Pickup suggestion, please...

Crazy_Guitar

Crazy_Guitar

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Hey there!

I'm rebuilding an 89 Yamaha RGX612S.
It's a wonderful super-strat from back in the hey days of shred.

Alder body, bolt-on maple neck, rosewood board, 24,75" scale, Yamaha RM-Pro trem (which reminds me a lot of Ibanez's ZR).
However, it's going to be tuned down to C (standard C, not Drop-C) with .013 gauge strings.

That being, I'm not really sure on which pickup I should install on the bridge position.
I am leaning towards DiMarzio Evo 2, that I have on an RG470 and I love... but being a shorter scale and a deeper tuning, I'm not quite sure about where to get things going.

I really need some practical advice (not catalog reading please - e.g., Petrucci uses *** pickup; DiMarzio says *** pickup is good).

Let me know what you are using on your 6-string ERGs!

Cheers...
 
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Evo 2 works just fine for lower tunings. I've got it in a guitar that alternates between open C and open B with 52-12s.
 
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I figured so, because there's plenty of hi-mids in that pickup! :)
I've been reccomended the D-Sonic too. Any ideas on this one?

And how about a SD pickup?
 
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D-Sonic works in the same tunings, sounds even heavier than the Evo 2.
 
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Crazy_Guitar said:
I figured so, because there's plenty of hi-mids in that pickup! :)
I've been reccomended the D-Sonic too. Any ideas on this one?

And how about a SD pickup?
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I played DSonic7 on an custom UV with lower tuning and it was quite fine. Moreover it reminds me JB somehow. So i might give a try to use JB for bridge position with its hi-mids.
 
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I have a JB with that tuning and I'm not really fond of it... I feel it "lacks" something when I go below D.
I am, however, completely obsessed with it in standard tunings! :)
 
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Got it. Actually i have a 7 string with DiMarzio Blaze Custom in its bridge position and im pretty happy with it. Is there its 6 string version, if there is you may give a try?
 
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I got an ESP 7-string with a DiMarzio JPM7 bridge (DiMarzio says in their website that this is very close to the Blaze bridge) and I don't quite like it. No mids...

Anyway, we're talking 6-string here...
 
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Crazy_Guitar said:
I got an ESP 7-string with a DiMarzio JPM7 bridge (DiMarzio says in their website that this is very close to the Blaze bridge) and I don't quite like it. No mids...

Anyway, we're talking 6-string here...
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It should be Steve's Special model and yes you are right, it is mid scooped humbucker. But Blaze Custom is different. It has more mids and higher output than S.Special.
 
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