Pickup Recommendation - Metal - Basswood trem with maple neck/rosewood fretboard.

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NYcibbyRyder

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Hey guys, I have an RG 1570 left handed playing through a black star HT5r and Rectoverb series 1. Both combos. I have a 59n, vintage staggered, and distortion setup in it now. Had to get it routed to fit standard size pickups in it.

I just ordered a Schecter Hellraiser Hybrid that has EMG's in it. Once I'm done playing with them my thinking is I'm going to switch to passive and throw a Jazz/Distortion setup in it since it's a mahogany body w/ maple top and neck.

My question is once I do that, what should I throw into the bridge of the RG? I know a lot of metal guys use these guitars but it's still a grey area. JB? Super Distortion? Something Else?

I love Godsmack, Static x, Korn, slipknot, and disturbed. But also play around with AC/DC, Metallica, Slash, etc.
 
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Did you like the Distortion in the bridge? Why not buy another one? The JB pairs very nicely with the 59, so you should consider that. The Dimebucker I've heard also goes well with the 59.
 
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I'd wait a few weeks to see if there are any tonal problems you want the new pickups to solve (like it is too bright/bassy, etc). You really need to hear that guitar to know what to switch to.
 
Re: Pickup Recommendation - Metal - Basswood trem with maple neck/rosewood fretboard.

Sorry I guess I put too much information. I have the '59, vintage staggered, Distortion setup in my RG1570 now, if I switch the new hellraiser to passive and throw a Distortion in that my question is do I throw a JB or Super Distortion in the RG1570? Or something else?


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I just don't want 2 guitars with distortions in them (though I might do that at first lol). From everything I've read about the Distortion in mahogany guitars I gotta try it if the hellraiser goes passive (and it probably will) But then I don't know what to put in the RG.


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The JB would be out for me. I have a couple of those same prestige models (1570 and 2570),, and for me it's ceramics all-the-way with them. (x2n)
I'd speculate the Nazgul would be a good duncan choice to bring width and definition to the bottom and edge.
 
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I've been curious about the nazgul. It looks like it has less output than the jb though. I know Tony Rombola uses a JB (along with a Gibson 500T)

I'll check it out.


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D-Activator X
i have them in mine. thick
 
Re: Pickup Recommendation - Metal - Basswood trem with maple neck/rosewood fretboard.

For metal pretty much anything with high output will work nicely. I'd say 12K or better. Super distortion, S.D. Invader, etc. Definitely get a 4 wire pup whatever you choose.
 
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how does the RG sounds acoustically?, it is bright, dark, middy, also how much low end it has, huge gazillions of low end, big booty bottom, balanced lows or anemic? yup i know the guitar is basswood but that ain't enough, if woodtype was enough i would have choose something like a distortion instead of the dimebucker that currently provides brutality to my V

so, unplug a while, strum, play your normal riffs and describe to me the tone you hear from your RG
 
Re: Pickup Recommendation - Metal - Basswood trem with maple neck/rosewood fretboard.

BobS67 said:
For metal pretty much anything with high output will work nicely. I'd say 12K or better. Super distortion, S.D. Invader, etc. Definitely get a 4 wire pup whatever you choose.
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dude please don't take me bad but that totally sounded like the recommendation i would expect from a trainee guitar center employee rather than the recommendation of an experienced tone addict forumite, just saying
 
Re: Pickup Recommendation - Metal - Basswood trem with maple neck/rosewood fretboard.

EDX mentioned the dimebucker. I think the Duncan pickup selector brings it up when you run those Ibby specs.
I've not tried mine in the prestiges (looks too good in it's ring to divorce them for direct-mount lol),,,,,,,,,,,seems like they'd pair well though.
 
Re: Pickup Recommendation - Metal - Basswood trem with maple neck/rosewood fretboard.

if you put ibby specs on the selector for metal and clearer tone it throws 3 sets, dimebucker + vintage hot stack plus + whole lotta humbucker neck, black winter trembucker + black winter neck + classic stack plus middle and JB trembucker + jazz neck + vintage staggered strat middle

also is you specify sustain it changes the jb jazz set for a blackouts set, so yep a dimebucker is a solid choice for a basswood guitar for metal
 
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NYcibbyRyder said:
I've been curious about the nazgul. It looks like it has less output than the jb though. I know Tony Rombola uses a JB (along with a Gibson 500T)

I'll check it out.


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The Nazgul is a seriously aggressive pickup with monster tightness/percussiveness. It doesn't sound like less volume than a JB...although it is EQ'd more severely.
 
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i used to have Distortions in my basswood RG. too middy. sounded like a horn.
 
Re: Pickup Recommendation - Metal - Basswood trem with maple neck/rosewood fretboard.

Duncan PATB set. Got it recently installed in my RG. Made the guitar feel and sound alive, unlike what the stock pickups did.

Very versatile set, handles both dirt and clean remarkably well.
 
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I should upgrade to a liberator.... haha.


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I just read the reviews, it doesn't work with the Ibanez RG. Not enough space. [emoji58]

Question for the Schecter:
Do you guys think I should try out the blackouts before I go passive? Or just say screw it, go passive and get the Distortion?


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