steviekool
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Hello all, first time poster here, long time Duncan user though!!
So here is the situation, and I will try to explain the best I can. I have 2 guitars, an S-series IBanez "S2075 bobinga top", which has a rosewood fingerboard. Also, I recently purchased one of these new BC Rich Exotic CLassic Mockingbird with a Koa top, ebony fingerboard, "BTW, if you get a chance to play one of these, they are quite the player, beautiful guitar. The Ibanez is a bolt on, as you would know, and the BC Rich is a neck through.
Ok, So I purchased a new set of pickups for the Ibanez, as those crappy IBZ/Dimarzios are just pure junk, in my opinion. The guitar has a hum-sing-hum setup, so I went with:
DUncan Invader in the bridge
Cool Rail in the middle
59 in the neck
I am getting some awesome tones, and the versitilty is wonderful throughout these pickups, especially with the cool rail and invader together with lots of distortion, and the cool rail with the 59, on a clean channel together. THe Cool rail I thought really puts this setup over nicely.
Anyway, my only concern, which I am not sure is a concern at all, is the output while doing 2 handed tapping. I feel no matter what pickup is used, the 2 handed tapping just sounds, well, dead. The notes are barely noticeable, unless you tap really hard, and even then, it doesnt sound that great. That is my only complaint, and concern. I thought having such a high output pickup as an invader in the bridge, 2 handed tapping would be screaming, but it really does not.
The guy that set up the guitar has the invader and the 59 about flush with the pickup frame, and the cool rail is pretty high. He said he set this up like this because the 2 invader and 59 are a lot louder, so this would keep all the volumes the same, when switching between pickups. Does this sound about right?
Now, my BC Rich, which comes with a new brand of pickups, "Rockfield Mafias", actually screams when I am 2 handed tapping on the guitar. The tone itself is not to shabby either on them, but of course not as versitile as the ibanez is now.
So, basically my question is, does this sound about right to you pickup experts? Should I not be getting such great highs fingertapping on the ibanez with this setup, because of the type of pickups I went with, or does something sound wrong?
Again, I am more than happy with the tones, and I am just kinda nitpicking, as I really dont do much tapping myself, but when I do, the tone just hurt the ears a bit
.
Thanks all in advance for any help, and if there is anyhting else I may have left out, please let me know.
So here is the situation, and I will try to explain the best I can. I have 2 guitars, an S-series IBanez "S2075 bobinga top", which has a rosewood fingerboard. Also, I recently purchased one of these new BC Rich Exotic CLassic Mockingbird with a Koa top, ebony fingerboard, "BTW, if you get a chance to play one of these, they are quite the player, beautiful guitar. The Ibanez is a bolt on, as you would know, and the BC Rich is a neck through.
Ok, So I purchased a new set of pickups for the Ibanez, as those crappy IBZ/Dimarzios are just pure junk, in my opinion. The guitar has a hum-sing-hum setup, so I went with:
DUncan Invader in the bridge
Cool Rail in the middle
59 in the neck
I am getting some awesome tones, and the versitilty is wonderful throughout these pickups, especially with the cool rail and invader together with lots of distortion, and the cool rail with the 59, on a clean channel together. THe Cool rail I thought really puts this setup over nicely.
Anyway, my only concern, which I am not sure is a concern at all, is the output while doing 2 handed tapping. I feel no matter what pickup is used, the 2 handed tapping just sounds, well, dead. The notes are barely noticeable, unless you tap really hard, and even then, it doesnt sound that great. That is my only complaint, and concern. I thought having such a high output pickup as an invader in the bridge, 2 handed tapping would be screaming, but it really does not.
The guy that set up the guitar has the invader and the 59 about flush with the pickup frame, and the cool rail is pretty high. He said he set this up like this because the 2 invader and 59 are a lot louder, so this would keep all the volumes the same, when switching between pickups. Does this sound about right?
Now, my BC Rich, which comes with a new brand of pickups, "Rockfield Mafias", actually screams when I am 2 handed tapping on the guitar. The tone itself is not to shabby either on them, but of course not as versitile as the ibanez is now.
So, basically my question is, does this sound about right to you pickup experts? Should I not be getting such great highs fingertapping on the ibanez with this setup, because of the type of pickups I went with, or does something sound wrong?
Again, I am more than happy with the tones, and I am just kinda nitpicking, as I really dont do much tapping myself, but when I do, the tone just hurt the ears a bit
.Thanks all in advance for any help, and if there is anyhting else I may have left out, please let me know.
