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CannibalXerox

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Pickup suggestions
« on: September 17, 2022, 07:10:06 PM »
In the middle of doing up an old Jackson Kelly (alder body,
maple neck, rosewood board) which has had the stock pickups switched for some shockingly bad fake EMGs. The original pickups would have been Duncan JB/Jazz, but looking to upgrade to BKP. Tone requirements simple, Rust In Peace-era Megadeth

What should I get?

Kotsos81

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Re: Pickup suggestions
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2022, 11:48:30 PM »
Holy Diver.

Thanks for joining my TEDx talk.
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timmy_pix

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Re: Pickup suggestions
« Reply #2 on: September 20, 2022, 11:27:50 AM »
Holydiver. Thank you for attending this series of TEDx talks.
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Stormy Mondays, Mules, Emeralds, 10ths, Mothers Milks, Nantucket, Black Dogs, Holydivers, A-bombs, Warpigs, Sinners, Cold Sweats

darrenw5094

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Re: Pickup suggestions
« Reply #3 on: September 20, 2022, 11:53:02 PM »
What's this TEDx talks?
BKP: Abraxas - Les Paul
Holy Diver - Charvel
Mule - Les Paul
Rebel Yell - Les Paul
VHII - PRS CU22
Emerald - Les Paul
Warpig - Caparison Horus

CannibalXerox

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Re: Pickup suggestions
« Reply #4 on: September 21, 2022, 07:28:07 AM »
For both bridge and neck?

Kotsos81

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Re: Pickup suggestions
« Reply #5 on: September 21, 2022, 10:08:42 AM »
Yes, both bridge and neck, the matched Holy Diver set is the closest to the Rust in Peace-era Megadeth sound, no question about it.

@darren: It's a series of talks, organized like conferences with general audience, about popular topics in science, medicine, technology, engineering, arts, culture, humanitarian studies, etc. by experts on these fields or success story examples. It was my attempt to point, in a humorous way, that Holy Diver is the obvious answer to the question posted by the OP (I hope that I managed to transfer the humorous mood of my answer - sometimes text does not convey the intention behind it).
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.'
Isaac Asimov

Ventanaman

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Re: Pickup suggestions
« Reply #6 on: September 25, 2022, 12:08:18 AM »
The HD is a great choice for this. FWIW, I just put a True Grit bridge in a Charvel Model 4 (with Bill Lawrence blades in the middle and neck positions), and it is great  as well. Good luck!