Pickup Recommendation - Metal -7string Basswood Body, Maple Neck, Rosewood Fretboard

[MetalFinatic14]

Blackstar ht-5rh. 4x12 cabinet. sgr c-7. Passive pickups for sylosis style chugging and riffing. heavy chug but still articulate. The treble on the guitar is almost obnoxiously bright and loud. Although the guitar is very well balanced, I would like a tight but powerful low end with articulate lows and mids to cut through the thrash and djent style chugging. Sylosis has the EXACT tone I want. Listen to songs teras, fear the world, after lifeless years. etc. if I can get this tone out of a basswood guitar, I will buy any pickup. Was thinking about a JB but I don't know if its heavy enough. would a distortion take away too much of the articulation? >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> listen

This is a good representation of the different qualities I'm looking for https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtJu66QmEbA

Also, can either get the same heavy chug as the main riff in this song? (First part) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_RT0G4wWKg

 

[Mincer]

Re: Pickup Recommendation - Metal -7string Basswood Body, Maple Neck, Rosewood Fretbo

The Pegasus/Sentient set can get that tone easily. You can order them with an active mount if you need that, as well.

 

[MetalFinatic14]

Re: Pickup Recommendation - Metal -7string Basswood Body, Maple Neck, Rosewood Fretbo

I went back and did a comparison, and you're totally right! I had previously excluded this set from my considerations for no good reason. Should I put these in my sgr c-7 or buy this dbz/diamond barchetta eminent 7 string with Floyd rose on ebay? the build quality is much better and comes pre-loaded with emg's. thanks so much!

 

[Mincer]

Re: Pickup Recommendation - Metal -7string Basswood Body, Maple Neck, Rosewood Fretbo

Well, if you love your current guitar, but don't like its pickups, just get the pickups. If there are things about the guitar you don't like, get the other guitar (btw, is DBZ/Diamond still producing guitars?). Of course, you can always buy guitars later- don't let go of a guitar you really like playing.