Ibanez INF3,4 = secret GEM?

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1337void

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Heya, ive been looking at pickup reviews on HC, and the Ibanez ones have caught my eye. Now out of pickups, Duncan and Dimarzio ones both generally hover at around 8.8-9.2 score there, but these Ibanez stock pickups.. 9.8
Sure only 6 reviews but still, even with more reviews the score is likely to stay at or above the ones of Duncans
http://web.archive.org/web/20100724...up/product/Ibanez/INF3+and+INF4+Infinity/10/1

So what is up with that. Are they really that good?

Because compared to say.. these ibanez pickups, it is a completely different rating:
http://web.archive.org/web/20100729...Electric+Guitar+Pickup/product/Ibanez/V8/10/1
http://web.archive.org/web/20100811...up/product/Ibanez/INF1+and+INF2+Infinity/10/1
http://web.archive.org/web/20081015...+Guitar+Pickup/product/Ibanez/Powersound/10/1
 
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Re: Ibanez INF3,4 = secret GEM?

I dont know, but I do particularly like the neck one (I think thats the INF3). I tried it in the neck of a 24 fret Jackson - a guitar which has seen a variety of neck pickups, from Duncan AIIPro to Pearly Gates, 59 and some others and I never liked any of them in that guitar. The INF3 however seems to match it perfectly and will stay there now.

The bridge pickup was crap though (INF4)?
 
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IIRC its not a ceramic magnet thats in the bridge pickup, it might even already be an A5. I seem to remember reading the NECK pickup was ceramic, but the bridge was an A2 or A5?
Maybe Im remembering wrong.
 
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TheLivingDead said:
I thought they sucked ass, but hey that's just me.
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Well I thought EVERY pickup I tried in that guitar sucked ass, Duncans and Dimarzios included. The INF was the best of the lot, surprisingly.
 
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not tried the INFS3, 4 I have got AHS 1 and AHS 2 which I extensively used pre modification period on my squier strat. the AHS1 was in the bridge!!!

Those things rock, I don't know quite what it is with Ibanez pickups but they don't half sound great! brilliant things they are!

I'll have to try the INFS ones at some point.
 
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IIRC, the inf3 is around 9k and ceramic, and the inf4 is around 15k and alnico5.
I got them to sound ok, when I swapped them into my dean hardtail.

But even better, I swapped the ceramic and alnico mags...put the ceramic in the inf4 in the bridge, and the alnico5 in the inf3 for the neck...much better. Nice and articulate, but still a thick tone...

They're not even close to a good set of Duncans, but they're not bad.
 
Re: Ibanez INF3,4 = secret GEM?

I tried the INF4 in a Xiphos into a Marshall and it wasn't bad at all. Then again, if it's 15K A5 that would make sense as I like JBs and Breeds with similar specs. I was actually taken aback because I am used to the V series pickups, which are awful.
 
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