Pup ideas for a Kelly?

[ShredFetus]

Hello everyone,
I currently have a Jackson Kelly Performer w/ floyd rose trem and I love the way it plays but the standard pickups are absolute rubbish.

I play through a Digitech RP-7 valve effects pedal and a Peavy Bandit (at home) and 5150II for gigs.

My setup has a really high end treble sound that I want to tone down alot.

I play a variety of styles, mostly metal. I am looking for a pickup that will deliver more bottom end power suitable for thrash/power metal, and still have good tone for fast leads and solos.

After listening to all the SD sound samples I was thinking about going for an invader in the bridge, but I have been reading through the posts and people seem to think it can get a but muddy and is bad for solos.

If this is the case would a Duncan Distortion trembucker be more suitable? I think it might be a bit more versatile and would sound good playing rock aswell... Would the DD still solve my current high treble problems and still have good lower power?

In the neck I was thinking about going for a FullShred. I am looking for something that makes those fast climbing runs and sweeps 'melt' together, if you know what I mean.

I already searched through the forums and didn't really find anything I was after, so any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[WICKED LESTER]

Re: Pup ideas for a Kelly?

CUSTOM :beerchug:
this pup has low end growl and sounds great for solo's

 

[LambofGod]

Re: Pup ideas for a Kelly?

dont get the distortion !! too hot !! get a jb or a custom!!

 

[D-EJ915]

Re: Pup ideas for a Kelly?

Just for a tone check, Oz Fox from Styper uses Wayne guitars similar to the kelly, with a floyd, with a Distortion bridge and mesa rectifiers and he sounds the way he does...if you can find a soundclip you can decide whether you like it or not. This is their new album btw.

 

[ShredFetus]

Re: Pup ideas for a Kelly?

Sweet, thanks for that guys. What about the fullshred in the neck? Anyone have any experience with this in their setup?

 

[twoheadedboy]

Re: Pup ideas for a Kelly?

How much of your distortion are you getting from the RP-7? If you're using lots of digital gain, you do not need really high output pickups. They just load the front of a solidstate device harder, resulting in more compression and worse tone. If you're looking for a shred pickup that will tame some of the high end in your sound, check out some Dimarzios. Tone Zones and Nortons in the bridge are nice for that.

 

[ShredFetus]

Re: Pup ideas for a Kelly?

I'm currently relying highly on the distortion from my RP-7, but I think I will get a better sound if I can use the output on some good pickups and turn the distortion down on the pedal. I hope this way I can get some nice different tones too, not just metal.
Another thing is I have good control over the high end with my FX pedal, but it's hard to do anything with the low/mids. Therefore I hope with the right set of pickups I can balance this out a bit.
Thanks, I will look into those others too...

 

[jimlp]

Re: Pup ideas for a Kelly?

Dimarzio Super 3 is what you are describing, great output with rolled back highs good mids and great low end. Great for rythm and lead.

 

[Gearjoneser]

Re: Pup ideas for a Kelly?

I think you'd probably like a Custom/59N set.