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What pickups would you recommend for an ash guitar
« on: July 19, 2007, 12:35:17 PM »
spec is as follows...
Construction: Neck through body
Body: Ash
Neck: Maple+Ash
FingerBoard: Rosewood
Scale Length: 25-1/2" (648mm)
Radius: 400mm
Frets: 24
Machine Head: Die-Cast Type
Tremolo: Floyd Rose Type
Hardware: Chrome
Pickups: Humbucking x 2
Controls: 1 Volume, 1 Tone,
3 Lever Swich
Finish: Stained Oil, Natural

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usual styles playing old school metal such as metallica megadeth pantera with some children of bodom norther and black label society thrown in there
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TwilightOdyssey

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What pickups would you recommend for an ash guitar
« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2007, 02:18:27 PM »
Painkiller!
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« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2007, 02:22:57 PM »
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Painkiller!


so thatll be painkiller bridge in two of my guitars.... now to decide on neck pickups

also to choose covers for this as its natural and i hate open coils



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noodleplugerine

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« Reply #3 on: July 19, 2007, 02:39:59 PM »
Chrome covers to match the knobs and bridge?
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« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2007, 03:11:22 PM »
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Chrome covers to match the knobs and bridge?


why didnt i think of that lol.//.///


cheers dudes
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noodleplugerine

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« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2007, 03:18:24 PM »
Try get some Cream pickup rings to go with them... :p
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What pickups would you recommend for an ash guitar
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2007, 04:07:18 PM »
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Try get some Cream pickup rings to go with them... :p


i think that would be a bit :S

but i have some laying around from an old encore les paul that my old housemate had so ill see what its like
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TwilightOdyssey

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« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2007, 04:22:08 PM »
^ Les Paul pickup rings are arched on the bottom, don't forget, for the carved top ...
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« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2007, 05:47:05 PM »
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^ Les Paul pickup rings are arched on the bottom, don't forget, for the carved top ...


thats a very good point... well i can put them up against it to see how it looks
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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2007, 06:09:07 PM »
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^ Les Paul pickup rings are arched on the bottom, don't forget, for the carved top ...


Not if you sand it off ;)
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TwilightOdyssey

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« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2007, 06:14:28 PM »
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^ Les Paul pickup rings are arched on the bottom, don't forget, for the carved top ...


Not if you sand it off ;)

HUH?!!!
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« Reply #11 on: July 19, 2007, 06:40:44 PM »
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^ Les Paul pickup rings are arched on the bottom, don't forget, for the carved top ...


Not if you sand it off ;)

HUH?!!!


i think he means if you sand the bottom of the pickup ring so that it isnt arched
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TwilightOdyssey

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« Reply #12 on: July 19, 2007, 07:02:12 PM »
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^ Les Paul pickup rings are arched on the bottom, don't forget, for the carved top ...


Not if you sand it off ;)

HUH?!!!


i think he means if you sand the bottom of the pickup ring so that it isnt arched

HUH?!!!
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« Reply #13 on: July 19, 2007, 07:37:31 PM »
^ :lol:
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« Reply #14 on: July 24, 2007, 08:44:25 PM »
I found the VHII worked really well with Ash, although it's not the most powerful pickup.
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