Frankhenrylee
New member
Hello everyone!
I'm hoping you guys can give me a few suggestions on pickups for an Ibanez S. I have a Peavey Triple X amp and like to play metal, rock, and blues.
The current bridge pickup gets real muddy with high gain on the low strings and don't offer much harmonics on the high strings, but do have a good sound for lead. I'd like something very punchy and tight on the low end, but still retains a little smoothness of pick attack on the high end with good harmonics.
The neck pickup is also muddy. I like the sound of the Dimarzio Liquifire for this spot. Or any other pickups that might sound like their name suggests. Something with good gain, but smooth and able to clean up when I back the volume off.
I know listening to pickup demonstrations on YouTube videos is not the best, but I was listenining to Bareknuckle video and the Riff Raff had that nice punchy sound on the low end. I was surprised to read that it was a "vintage" sounding pickup. I thought it was a great metal sound. I also liked a Seymour Duncan Nazgul, but don't know if getting something specialized for metal will be very versatile.
Anyway, I know this is subjective, but just thought I'd reach out and see what folks on a pickup forum might suggest.
Thanks for the help!
I'm hoping you guys can give me a few suggestions on pickups for an Ibanez S. I have a Peavey Triple X amp and like to play metal, rock, and blues.
The current bridge pickup gets real muddy with high gain on the low strings and don't offer much harmonics on the high strings, but do have a good sound for lead. I'd like something very punchy and tight on the low end, but still retains a little smoothness of pick attack on the high end with good harmonics.
The neck pickup is also muddy. I like the sound of the Dimarzio Liquifire for this spot. Or any other pickups that might sound like their name suggests. Something with good gain, but smooth and able to clean up when I back the volume off.
I know listening to pickup demonstrations on YouTube videos is not the best, but I was listenining to Bareknuckle video and the Riff Raff had that nice punchy sound on the low end. I was surprised to read that it was a "vintage" sounding pickup. I thought it was a great metal sound. I also liked a Seymour Duncan Nazgul, but don't know if getting something specialized for metal will be very versatile.
Anyway, I know this is subjective, but just thought I'd reach out and see what folks on a pickup forum might suggest.
Thanks for the help!
