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The Pickup Place / Re: Pickup for stoner doom

« on: March 16, 2017, 10:50:50 PM »

Thanks!

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The Pickup Place / Pickup for stoner doom

« on: March 16, 2017, 12:42:54 PM »

Hello, I've got a 2002 Epiphone Les Paul Standard and I'm looking to replace the bridge pickup. I'd like something more for the doomy/stoner rock type of sounds. Unfortunately, I do not currently own an amp, so I'm going through Bias Fx.

I feel like a PAF styled pickup would work well, but I'm kinda torn between getting an Alnico 2 pickup from a different manufacturer or going with something from Dimarzio. Something that can rock out and clean up would be great.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Need a pickup recommendation for progressive rock

« on: December 20, 2016, 03:24:55 PM »

Yeah, my amp is a Kustom KG210FX. I had to get rid of a lot of my gear recently and I'm trying to get back up to a decent build. I'll need to think about it a bit. The tone of the amp is generally pretty bright, and that may be the main problem, but it's easier and cheaper to replace the pickups vs. an entire amp.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Need a pickup recommendation for progressive rock

« on: December 17, 2016, 02:03:54 AM »

That sounds good, then. The air zone had a little too much last time I used it in a guitar. So, looks like norton and probably 36th in the neck.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Need a pickup recommendation for progressive rock

« on: December 16, 2016, 06:47:51 PM »

what would be the general tone of the norton? i'm fine with a little brightness, but it needs to be balanced out.

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The Pickup Place / Need a pickup recommendation for progressive rock

« on: December 16, 2016, 02:55:35 AM »

I have an Ibanez RG6003FM. Mahogany body, rosewood board, maple neck, flame maple top. I play mostly progressive rock, both classic and modern. The stock pickups (Ibanez Quantums, I think) aren't bad, but they have a certain brightness and brittleness to them. They work great for low tunings, but I would rather stay up in E. I've used the Air Zone before, and was thinking of doing that in the bridge, but I'd like to see other recommendations. I'm open to considering pickups from other companies, as well.

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The Pickup Place / Re: pickup for modern progressive rock

« on: October 03, 2016, 10:18:43 AM »

Yeah, i like the air zone, and the heavy blues 2 sounds like a good option for neck. everyone is recommending that 67 one for yhe middle, so I'll go for that. hopefully it'll sounds good!

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The Pickup Place / Re: pickup for modern progressive rock

« on: October 02, 2016, 08:57:57 PM »

I understand the tone is complex, but I'm trying to find a super versatile combination, and the tone he uses is right about where I'd like to be.

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The Pickup Place / pickup for modern progressive rock

« on: September 30, 2016, 06:44:08 PM »

I have an old '94 Fernandes model, i think it's an AMG-70. Anyway, it's 24 frets, ash body, 3 humbuckers (two of which are strat sized), metal roller nut, and a weird trem unit called the Pin Edge Tremolo or PET. The pickups went out on it and I really want to capture the tone of guitar from modern progressive rock like Steven Wilson/Porcupine Tree and the like. I'm a huge fan of dimarzios and would really like to stay within their products. I need a good full size humbucker, and then two that are strat sized. I was thinking of the d-activator and then two fast track 1s.

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The Pickup Place / Re: Need a little help choosing a new pickup

« on: September 13, 2016, 06:38:37 PM »

Just curious, how versatile is the Titan pickup set?

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The Pickup Place / Re: Need a little help choosing a new pickup

« on: September 10, 2016, 03:27:29 PM »

so, basically no more than a medium output bucker in the bridge, at least for dimarzio pickups?

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The Pickup Place / Need a little help choosing a new pickup

« on: September 10, 2016, 02:35:50 PM »

I wanted to ask your opinion on what a good set pickups would be for my guitar and style. I play an Ibanez ar220 and my style is blues, progressive, and stoner rock. I currently don't own an amp due to harsh financial times, but I am playing through guitar rig 5 on my computer. I know it's not ideal, but it works. My problem with the pickups is that they sound great for cleans and jazzy bluesy sruff, but they don't have a good amount of clarity, definition or drive once I kick the gain on. I want something that keeps the cleanliness but isn't afraid to get a little raunchy and retain the definition heard in the cleans.