Metalheads - what do you all use for ridiculously massive chuggage and clarity with riffage?
Anyone else - how much do "metal" pickups assist with tone sculpting? What's the point beyond Being generally higher output?
I ask because I like playing this style, and have had fun for years palm muting and riffing on vintage style pickups into a hot amp. In fact my favorite metal type playing has come from my Strat and Tele. But as I build out my guitar family, I'm finding that one guitar doesn't quite have its own identity... And I've never had a dedicated metal guitar, so why not give it a shot and try a set of Full Shreds or two JBs or Sentiment/Pegasus or a Dimebucker?
My preferred metal is progressive metal (Darkwater thanks to the recent Off Topic thread, Coheed, 1990-2008 Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Mastodon), and some of the new djent stuff has cool tones too, but I'm interested to hear from anyone playing any style of metal and seeking that balance of brutality and beauty.
Anyone else - how much do "metal" pickups assist with tone sculpting? What's the point beyond Being generally higher output?
I ask because I like playing this style, and have had fun for years palm muting and riffing on vintage style pickups into a hot amp. In fact my favorite metal type playing has come from my Strat and Tele. But as I build out my guitar family, I'm finding that one guitar doesn't quite have its own identity... And I've never had a dedicated metal guitar, so why not give it a shot and try a set of Full Shreds or two JBs or Sentiment/Pegasus or a Dimebucker?
My preferred metal is progressive metal (Darkwater thanks to the recent Off Topic thread, Coheed, 1990-2008 Dream Theater, Porcupine Tree, Mastodon), and some of the new djent stuff has cool tones too, but I'm interested to hear from anyone playing any style of metal and seeking that balance of brutality and beauty.
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