Re: Top 10 Pickups
shredaholic said:
Hi guys I'm gonna make a top 10 shred pickups section in the tech corner of my site Shredaholic, and I thought where better to turn to for advice
I was wondering if you guys could reply with what are the best 10 pickups for shred or metal guitar, I'm not too bothered about ranking them, just to find 10 pickups that would suit the style and a sentence or two about each.
Richard
The Bill Lawrence XL500, Great output, dynamics, harmonics Galore, very versatile for all types of music, including shred where it shines the most.
The Seymour Duncan Full Shred, Very tight an focused, This and the XL500 has the best harmonics out of any pickup I have ever played, Very distorted yet clear. It also has certain qualitys I cant put into words.
The Seymour Duncan Distortion, hot and bright.
The Seymour Duncan Custom, in my mind, old reliable. I like the custom for a "base line pickup for shred"
The Seymour Duncan JB, a lead players dream pickup. Great singing quality when bustin out a solo. I personally think its a little too loose on the low strings when playing rythm but, the leads are #1.
The Dimarzio super Distortion, If your want that early to mid 80's metal sound, this is it. I am not much of a Dimarzio fan but, this pickup certainly has a place in rock and roll and metal history.
The Duncan Invader, Super hot and tons of output. It has alot of Bass and mids and loads of crunch. If I were playing rythem in a metal band, this would be the pickup. I personally think that this and the JB are two different spectrums or a Ying and Yang if you will. This for straight rythem and the JB for straight leads.
