BigDreamer
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Hey, I'm thinking about putting together an alternate pickguard assembly for my JV strat. So i can switch fairly easily with the current one when i'm in a different mood.
I'd like to try something different, so I've been researching various dimarzios. The lil screamin demon that is in the bridge spot now is a little lacking in the mids dept. IMO and i'd like to try an alnico magnet (A5 seems to be my only choice it seems with Dimarzio) to aleviate some of the stiffness in the highs associated with ceramics.
BTW, the routing on the guitar is H-S-H so i'm gonna be taking advantage of the full sized humbucker slots.
The Dimarzios are appealing to me cause I love mids and (according to their site) they seem to have a lot of em.
The FRED is really catching my eye cause of the rich harmonics and mids. Though for shred and metal the higher output pups are tempting, just not with the ceramic mag. I'm trying not to be biased to anything in particular so feel free to suggest other brands or if there is a fitting pup for my needs with a ceramic mag, without the stiff highs, please point it out.
This pickguard assembly is gonna be used mainly for shred, 80's metal ect.
The strat is alder, maple neck/fb, vintage trem. The amp is the Mesa in my sig.
so lets recap: love mids, singing or screaming leads as long as they are dynamic, clarity under gain, decent cleans would be nice (though I may put a SC in the middle pos. for cleans), as long as the pup is voiced right output doesn't matter, fairly chunky palm mutes.
Sorry this is sooooo long just trying to get all of the info (though i'm sure i forgot something obvious) out on the table. o yeah, I expect a billion JB and Custom Custom recommendations which i may still try, but im just trying to do something a little more "unique".
(one more thing lol. I'm just trying figure out the bridge pup at this point, but please add neck pup (H sized) suggestions with your responses if you can.)
Thanks in advance, and congratulations if you read this whole post, you have patience (or GAS).
*Edit- Just read the JV pickup routing thread in the guitar forum, so i'm now second guessing whether it is routed H-S-H or H-S-S and may have to go for a SC neck pup. I'll check for sure tomorrow.*
I'd like to try something different, so I've been researching various dimarzios. The lil screamin demon that is in the bridge spot now is a little lacking in the mids dept. IMO and i'd like to try an alnico magnet (A5 seems to be my only choice it seems with Dimarzio) to aleviate some of the stiffness in the highs associated with ceramics.
BTW, the routing on the guitar is H-S-H so i'm gonna be taking advantage of the full sized humbucker slots.
The Dimarzios are appealing to me cause I love mids and (according to their site) they seem to have a lot of em.
The FRED is really catching my eye cause of the rich harmonics and mids. Though for shred and metal the higher output pups are tempting, just not with the ceramic mag. I'm trying not to be biased to anything in particular so feel free to suggest other brands or if there is a fitting pup for my needs with a ceramic mag, without the stiff highs, please point it out.
This pickguard assembly is gonna be used mainly for shred, 80's metal ect.
The strat is alder, maple neck/fb, vintage trem. The amp is the Mesa in my sig.
so lets recap: love mids, singing or screaming leads as long as they are dynamic, clarity under gain, decent cleans would be nice (though I may put a SC in the middle pos. for cleans), as long as the pup is voiced right output doesn't matter, fairly chunky palm mutes.
Sorry this is sooooo long just trying to get all of the info (though i'm sure i forgot something obvious) out on the table. o yeah, I expect a billion JB and Custom Custom recommendations which i may still try, but im just trying to do something a little more "unique".
(one more thing lol. I'm just trying figure out the bridge pup at this point, but please add neck pup (H sized) suggestions with your responses if you can.)
Thanks in advance, and congratulations if you read this whole post, you have patience (or GAS).
*Edit- Just read the JV pickup routing thread in the guitar forum, so i'm now second guessing whether it is routed H-S-H or H-S-S and may have to go for a SC neck pup. I'll check for sure tomorrow.*
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