Pickups for a mahogany body

[LyMob]

I have a ibanez s520 with the crappy v1 and v2 pup's what kind of pickups sound the best for a mahogany body guitar????? (I know stupid question but I've never owned this type of wood)
thx

[Dirtyking]

Re: Pickups for a mahogany body

I use '59 necks and Demon bridges in my mahogany SG's. I can get a classic Sabbath sound with this set and even a more modern tone with just the Demon bridge. Both are very open and full sounding pickups for mahagony.

[kaknight]

Re: Pickups for a mahogany body

what kind of tone are you looking for? also what's crappy about the pups you already have? this will help us advise you into great pups. (for example, i have to mahogony bodied guitars, and four different pups in em, my buddy had a mahog guitar with two other pups in it. Each guitarist needs certain things)

[dr.barlo]

Re: Pickups for a mahogany body

I love the CC/PGb(in the neck) set I have on my mahogany japanese ibanez S470. A little on the thick side, that is why I have replaced the a2 magnets in it with a3s.

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[Neeradj]

Re: Pickups for a mahogany body

Try a JB/Jazz, it's a classic and just can't be beaten in a mahogany bodied guitar. It'll offer you everything from some post-modern jazzy-runs to '80's metal. My #1 favorite guitarplayer Marty Friedman used it in his SZ520, and it rocked the hell out of anyone! The JB is very melodic, with a little cut but no harshness. It covers a lot of ground, I use it for shred and I'm certainly not the only one . The Jazz is ultraclean, and articulate, and handles high-gain situations perfectly. Both pick ups won't mud up, or brighten up since it's a mahogany body.