Hey guys,
I'm thinking about buying the AT-1 pickup (or maybe the Gravity Storm, as suggested to me by DiMarzio) but I have no idea about which neck pickup would compliment it.
My guitar is an Ibanez SZ520FM (mahagony body, maple top, set-in mahagony neck with rosewood fretboard and a string through body style bridge) and it currently has a Rio Grande set (Texas/BBQ) installed in it with a coil split pot for each one (I mostly play my neck pickup when it's split and my bridge when it isn't). My amp is a Laney IRT Studio and I'm using a Jet City 112 cab. The tone I'm after is something like Andy Timmons has which is full but not too dark and beautiful harmonics. I'm playing my amp with very low gain, bass and mids are just over halfway and treble is about 10-11 o'clock.
Do you think that switching pickups will help me get where I want considering my equipment? Which one of the bridge pickups I mentioned will fit me better? And what neck pickup should I look for? I'm looking for clear, bright tone (should I aim for that tone when splitting/parallel and for a fatter tone when in series?)
Sorry for that overwhelmingly long post and thanks alot
Edit:
I just found the Air Classic Neck and it's clear while not too bright. what do you guys say? Maybe even the Air Classic Bridge as a neck pickup? Also, any ideas for pickups from other brands?