Howdy, Ron here. So im lookin to upgrade the pickups on my Jackson SLSMG. Its a neck through mahagony with fixed bridge and ebony fretboard. Im currently using 11 gauge strings, planning on going up to 12. Im the guitarist of a 3 piece that plays a wide variety of genres so im looking to get as versatile a set up out of one guitar as possible.
What am I looking for? Id like to go from high gain distortion metal with nice tight bottom end that is still articulate and doesnt fall apart to less aggressive/modern metal types like 80's metal, or something like TooL. Essentially a metal/heavy rock pickup. I was thinking of a Miracle Man in the bridge for this.
I also need something to handle clean/funk/wah and blues/fuzz type tones. My lock BKP dealer suggested a Black dog for the neck.
Some band/song tones I like/am shooting for would be:
Megadeth
TooL
Ozzy - No More Tears
Sabbath
SRV
Kataklysm - Like Angels Weeping
Motley Crue - Dr. Feelgood
Led Zeppelin
Judas Priest - Night Crawler, Touch Of Evil
Fight - Metal Meltdown
Corrosion of Conformity - Albatross, Broken Man
Down ( the COC/Pantera side project thing) - love the tone on the whole NOLA album
Seems like a lot to ask for but i think its doable. If i left anything out the might be helpful let me know.
Thanks for any help.
