you?

I own a Jackson RR5 guitar, and I'm not really happy with my sound.

I'm looking for a set of new pickups for my guitar.

I heard very good things and read reviews about Bare Knuckle's pickups, and I think this forum can help me decide which pickups should I buy. since hearing them with no production or mix is almost impossible.

I'm playing Hard Rock and Nu metal, I need a great distortion, but a very fat and nice clean as well...

My style is close to bands like  "BreakingBenjamin", "Nickleback", "Three days grace", "Linkin Park".

My Jackson RR5 details are:

# Neck-thru construction
# 2 Seymour Duncan TB4 humbuckers
# Alder body
# Maple neck
# Rosewood compound-radius fretboard
# 22 jumbo frets
# Sharkfin inlays
# 1-11/16" nut width
# 25-1/2" scale
# Gold hardware

I need, 2 Humbuckers, neck and bridge, which will you think will fit me best?

[raz_klinghoffer]

So far I've been looking around the forum and I think my neck humbucker will be the Holy Diver, since it has the best clean by far.
So now my question is which bridge pickup will give me the distortion I want.
Should I buy the Holy Diver set or can I mix it's neck humbucker with another bridge humbucker and get great results as well?
Something that suprised me, is that no one uploaded sound clips of mixes between neck and bridge humbuckers, since I usually find it to be best for clean and od.

[Antag]

So now my question is which bridge pickup will give me the distortion I want.
Should I buy the Holy Diver set...

IMHO Yes, it sounds great in alder/maple neck-thru guitars.  Especially as you want:

I'm playing Hard Rock and Nu metal, I need a great distortion, but a very fat and nice clean as well...

Yep, that's a Holy Diver bridge... :)

Something that suprised me, is that no one uploaded sound clips of mixes between neck and bridge humbuckers

Not true

(OK that's cleans only, but I've never liked the middle position for any sort of overdriven sound (with ANY pickup set, not just HD).

FWIW, here is a neck solo over clean & here is a bridge solo over clean...

[raz_klinghoffer]

Ok, from what I've heard so fare, these are my favorite options:

Neck - Holy diver, VH II, Coldsweat
Bridge - Warpig, Holydiver, Coldsweatt

Which combination do you think will fit best for my Jackson RR5, and my style of music and demands?
Thanks
 :lol:

[Will]

I would go for a HD set, although I only owned the bridge model in a LP - not a fair comparison. I sold it because it didn't have enough cut in the LP, but the maple neck should cover that for you

[MDV]

I cant believe anyone ADMITS to playing nu metal :(

Anywho

Moving swiftly on

Holy divers

[raz_klinghoffer]

Proud of it...
But you're probably better than me...

[Twaddlefish]

Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooly Diveers!

They're made from shiny diamonds, like the eyes of cat in the black and blue, you know. True story.

[MDV]

You can see their stripes, but you know they're clean

See what I mean?

No, really.

[raz_klinghoffer]

Hey
Just talked to Tim and he said that  he thinks the solution for me is CS bridge and Mule neck...
I think he said that because I told him that I think that my current pickups are too dark for me.
Tough it sounds a bit strange because I did tell him I play hard rock... but I think I'll go for it.

[MDV]

Do that. The only time I ever didnt follow Tims advice was the only time I sent a set back for exchange (to what he suggested in the first place!)

[Zaned]

Hey
Just talked to Tim and he said that  he thinks the solution for me is CS bridge and Mule neck...
I think he said that because I told him that I think that my current pickups are too dark for me.
Tough it sounds a bit strange because I did tell him I play hard rock... but I think I'll go for it.

Hard rock + CS bridge -> WIN