Good day all,
It it time to change up my sound again, and I could use some advice. My main guitar is a Warmoth mutt; it has an alder body with maple top and a bolt-on Goncalo neck. I can't recommend Goncalo highly enough as a neck wood; my ear is not sophisticated enough to tell you how it affects the sound, but it looks great and feels fantastic. I play though a Marhsall TSL. I'm not in a band, I just like to jam with friends and have a good time. I like to play classic metal; Dio, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Accept, that sort of thing. I also like to play blues/rock like Thin Lizzy and old Whitesnake. I usually play in standard or down a half step; I use a different guitar for lower tuning.
I had the guitar routed for 3 humbuckers. I like to get 3 distinct sounds from the pickups. I'm basically a simply player; I like to just plug in and go. I love humbucker pickups and never use coil tapping. For the last few years I've been using 3 Dimarzio humbuckers; a Super Distortion at the bridge, a Paf Pro in the middle, and a Humbucker from Hell at the neck. The set-up was good enough, but never really special.
I was thinking of two possible set-ups, but am open to all suggestions. Idea 1: Holdy Diver bridge, Black Dog bridge model in the middle, Riff Raff or The Mule at the neck. Idea 2: Painkiller bridge, Holy Diver middle, and Riff Raff neck.
Anyone have any ideas to share? Thanks!
