Re: Luke Hoskin's pickups on Ibanez s470
Hey, just came upon this thread, I know it's an old one but I thought I could shed some light.....
Luke has many Ibanez guitars among others and his arrangements with them allow him to order whatever pickups he want in a particular model; I can say for sure, none of them are stock Ibanez pickups.
Most of his ibanez S-series guitars use a Duncan sh-5 (Custom) bridge and a Duncan sh-2 (Jazz) neck.
His last couple of Ibanez S-Series guitars sent to him in mid 2012 have some dimarzios in'em for a change and If I can remember correctly they are a super distortion in the bridge and an Air Nortin in the neck - these guitars are yet to be toured with and are currently not on any of the bands recordings.
Previously, he had used Duncan JB's, Custom Distortions and EMG 81's (ESP Guitars) in the bridge and Duncan 59 or EMG 85 (ESP Guitars) in the neck positions over the last 6-7 years, settling on what he has now in just about every guitar.
Depending on the album, I can probably tell ya what pickup in which guitar on whatever track you are hearing if you were interested further.
Cheers