Anyone know good 7-String Pup's?

[Schecter006Elite]

I Just won a Warmoth 7-string off of Ebay and I wanted to see if anyone knew any good Pup's for 7-string metal. I Have a DD and a Custom is my regular guitar, so I dont want a tone too much like that. I was looking for something with high output for the bridge, but not as harsh as a DD. For the Neck, I was looking for something very very smooth, like the custom, but with a high enough output to match the bridge well. I was looking at DiMarzio's actually, because the Blaze pup's come highly recomended. I think I found the Blaze Custom in the bridge and the Air Norton 7 neck to be a good set for my likings. What do you guys think?

P.s. The reason why I chose Dimarzio's is because people always have them in Ibanez guitars. Ibanez guitars (like the RG series) are thin and made from light wood. The Warmoth is an Alder body and Rosewood fretboard, so I figured Dimarzio's would be a good buy because SD's sound better in nice thick tone woods.

 

[frankfalbo]

Re: Anyone know good 7-String Pup's?

The BC and AN7 probably would be good choices. For 7-strings I'm a Bartolini man all the way. But I have a Blackjack long-scale with the Tone Zone 7, PAF 7, and a vintagey middle single coil I made. The PAF 7 is probably not what you want. It's not smooth at all. In fact, it's a ceramic magnet and you can totally tell. That pickup has no business bearing the PAF name. It's a hollow sound with a razor sharp (ceramicky) attack. Which I like in that guitar because I do a lot of bass style slapping and fingerpicking on that 7. So that pretty much leaves the AN7. The Blaze neck isn't smooth either.

The BCustom is going to be better than the TZ7 for you too, I think. The TZ7 is also ceramic, where it's 6 string brother is alnico. So it's trying to sound like a TZ but really they're nothing alike.

 

[Schecter006Elite]

Re: Anyone know good 7-String Pup's?

Thanks dude! Anyone else have some input? Does anyone know what pups Unearth use on their 7 strings?