I've been searching for a bridge pickup for a while, convinced that I had to go with a higher output pickup after using a Super Distortion for years.
Since I don't like the sound of a JB (the JB never sounds like you, YOU sound like the JB, IMO ), I bought a Custom and got 2 magnets out of my stock. The SH-5 is a great pickup, yet it lacks a little warmth (the same reason I let go of the SD). The C5 is way too dull for my taste, and the CC is too dark. My guitar is maple over mahagony, pretty thick, not the very light mahagony typical of most other Ibanez model.
So since I was fooling around, I removed the Custom and put my PG neck in the bridge just for the sake of it... well, much to my surprise, it has almost everything I was looking for. Maybe I'm getting old, but all higher output pups I tried lately annoyed me. With the PG, I can crank the gain without it being annoying at all. So my questions are :
If I buy a PG bidge, how much different will it sound compared to the PGn I currently have in my bridge (does this makes any sense )
I'd also like to put nickel covers on them, will this have a big impact on the sound?
Thanks in advance.
Since I don't like the sound of a JB (the JB never sounds like you, YOU sound like the JB, IMO ), I bought a Custom and got 2 magnets out of my stock. The SH-5 is a great pickup, yet it lacks a little warmth (the same reason I let go of the SD). The C5 is way too dull for my taste, and the CC is too dark. My guitar is maple over mahagony, pretty thick, not the very light mahagony typical of most other Ibanez model.
So since I was fooling around, I removed the Custom and put my PG neck in the bridge just for the sake of it... well, much to my surprise, it has almost everything I was looking for. Maybe I'm getting old, but all higher output pups I tried lately annoyed me. With the PG, I can crank the gain without it being annoying at all. So my questions are :
If I buy a PG bidge, how much different will it sound compared to the PGn I currently have in my bridge (does this makes any sense )
I'd also like to put nickel covers on them, will this have a big impact on the sound?
Thanks in advance.
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