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The Pickup Place / Re: Pickup Recommendation

« on: October 05, 2016, 04:56:45 AM »

Does the d'activator have a good amount of clarity? Which pickup would you think is more worth it. In other words. Does the titan with tighter focus and super clarity outway the little extra distortion and thrash power of the d'activator?

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The Pickup Place / Pickup Recommendation

« on: October 05, 2016, 02:41:08 AM »

Easiest way to describe my style is Sylosis rhythm playing with some erra type slides/string skipping. I tend to lean more towards the thrashy palm muted rhythm playing of sylosis but I do throw in some djenty style runs in my writing. I need the pickup articulate with seperation enough for both of these styles but too articulate with no crunch or bite is just as bad. I'm really leaning towards the titan set, but I've also considered the d'activator (or x, don't know which is better), x2n, and Seymour Duncan alternative 8. any opinions would really help. Thanks

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The Pickup Place / Pickup Recommendation

« on: October 05, 2016, 02:40:35 AM »

Easiest way to describe my style is Sylosis rhythm playing with some erra type slides/string skipping. I tend to lean more towards the thrashy palm muted rhythm playing of sylosis but I do throw in some djenty style runs in my writing. I need the pickup articulate with seperation enough for both of these styles but too articulate with no crunch or bite is just as bad. I'm really leaning towards the titan set, but I've also considered the d'activator (or x, don't know which is better), x2n, and Seymour Duncan alternative 8. any opinions would really help. Thanks

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The Pickup Place / Pickup Recommendation

« on: October 05, 2016, 02:39:15 AM »

Easiest way to describe my style is Sylosis rhythm playing with some erra type slides/string skipping. I tend to lean more towards the thrashy palm muted rhythm playing of sylosis but I do throw in some djenty style runs in my writing. I need the pickup articulate with seperation enough for both of these styles but too articulate with no crunch or bite is just as bad. I'm really leaning towards the titan set, but I've also considered the d'activator (or x, don't know which is better), x2n, and Seymour Duncan alternative 8. any opinions would really help. Thanks

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The Pickup Place / Re: X2N vs Dactivator X

« on: October 03, 2016, 04:41:24 AM »

The original pickups I were looking at were

Seymour Duncan : alternative 8, nazgul, Pegasus, and JB
Dimarzio : Crunch Lab, Evo, Evo2

I know tone comes first but I prefer the look and customization of dimarzio's. I also heard they sound better in basswood than SD's.

Any experience or opinion on any of these pickups?

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The Pickup Place / X2N vs Dactivator X

« on: October 03, 2016, 12:05:27 AM »

So i'm looking to replace my crappy stock v7/v8 pickups in my Ibanez rg. I was wondering if anyone had any personal insight into each of these pickups. I'm looking for sylosis style riffing and rhythm playing. Need the low end heavy and distorted while still retaining articulation. Will the X2N provide enough power for the brootal? lol. Or would the X be better because it has a higher bass/lower treble. Thanks

(basswood body) - Running the rg through a blackstar ht-5rh and 4x12 cabinet.