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GuitarGod

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which pickup?
« on: December 25, 2008, 04:51:18 AM »
hey guys. i'm new to the forum and i was wondering which pickups i should think about getting. for the bridge i'd want something paf-like, with a little more kick. the neck i would want paf without the kick and of course a little more bassy and less output, and a single coiled clean, thick, strat sound. i've been listening to the crawler and on one sound clip it was just so orgasmic for my ears. (i guess the focal point of the tone i would want is a sort of guthrie govan tone. ha, even though that might prove impossible) the most distortion i would use on a guitar is like pretty heavy 80's metal. (think cacophony, but only that much distortion for a cover of some pretty metal band.) i'm a big vai fan. but just most of all that 'guthrie tone' mmm.

kevinr

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Re: which pickup?
« Reply #1 on: December 25, 2008, 06:48:32 AM »
Hi, you don't say what type of guitar you have! If one is to imagine that it is a LP or simular build  and tone woods! my answer would be,  Mules, if not a pair, a bridge for sure they sound so good, I can not comment on the split (single coil) sound for the neck pup as I have mine in HB only and it sounds amazing.

GuitarGod

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Re: which pickup?
« Reply #2 on: December 25, 2008, 11:48:47 PM »
well, there's two.... gibson sg so mahogany body and neck. and then a carvin contour (kinda like a super strat) with a mahogany body and neck with a flame maple top. just for the information. the gibson has two humbuckers while the carvin has a bridge and neck humbucker with a mid single coil

ericsabbath

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Re: which pickup?
« Reply #3 on: December 26, 2008, 02:39:24 AM »
I was going to recommend a Cold Sweat set and a push pull pot for coil splitting
but seems like you want something less hot (?)
Riff Raff, Mules, Black Dog, VHII's, Cold Sweat