darky Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 Hello, im thinking about improving my guitar, and its to ask your opinion about what pickups should i buy. i will use the guitar mainly for hard-rock/metal stuff, so what pickups are good to this styles. this is a cheap guitar, so i wont spend too much money on the pickups... so good and cheap thx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted February 13, 2007 Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 what size pickups do you have now humbuckers or single coils...p90's maybe....without that info no one can offer advice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darky Posted February 13, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 13, 2007 i have one humbucker in the bridge, and then 2 single coils. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cherokee6 Posted February 14, 2007 Report Share Posted February 14, 2007 Motherbuckers from Mighty Mite are an inexpensive, yet quality pickup which adapts well for metal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUITARGOD Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 I just reshaped a BC Rich copy and ordered some Damarzio 158 & 159's those Steve V. things and I had no clue about the "F-size or Regular-size" until after I ordered the things and now I find that my bridge is the wide style (2.1") which should have the F-size which I did not order!? Have any of you really noticed a difference in the sound between the two on such a set-up? I can always send them back and exchange but if there's no need I'd rather not, what are your thoughts guys? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spazzyone Posted March 12, 2007 Report Share Posted March 12, 2007 im retarted in the fact i prefer standard gibson spacing on my floyd equiped guitars (wich is all of them) the reason being if they were f-spaced then when i bend im pushing the string away from the pole peice where as gibson spaced i bend into them and i only use duncan jb's/pearly gates models retarted yes i am...does it make a differance to my ear yes to other people probbably not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crafty Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 I can't hear a difference between F-spaced and non-F-spaced humbuckers. Then again, I'm not Eric Johnson, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUITARGOD Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Thank you gentelmen for your input. I ended up sending them back to get the F-size anyway, it would have bugged the crap out of me if i hadn't. There's time I have a visible seam on the top so I have to sand the damn thing down again anyway. This is the first rebuild I've ever done and I want it to be right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 Ummm. What amp are you using - ie. solid state or valve? This makes a huge difference IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUITARGOD Posted March 13, 2007 Report Share Posted March 13, 2007 In the studio I use a little solid state thing with a valve preamp into that (single 12), but for pleasure i use a valve preamp into a Mesa Boogie 50/50 tube amp which has way biger balls (four 12's). This guitar will be used on both setups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 My choice would be something a little hotter like EMGs to drive the front end a little. I've had awesome tones out of Tone Zones, Super Distortions, EMG81/60s, etc. I would agree on Motherbuckers also. Hot and ballsy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUITARGOD Posted March 14, 2007 Report Share Posted March 14, 2007 (edited) Well i did some reading on several kinds of pickups including the EMGs and from what I read i went with the Dimarzios although they all sounded tempting. And the guy that's helping me with this project has and older guitar that has Dimarzios in it, old ones, and the thing cooks so from what limited info i had i went with it. And it's too late to change now unless it's not what i want when it's done then I may change pickups in it but the info sounds like this will work good....we'll see i guess. This is the first time we've done a guitar and we're both liking it so much we've been hitting the pawn shops looking for another victom! hahaha Edited March 14, 2007 by GUITARGOD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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