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The Pickup Place / Re: Ibanez RG HSH pickup suggestions

« on: January 03, 2018, 09:59:22 PM »

Ok, fair enough. Discussing  the variety of recording methods employed by youtubers for pickup demos is is beyond the scope of the thread, you'll have to take my word when I say I listened to demos recorded at least using an interface.
Can I get pickup suggestions or (constructive) criticism about my chosen pickup combinations?

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The Pickup Place / Re: Ibanez RG HSH pickup suggestions

« on: January 03, 2018, 07:46:29 AM »

Ok.
I currently have the stock Dimarzio/Ibz pickups in my guitar, they get too muddy sometimes, I need clarity, they also are pretty aimed towards 80s style so I need more versatility.

I play in a hard rock band so I need a shred bridge tone, but I am also starting to get into other styles of music, namely fusion so I need decent jazzy and funk cleans.

My setup is fine for what I do (shred) and I don't think the problem's there (Carvin V3m), also has a devent clean channel.

I check both the DiMarzio samples and youtube stuff, I think no one on youtube is dumb enough to record pickup demos on an iPhone, there are pretty good sample sounds on youtube, compression makes ait a bit inaccurate it but I need to listen to the sound from someone other than DiMarzio trying to shove it's products in my face.

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The Pickup Place / Ibanez RG HSH pickup suggestions

« on: January 02, 2018, 01:38:54 PM »

Hello, thank you for helping me.
I have been looking forward to adding new pickups for my Ibanez RG, the DiMarzio/IBZ that came with it just don't cut it anymore.
So far I have come up with these pickup combos basig myself on sound samples and youtube demos:
Combo 1:
Bridge: Air Zone (More versatile tone zone)
Middle: The Chopper (Richie Kotzen Fan, punchier strat?)
Neck: PAF Joe (Jazz-like)
Combo 1:
Bridge: AT-1 (Ballsier air zone?)
Middle: Red Velvet (Strat-Tele hybrid?)
Neck: PAF Joe (Jazz-like)
Allow me to explain the thinking behind my choices: I want a very nice Bridge tone for shred, that also keeps clarity when chording, I also want a decent tone that can pass off as strat-y funky and in the neck I want a nice pickup that can do jazz-like cleans, as far as I know the PAF Joe does this really well.
I will add coil splits too just for added versatility.
Which one would you suggest more? Maybe some other pickups?
Thanks again

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The Pickup Place / Choosing for versatility

« on: May 10, 2015, 09:29:20 AM »

Hello
First let me thank you for all your help in advance!
Now lets cut straight to the chase.
I need some help choosing pickups, I've been looking at a new set for my Epi G-400 custom (That's the triple humbucker one), however I can't decide since this would be my first pickup swap ever!
I'm interested in having a screaming lead tone, like a bareknuckle nailbomb (unfortunately not available where I live, plus to have them shipped would be a fortune), but also I became interested in playing jazz recently, so it would be awesome to have a decent clean tone for that and funk too.
I can't really afford a new guitar now, I'd much rather fix up my old trusty Epi, plan on using coil splits, etc to make it as versatile as I can so it can cover to a fair extent a decent range of styles.
So what are your suggestions?
Thanks for your help again!