Pickups for B-tuned

[Kike_artifact]

Hello! I have my guitar tuned in B (B E A D F# B) and i dont know what pickup i would put... i wants a sound like soilwork, in flames... Thankx

[Kac]

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I had an ESP tuned B to b I used a Seymour Duncan Bridge and Neck Humbucker set, and it was rockin...
I played metal, mostly originals, but some slipknot, and that guitar rocked.
Had a Crate Amplifier at the time.
So my suggestion would be Invader.
I've moved on, and you'll only see me with Fenders now, my how people change.

BUt I'd love to get my hands on one of those Jaguar baritones
Rock On

[the guy who invented fire]

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Hello! I have my guitar tuned in B (B E A D F# B) and i dont know what pickup i would put... i wants a sound like soilwork, in flames... Thankx

IMO an Invader will lose almost all defination at such a low tuning...a Duncan Distorion however will not. I would try a Distortion set or a Distortion bridge and a Jazz neck...other that that I would say maybe a Dimebucker in the bridge...and combo of these would do fine for you I think.

[Kac]

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I agree that the Dimebucker or Distortion would be awesome pick-ups for the B tuning, but the Invader had clarity in my guitar, maybe it was because of the nice ESP and the locking tuners, but I rocked out to a lot of Slipknot and Metallica on the guitar and can testify that it still had plenty of clarity.
I never had a Distortion on there, so theres a great chance it could have been more clear than it was, but while I owned the guitar, I liked it.
Rock On

[JB_From_Hell]

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IMO an Invader will lose almost all defination at such a low tuning...

I couldn't disagree more The Invader is a little more fuzzy than the Distortion, but lends itself extremely well to low tunings, at least down to G#. Below that, it may lose some clarity
I wholly recommend the Invader for any and all metal applications.

However, if In Flames and Soilwork are your target sounds, EMGs may be in order. In Flames = EMG 85s, and I think the Soilwork guys use 81s.

[Kike_artifact]

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Oh thankx to all, your information is great! , but its possible to sound like dime with a b-tuned, with this hot tones etc... or im going very far? Thankx!

[JB_From_Hell]

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Dime tuned down to B in Damageplan. Well, it was C# in dropped B.

[Imp]

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hmm, you're going more into dimebag's technique there now

you'd have to look at your amp and EQ settings to get very much closer to any particular band's tone.. any of the choices the fellas put forward above will give you a very nice metal tone you can shape to your own tastes

As far as amps go, i've always associated bands like in flames with european hi-gain amps.. ENGL, perhaps diezel, and bogner + soldano from the U.S. camps..

might be worth looking into digital moddeling stuff which emulates these types of amps?

[Kike_artifact]

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i have a line6 spider2 amp, this is ok?

[Kac]

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Yeah, it's a decent amp, You may still want to look into some king of pedel or processor that can model other amp sounds if you really want to get the tones of your favorite bands.
Rock On

[JB_From_Hell]

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As far as amps go, i've always associated bands like in flames with european hi-gain amps.. ENGL, perhaps diezel, and bogner + soldano from the U.S. camps..

In Flames use 5150s. That thing is just hella-versatile.

[the guy who invented fire]

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I couldn't disagree more The Invader is a little more fuzzy than the Distortion, but lends itself extremely well to low tunings, at least down to G#. Below that, it may lose some clarity
I wholly recommend the Invader for any and all metal applications.

However, if In Flames and Soilwork are your target sounds, EMGs may be in order. In Flames = EMG 85s, and I think the Soilwork guys use 81s.

Really???!!!???...I might have to get my metal hat on soon and give that a shot!

[JB_From_Hell]

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The Invader is just really thick, but it's still clear. It does need different eq'ing than other high-output 'buckers, though. I really enjoy playing it with the gain dimed, and rolling back the guitar's volume knob. It gets really growly around 4 or 5.

It's kinda like Henry Rollins... big & tough enough to kick your ass, but still quite capable of deep thought & intelligent expression

[Imp]

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In Flames use 5150s. That thing is just hella-versatile.

no way?! i used to have an EMG 85, and when i tried it with a 5150 in a practice room nothing struck me as 'in flames' territory..

Really???!!!???...I might have to get my metal hat on soon and give that a shot!

[JB_From_Hell]

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Now, THAT'S a metal hat!