evh_slash
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For the last 2 years i've really been advocating either high output ceramic dimarzio pickups or in one particular guitar, EMG's. But I tried my brothers Ibanez RG (exact same model as mine) which had stock medium output ibanez pickups I think with an Alnico 2 or 5 neck + an Alnico 5 Bridge.
During the 5 minutes I played it, I fell in love with the feel and response of the pickup, particularly the neck... Bridge was a bit weak... BUT it was something I hadn't experienced in a long while! I feel like i've seen the light now. Jesus, the neck HB had this really squishy yet glassy chimey sound, almost stratty sounding but without the buzz and a bit more volume. Even the dimarzio's I have dont really have that kind of dynamic response/bloom and open top. Everything is squashed and focused and vocal.
I'm going to keep all my dimarzio's but man, the EMG's have to go.
I have decided to go for a 59/CC hybrid in the bridge (perhaps I could slap an Alnico 8 in there instead ?? thoughts?) , but what about neck reccomendations ? I dont want any more warm dark super smooth neck pickups.
I want something with that 'sweeter' gritty yet dynamic kind of sound. Basically the complete opposite of say, an Air Norton !! I like when you are soloing on the higher registers and the when you pick the string hard or do a big string bend it kinda sounds like a wah pedal going through a full sweep... as opposed to a wah pedal permanently stuck 3/4 of the way down like ALL dimarzios sound.
I think I tried the Jazz neck once in a friends charvel and I dont remember being wowed by it, but that was in my super distortion + delay/chorus period.
During the 5 minutes I played it, I fell in love with the feel and response of the pickup, particularly the neck... Bridge was a bit weak... BUT it was something I hadn't experienced in a long while! I feel like i've seen the light now. Jesus, the neck HB had this really squishy yet glassy chimey sound, almost stratty sounding but without the buzz and a bit more volume. Even the dimarzio's I have dont really have that kind of dynamic response/bloom and open top. Everything is squashed and focused and vocal.
I'm going to keep all my dimarzio's but man, the EMG's have to go.
I have decided to go for a 59/CC hybrid in the bridge (perhaps I could slap an Alnico 8 in there instead ?? thoughts?) , but what about neck reccomendations ? I dont want any more warm dark super smooth neck pickups.
I want something with that 'sweeter' gritty yet dynamic kind of sound. Basically the complete opposite of say, an Air Norton !! I like when you are soloing on the higher registers and the when you pick the string hard or do a big string bend it kinda sounds like a wah pedal going through a full sweep... as opposed to a wah pedal permanently stuck 3/4 of the way down like ALL dimarzios sound.
I think I tried the Jazz neck once in a friends charvel and I dont remember being wowed by it, but that was in my super distortion + delay/chorus period.
