PAF + onboard preamp. For metal.

[WTYD]

Can such pickups as Seymour Duncan SH-1 or DiMarzio PAF Pro with onboard preamp used for metal (thrash/death)? Or it should be more hot pickups (for example SH-4)? And what onboard preamp it should be - gain boost (like EMG Afterburner) or midboost (like EMG SPC)?

[rumblebox]

Re: PAF + onboard preamp. For metal.

honestly, if you REALLY wanted to, the 59 can do metal just fine without the onboard preamp. just throw a lot of gain at it.

[WTYD]

Re: PAF + onboard preamp. For metal.

I want to reproduct Jackson idea: PAF pickups (j-50bc, i know, it with ceramic magnet) with booster.

[metalmachine]

Re: PAF + onboard preamp. For metal.

dude trey from morbid angel uses the paf pro without a preamp. i have used gibson 490t sets before to play metal. you can use what ever you like. jolly has got some great heavy tones from the jazz

[frankfalbo]

Re: PAF + onboard preamp. For metal.

The Blackouts Coil Packs are around 8k, and they sound like Original Blackouts with the BMP-1 preamp, so yes. Anything you can do with Blackouts you can do with a P.A.F. Style pickup and the BMP. That includes the Gus G signature as well.

[countryboy]

Re: PAF + onboard preamp. For metal.

dude trey from morbid angel uses the paf pro without a preamp. i have used gibson 490t sets before to play metal. you can use what ever you like. jolly has got some great heavy tones from the jazz

I found this in-guitar booster (http://www.becos.ro/ubst) which I want to install in my Gibson as well:

[El Supremo]

Re: PAF + onboard preamp. For metal.

A lot of guys will use a pedal for the extra push an amp needs to grind. If you insist on a PAF sound, I would just get drop that in and then look at a pedal that would goose your amp into submission (a good clean boost won't color it much).

Fwiw, I have the WLH set and those through my HM-2 still sound pretty metal to me