Need Help Choosing A Pickup |
) I'm looking for since I play mostly heavy metal. The SD Invader looked like a good choice, but I don't want to spend that much more money buying the pups seperately if it's not going to give me a much better sound. |
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Jun 7 2007, 11:12 PM
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The JB/Jazz is a classic combination, so is a 59' in the neck.
I've playet the JB/Jazz but ...nah... not for me, it was on maple so it was very bright. I have the DiMarzio Breed neck pu and I can't wait to get the same bridge pu. Very clean tone and fat. I also got the DiMarzio Super distortion. Good for rock, hard rock. Also the Evo pu's (also DiMarzio) are said to be good. A bit brighter than the Breed's. -------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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Jun 9 2007, 02:27 AM
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I love these.
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Sey...-Set?sku=360506 They sound so great, great for riffage and great for leads! |
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Gear: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster, Gibson '67 RI Flying V, Mesa Boogie F-30 112 combo, crazy pedals.|
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Jun 9 2007, 10:39 AM
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QUOTE (EddieB @ Jun 9 2007, 04:34 AM)  Thanks Everyone! I really appreciate all of the info you have provided. Right now I'm somewhat leaning towards putting a DiMarzio Evo2 in the bridge and an Evolution in the neck. I looked up the X2N's, but I think that's pushing it a little for what I play. I'd like to have a really high gain pickup, but still be able to have decent cleans when I need/want them. Would these two be a good combination if I'm looking for a mostly rock/metal sound while still being fairly versatile? Oh... and does anyone know how much Guitar Center (especially near San Antonio, Tx where I live ^^) would charge to swap out the pickups in my guitar? I'm a complete newbie when it comes to soldering and whatnot and I don't want to mess something up and destroy my baby  Thanks again, Everyone! \..\, (  )If you go for the EVO's I suggest you change into a 5 way multipole switch, same as in the Ibanez models. It's opens up the same pu selections as you see on the Ibanez homepage. And make sure you have 500kOhm pots in your Jackson or you have to order them aswell. Unscrew the plate on the back and see what you can read off of them. You should also measure if you need an F-spaced Evo for the bridge position. I post at the end the description from DiMarzio's FAQ I'm not trying to make this an impossible mission for you, it's easy, just read up, get the 5-way switch, pots (if you need new ones), a soldering iron and the charts for how to connect and you're good to go. But if you're unsure just drop it off at the store and ask em to install the pu's (they should know about the F-spacing if you get the pu's from there), new pots, the EP1112 5-way multipole switch. And while the strings are off why don't you clean the frets and the fretboard... belive it or not but natulat citrus juice (Swe: saft - is it not "juice", or is it lemonade or syryp?) is great for the fretboard. I use paraffine oil... mailny because I have a bottle at home.  It works fine, it's a white oil that doesn't shade the wood or anything.With your new PU's your guitar deserves a cleaning  From DiMarzio's FAQ ------------------- What is F-spacing? All of our full-size humbuckers except the X2N® are available in two polepiece spacings. F-spacing refers to the wider of the two spacings. For proper string alignment and balanced output, F-spaced humbuckers should be used in the bridge position on all guitars with string spacing at the bridge of 2.1" (53 mm) or greater. On these guitars, if the nut width is 1-11/16” (43 mm) or greater, F-spaced pickups can be used in the neck position as well. Why are there two different spacings? A long time ago (in the 20th century, actually) the electric guitar world was divided between Gibson and Fender designs. One of the differences between the two was string spacing. In general, Gibson chose a narrower string spacing at the bridge than Fender, and therefore the polepieces on Gibson humbuckers were closer together than the magnets on Fender pickups. When guitar shops started installing humbuckers in the bridge position of Strats, it was obvious that the strings didn’t line up with the polepieces, and if the E strings were too far outside, the sound could suffer. Our first humbuckers followed the original Gibson spacing, and we call them standard-spaced. When we released our first humbuckers with wider spacing, Floyd Rose bridges were very popular. Floyd string-spacing is the same as Fender spacing, so we naturally called the new pickups F-spaced. How do I know which spacing to use? F-spaced pickups measure 2.01" (51 mm) center-to-center from the first polepiece to the sixth. Standard-spaced pickups measure 1.90" (48 mm). Although some players believe that F-spaced pickups are only for the bridge position of tremolo bridge guitars, many guitars with fixed bridges (including late 1990s Gibson Les Pauls and Epiphone LPs) should have F-spaced pickups in the bridge position. Most tremolo equipped guitars that have a nut width of 1-11/16” (43mm) or more should also use an F-spaced pickup in the neck position. If you’re replacing a bridge-position pickup and you're not sure what your string-spacing is, it's usually better to get an F-spaced model. It is not necessary for the strings to pass exactly over the center of the polepieces for best performance, but it is wise to avoid a situation where the E strings are sitting completely outside of the outer polepieces. Do some of your humbuckers come only in one spacing? The X2N® has solid bar polepieces that work in both normal and F-spaced applications. All 7-string humbuckers are available F-spaced only. All Parker Fly replacement pickups are F-spaced only. Is there F-spacing for single-coils? All of our single-coil-sized pickups are designed for F-spaced applications. -------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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Jun 9 2007, 10:21 PM
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QUOTE (Evan @ Jun 9 2007, 07:39 PM) Second, I have to disagree with the advice of the 5 way switch for this particular guitar. First, I know you don't want to cut up your guitar to install it My bad, I thought the Jackson JS30 had a 5 way switch already and didn't figure the Warrior looked different. -------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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Jun 14 2007, 01:49 AM
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[quote name='JVM' date='Jun 8 2007, 11:03 PM' post='34602']
I don't really know much about active pickups - what are the advantages? How long does a single battery charge last (seems like it'd be a pain, I'm not used to batteries having anything to do with my guitar!)? [edit] Otherwise, the description of those mustaine pickups meets about what I would like out of a pickup... but does anyone know what he himself uses normally? he uses those pickups but he used to use regular jb/jazz pickups -------------------- http://www.myspace.com/cliffordacdc
my gear: epiphone sg special, Marshall mg100dfx, digitech df-7 distortion factory |
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