what pickups sound good in an alder body jackson

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hey,
i was wondering all your suggestions on replacing the duncan designed bridge humbucker and the middle single coil. i already have a sustainiac pu in the neck so id like the middle single coil to have a warm humbucker sound for lead work. The guitar has an alder body

 

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sorry i should have mentioned that im mainly into metal. stuff like opeth and arch enemy. the guitar is a jackson dk2s. thanks again.

 

[pinto79]

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The DiMarzio Evolution was designed for an Alder Bodied Ibanez Jem... but it's not overly warm... the Breed is a good, warm, relatively high output pup...

 

[Zerberus]

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I´d try a duncan Custom or Distortion at the bridge and either a Cool rails or a Hotrails at the neck (or rather middle), depending on which exact flavor you want..... both setups will kill people

 

[Reckless Abandon]

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JB or distortion

 

[Imp]

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alder body? i'll go with zerb's thoughts, except i reckon the hotrail would be a bit muddy in the middle? i'd go with cool rail

tom

 

[mariuss]

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I have the JBb and CRn in my DK2. Couldn't be more happy!:dance:

 

[JacksonMIA]

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There aren't many people who know more about playing metal with a Jackson than Zerb does. I'd start with those. The JB is good (I've got it in mine) but it can be a bit ice picky in the wrong amp. I have a custom custom/HR/CR in my Peavey (poplar body) and I think with the ceramic magnet of the custom, that combo should scream in your guitar.

 

[ads81]

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thanks guys.

how about a full shred. what is your opinion of them?

 

[theodie]

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Personally I like the Full Shred but, the custom is my all around favorite!!!!

 

[AmpliFIRE]

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Custom all the way!

 

[Burkwieser]

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Distortion

 

[ads81]

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i finally ordered a JB today. Then thought id come back and check this thread. maybe i should have gone for the custom or distortion. The Jb is a very versitile pick thou isnt it?

 

[Robert Delahunt]

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hey,
i was wondering all your suggestions on replacing the duncan designed bridge humbucker and the middle single coil. i already have a sustainiac pu in the neck so id like the middle single coil to have a warm humbucker sound for lead work. The guitar has an alder body

Uh, you're into metal, and it's alder bodied? Alder is (according to Warmoth) the most balanced, so I'd look at a distortion bridge or Custom bridge (if you're into nu-metal) or JB (if you want 80s / 90s / deftones metal).

As for the middle, a vintage staggered (if you want any clean tones at all) or a JB Junior middle. I'm assuming you have a rosewood fretboard. Yes, I just read what the tone wizard said, but I trust it after I put the Hot Rodded combo pickups in my ESP.

 

[JacksonMIA]

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The Jb is a very versitile pick thou isnt it?

VERY versatile. There's a reason it's Duncan's best selling humbucker. It works for some people, not at all for others. You'll just have to try it.