yahilltrade Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 (edited) alright so i just picked up a nice SG supreme from my friend...black to white fade...preatty slick...but its got no pickups in it....now i have a pair of dizmario super dis. buckers but i want something with real tone...i was thinking should i put a emg/neck dizmario/bridge? should i go with a full set of emgs? help guys? my old set up was a set of Seymor Duncan buckers and it served me well, but now i have my SG and i wanna shred it with nice tone to my dis. thanks guys, bax Edited March 1, 2006 by yahilltrade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitefly SA Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 i'd go with DiMarzios Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted March 1, 2006 Report Share Posted March 1, 2006 (edited) DiMarzio Super Distortion/Super 2 in the neck would be a good combo. Mixing active and passive pickups is not usually a good idea, you get a drastic change in volume. Edited March 1, 2006 by JohnA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yahilltrade Posted March 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 yeah i wasnt really considering the active/non it was just a thought....im probley just going to end up using a full set of gibson 57's any idea's on that one? bax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikhailgtrski Posted March 3, 2006 Report Share Posted March 3, 2006 Just me, but I prefer a PAF-type humbucker... IMO you can generally achieve a better tone with a medium-output p/u, and getting your overdrive from the amp vs. slamming the front end of the amp with a hot pickup. But it depends on how good your amp is and what sound you're going for. If you like lots of preamp distortion (bees in a tin can ) then I don't think your pickup choice is all that critical, something hot to drive the preamp harder is all you need. The best tone to my ears is a PAF into a non-gainy tube preamp, pushing a tube power amp into glorious power tube distortion. This might help you choose if you go for the PAFs: PAF pickup review Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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