Diego
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Re: Pickups for Uutra-bright 100% Maple guitar : Westone Spectrum MX
Low output pickups will probably sound bright regardless of their EQ curve, in my experience.
I've got a Alnico 2 Pro neck in my Ibanez SZ. This 'warm' pickup sounds bright as hell through this bright sounding guitar, it spanks beautifully. No smooth Sweet Child O' Mine juice coming out of it.
You want high output and compression, to smooth those spikes off. I'd suggest a Dimarzio Breed in the bridge and no idea what in the singles.
The Breed was designed by Vai to make plinky basswood shredsticks sound fat, warm and proud.
Hard to go wrong with one of those, I had one in an RG and it sounded righteous.
With that said, you should consider the possibility that your guitar just does what it does.
Let us know how it goes.
Low output pickups will probably sound bright regardless of their EQ curve, in my experience.
I've got a Alnico 2 Pro neck in my Ibanez SZ. This 'warm' pickup sounds bright as hell through this bright sounding guitar, it spanks beautifully. No smooth Sweet Child O' Mine juice coming out of it.
You want high output and compression, to smooth those spikes off. I'd suggest a Dimarzio Breed in the bridge and no idea what in the singles.
The Breed was designed by Vai to make plinky basswood shredsticks sound fat, warm and proud.
Hard to go wrong with one of those, I had one in an RG and it sounded righteous.
With that said, you should consider the possibility that your guitar just does what it does.
Let us know how it goes.
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