I wanted some other people's opinions, and some users of these pickups to chime in.
Okay, the deal is this: getting a new guitar soon. It's mahogany bodied, maple neck, rosewood fret board, double humbucker wraparound bridge style guitar (Ibanez). I will be using this guitar to play METAL. I already have a great guitar for clean sounds. Whether or not the pickups you reccomend have a good clean sound is irrelevant to me.
The bridge pickup needs to have a well defined 'chunk', and a precise sound where the notes don't smear together under heavy distortion. Probably have a high midrange response, but I am flexable, as long as it has that sound. I want the neck pickup to have a smooth sound, like Satriani or Vai, where it sounds real natural and legato. I want a bright neck pickup. No Air Nortons.
The combos I was considering are:
X2N/PAF Pro
Steve's Special/PAF Joe
SD Full Shred/PAF Joe
I'd love to hear your feedback on these combos, or your suggestions for others.
ALSO: No suggestions for EMG's. If I decide to get those, I already know what combo I want.
thx This is really long, but please respond.
I hope this is the right place to put this...