Which Pickups?

[Pecan]

The guitar I'm looking at, the Godin LG signature has a jazz model pickup and a custom custom. I picked this guitar out mainly because it has a mahogony body and already has decent pickups. I mainly play rock lightly infulenced by blues and jazz, but i also have to be able to play classic metal like iron maiden and heavy rock. Can the pickups in that guitar do all those genres? I mainly need good rock infulenced by blues, but i'd like to fuse metal and blues together as well and my band enjoys playing heavy rock. If those pickups aren't that versatile can you suggest any other pickups for it, i'd prefer using passive cause i dont know much about installing actives but i can always learn. Also what about mixing the seymour jazz pickup with an EMG?

 

[Benjy_26]

Re: Which Pickups?

I think you'll do fine with the pickups that come in that guitar. If you aren't completely satisfied with the sounds you're geting from them, you might just swap the bridge pickup's magnet with the neck pickup's magnet. this will turn your bridge pickup into a C5 (great all around bridge pickup) and the neck pickup into something vaguely close to an APH.

 

[Pecan]

Re: Which Pickups?

sounds good. also i've never actualy played a mahogony guitar that has decent pickups. Whats the differance between alder, ash, basewood and so on?
Sorry for all the questions but this is the first decent guitar i'm buying and i want it perfect without spendin a les paul price tag.