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I am considering changing all 3 pickups in my Ibanez RG 570 which is a Basswood body w/ Edge trem (Floyd style). After discovering this very cool forum today in my quest for new pickups. I have a few questions;
I am an 70's 80's kind of hard rock metal tone admirer and am always digging EVH brown sound circa VH II. I would like to get this tone out of the amps listed and the RG 570. I have read the Legendarytones review of the EVH and it appears that a resistance around 8.5 and a PAF type pickup is important.
I guess my questions are:
1) Will the evh custom shop do the trick with my rig;
2) Is there any other options that would get me close without going custom shop;
3) What would you recommend for the mid position single coil (I like a Trower tone there if possible.
4) If I start with alnico II magnets do all my pickups have to be alnico II's?
5) Can anyone explain a little about the alnico II characteristics compared to the alnico 5?
For reference, I currently have an ibanez Jem 7DBK w/ breeds ( love it); a Tex Mex Fender Strat w/ texas specials and a jb jr in the bridge( not crazy about the jb jr but its OK); G&L tribute S-500 stock (what a great inexpensive guitar); 2004 Lp Std stock (Love it)and an Ibanez RG 570.
For amps I have a Marshall JCM 800 2204 w/ 4x12; Marshall JCM200 TSL 122 and JCM 2000 DSL201 all with Mullards in the preamp.
Thanks for reading this and for any suggestions you may have.
I am an 70's 80's kind of hard rock metal tone admirer and am always digging EVH brown sound circa VH II. I would like to get this tone out of the amps listed and the RG 570. I have read the Legendarytones review of the EVH and it appears that a resistance around 8.5 and a PAF type pickup is important.
I guess my questions are:
1) Will the evh custom shop do the trick with my rig;
2) Is there any other options that would get me close without going custom shop;
3) What would you recommend for the mid position single coil (I like a Trower tone there if possible.
4) If I start with alnico II magnets do all my pickups have to be alnico II's?
5) Can anyone explain a little about the alnico II characteristics compared to the alnico 5?
For reference, I currently have an ibanez Jem 7DBK w/ breeds ( love it); a Tex Mex Fender Strat w/ texas specials and a jb jr in the bridge( not crazy about the jb jr but its OK); G&L tribute S-500 stock (what a great inexpensive guitar); 2004 Lp Std stock (Love it)and an Ibanez RG 570.
For amps I have a Marshall JCM 800 2204 w/ 4x12; Marshall JCM200 TSL 122 and JCM 2000 DSL201 all with Mullards in the preamp.
Thanks for reading this and for any suggestions you may have.
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