Pickup Suggestions, For an Ibanez Rg
ZakkWylde
Apr 18 2008, 01:15 PM
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I recently bought a Prestige Ibanez Rg 550 and I am very happy with it. I'm just disappointed by the stock Ibz/Dimarzio Pickups. The Neck Humbucker is totally useless, no tone no feel; the Bridge is an ''OK'' pickup but too weak for my needs and the single coil is quite good but it has magnet knobs on top of it and I keep striking them while picking which slows me down so this one needs replacement too. I need a bridge humbucker for metal and soloing, a neck humbucker with a smooth tone for leads,melodies and shredding and a coil for cleans.

I am looking for the new pickups:

-Bridge: Pretty sure that I will go for a Seymour Duncan Jeff Beck here but I am open for other suggestions
-Neck: Can't decide if I should go for a SD 59 or Jazz here
-Middle: I don't know anything about coils, maybe a coil sized SD 59? Must have good cleans

If I can not find anything that fits my sound perfectly then I will go for a complete Dimarzio Evolution Set, but it's not my first choice since I played Jem long enough to know how they sound...

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Ivan Milenkovic
Apr 18 2008, 03:10 PM
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I would go for a Jazz in the neck for a greater versatility. smile.gif

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Hisham Al-Sanea
Apr 18 2008, 11:30 PM
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you can use active EMG /Duncan /demarzio

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Danilo Capezzuto
Apr 19 2008, 05:34 PM
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Air norton neck, jem single, steve's special bridge.

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Man0waR
Apr 19 2008, 06:05 PM
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I have an RG370dx and I'm also interested in upgrading the current pickups - INFS3 in the mid and INF4 brige/neck.

Will any Seymour Duncan usual humbucker fit with this RG ? I pretty much am interested to slap a SH13 Dimebucker in the bridge and I want something that will be very calm and clean in the middle as my single coil and the neck - open for suggestions ... any help smile.gif ?

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Moon Boots
Apr 19 2008, 09:17 PM
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Zakk Wildes EMG 81 and EMG 85 set are pretty popular. They aren't to everyone's taste but if your looking for a seriously dirty heavy metal tone then they're the best around.

Edit: Yeah, any Seymour Duncan should fit the humbucker slot on an RG.

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Bali
Apr 19 2008, 09:24 PM
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I've got an ibanez RG with dimarzios:

Paf Pro on the neck
Fred on the bridge

This 2 pups cover all the possible sounds, I love this combo.
The paf is clean and ringing, the fred is the pup with more armonics on DM line (designed for joe satriani). Great for saturation and sustain.

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Danilo Capezzuto
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QUOTE (Man0waR @ Apr 19 2008, 07:05 PM) *
I have an RG370dx and I'm also interested in upgrading the current pickups - INFS3 in the mid and INF4 brige/neck.

Will any Seymour Duncan usual humbucker fit with this RG ? I pretty much am interested to slap a SH13 Dimebucker in the bridge and I want something that will be very calm and clean in the middle as my single coil and the neck - open for suggestions ... any help smile.gif ?

Yes the humbucker fit with you guitar. What kind of music you play? The standard setup for Seymour Duncan is a JB bridge and a Little '59 neck...but post your style and music before we suggest you a type of pickup ok? Bye.

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