hard rock pickups for mahogany body

shred1980now

shred1980now

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a buddy of mine wants to get rid of the emgs he has in his mahogany SG that he built. he's looking for a hard rock/hair metal tone. 2 humbuckers. any suggestions?
 
Re: hard rock pickups for mahogany body

Custom/Jazz, Custom/'59, Possibly the Distortion instead of Custom, depending on how high gain he wants to get.

edit: some people favour the Custom 5 for SGs since they have lots of mids and less oomph than LPs, and the C5's EQ helps to add more bass and sharper high end response.
 
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Re: hard rock pickups for mahogany body

If it's an SG he built then typical SG assumptions may be out the window... is it a 1-3/8" set neck SG a la Gibson, or a 1-3/4" bolt-on like something you would build through a company like Warmoth?
 
My SD pickups for mahogany body

My SD pickups for mahogany body

shred1980now said:
a buddy of mine wants to get rid of the emgs he has in his mahogany SG that he built. he's looking for a hard rock/hair metal tone. 2 humbuckers. any suggestions?
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Sup shred :

My guitar's body and neck is solid mahogany and I love the pick ups it came with . The forum members were very helpful in giving me all the input I needed . My axe has a Custom III on the bridge and SHII on the neck .

It's super sounding to me and many others who listen to it's sound . I was thinking of changing them till my main man Chan Romero said they had that classic 50sand 60s sound . So with that I am making no changes to this guitar .

After all Chan & The forum said !

Easy man :

Hurricane Ramon
 
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