ESPImperium
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Hi there, im new to the Seymour Duncan User Group. Im currently looking for new pickups for 2 of my guitars, my ESP LTD EC-1000VHB and my Fender Highway 1 Strat.
For my EC-1000VHB i am going to get a Bare Knuckle Nailbomb, Warpig or a Painkiller for the bridge, i am just testing the waters with a Seymour Duncan Antiquity humbucker for the neck, i may go for something more "PAF"/"Vintage" in there, altho i do like the stock '59, i may get that changed for either a chrome covered 4 conductor 59' or a Antiquity Neck humbucker. Are the Seymour Duncan Antiquity neck humbuckers good for a all round tone, bare in mind i am gonna get a BKP for the bridge, im looking for a hot bridge and a clean and buesy neck.
Secondly, my Highway 1 Strat, i was looking at the Antiquity Texas Hot for the middle for some more vintage tones as well, i am wanting to have a little bit of everything in that axe, a good coil sized humbucker (Di Marzio Tonezone or a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails or a Scremin Demon, maybes a JB Jnr) for the bridge and i would like to keep the stock pickup for the neck as i do kinda like it.
But are the Texas Hot RW/RP Antiquity single coils good for the type of tone im wanting, vintage, but warm, bear in mind i was looking at a SSL-5 Hot and a SSL-4 Quater pound for that area as well, but i was thinking about a more vintage pickup for that area to provide balance in tone???
I have been told that i should be aware of the diffrence in volume from a hot pickup in the bridge and a vintage pickup in the neck, and i am aware of the volume changes and such.
Or should i just put EMGs in my Strat and do a David Gilmore, and wait till EMG come out with the chrome/nickel/gold covered 81, 85 and 60 later in the year for my EC-1000 as i do like EMGs (I shouldnt say that too much arround here i guess).
Thanks again.
For my EC-1000VHB i am going to get a Bare Knuckle Nailbomb, Warpig or a Painkiller for the bridge, i am just testing the waters with a Seymour Duncan Antiquity humbucker for the neck, i may go for something more "PAF"/"Vintage" in there, altho i do like the stock '59, i may get that changed for either a chrome covered 4 conductor 59' or a Antiquity Neck humbucker. Are the Seymour Duncan Antiquity neck humbuckers good for a all round tone, bare in mind i am gonna get a BKP for the bridge, im looking for a hot bridge and a clean and buesy neck.
Secondly, my Highway 1 Strat, i was looking at the Antiquity Texas Hot for the middle for some more vintage tones as well, i am wanting to have a little bit of everything in that axe, a good coil sized humbucker (Di Marzio Tonezone or a Seymour Duncan Hot Rails or a Scremin Demon, maybes a JB Jnr) for the bridge and i would like to keep the stock pickup for the neck as i do kinda like it.
But are the Texas Hot RW/RP Antiquity single coils good for the type of tone im wanting, vintage, but warm, bear in mind i was looking at a SSL-5 Hot and a SSL-4 Quater pound for that area as well, but i was thinking about a more vintage pickup for that area to provide balance in tone???
I have been told that i should be aware of the diffrence in volume from a hot pickup in the bridge and a vintage pickup in the neck, and i am aware of the volume changes and such.
Or should i just put EMGs in my Strat and do a David Gilmore, and wait till EMG come out with the chrome/nickel/gold covered 81, 85 and 60 later in the year for my EC-1000 as i do like EMGs (I shouldnt say that too much arround here i guess).
Thanks again.
