Replacing Pickups |
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Replacing Pickups |
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Jul 28 2011, 02:53 AM |
DiMarzio Evolution work great in Basswood guitars, but it's pretty heavy
It will all depend on your axe, amp, effects used to match up with good pickups. Pickups can have minium change or be too harsh/hot, focusing towards one style of playing. It's best to get something that works well overall for your pickups, unless you only want to play heavy metal and go hi-gain, active vs passive, etc. Effect pedals or emulators with a builtin preamp can boost the sound quality and tones. The amp or preamp makes the biggest difference as it's where all the output goes. What gear are you working with? This post has been edited by Azzaboi: Jul 28 2011, 02:54 AM -------------------- Play Games Arcade Take a break, Play Games! Play the best free online flash games at Aaron's Game Zone like Bloons Tower Defense 4! |
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Jul 28 2011, 11:49 AM
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This is my guitar: http://www.ibanez.com/ElectricGuitars/model-SV5470F
My amp is Fender Champion 30DSP NeckPU: TDB2 MiddlePU: ST2 BridgePU: TDB3 |
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Jul 28 2011, 06:35 PM |
Yeah, I'm wanting to replace my pickups in my Ibanez RG
I like the rock solo tone that gives nice harmonics for bridge position, and I would like something to compliment it for the neck position, giving it the warmer sound a neck pickup does. And for the middle single coil, I want something I can use for gospel/country/blues. But would it work well with high output pickups if I split them? It's a 5-way switch. I was thinking perhaps DiMarzio pickups. I use POD Farm. Just did a search and here is my results. Would these work together? And how do you know if they are compatible with passive guitars? Bridge Humbucker Middle single coil Neck Humbucker This post has been edited by thefireball: Jul 28 2011, 06:46 PM |
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Jul 28 2011, 07:15 PM |
What I've found as biggest improvements when replacing pickups are clarity and output. If you drift towards those players, any kind of hi quality hi-output pickup will help you get closer to that tone. Tone color is something that you can always tweak with EQ, and it is determined of the wood you have in the guitar. Everything else is the matter of practice. If you want to change pickups, I suggest you start with something similar that those players are using. you won't know how those pups sound in your guitar unless you try it. There is a lesson here that Marcus Siepen did about replacing pups, and there are tons of tutorials on the net. Check them out, and see if you would be capable of doing it (you will need to solder). -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Jul 29 2011, 12:05 AM |
One thing I notice about my Infinity pickups is that the sound seems chocked. I want more clarity.
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Jul 29 2011, 01:47 AM |
One thing I notice about my Infinity pickups is that the sound seems chocked. I want more clarity. This is not your thread. |
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Jul 29 2011, 02:17 AM |
So far I agree with most, the pickups can clean up or even muddy the sound. I changed out a dimebucker once for a tone zone. I was quick to change the pickups bac, because it made it really muddy. Over the years of playing I have 2 stock guitars, and one with emgs. The emgs sound different because they seem sterile in sound compared to the others. But it also deals with your amps and signal chains, because certain gear can change the tone also. Say you want more mids, just tweak it. I really think they all go hand in hand with each other. But in the end its all in the "is it for you" with how it sounds with your style.
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Jul 29 2011, 10:30 AM |
This is not your thread. I believe this is everybody's thread? -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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