pickgard mounted pickups UV777BK...or direct mounting rg7

[ibanez7addict]

do you prefer the pickups mounted on the pickgard as on the UV777BK ,or direct mounted pickups (as rg 7620 rg2027xvv...) ???

[Anders_destium]

Direct mounted by a mile

It sounds better, and installing pups on a pickguard is a very irritating job. Not that I would change the pups on a UV, but on my RG2027x the actual fitting was easy-peasy. The wiring, that's a whole different story with piezo-equiped guitars...

I like the look of a guitar with direct mounted pups better than the look of a guitar with a pick-guard, but that's personal (just like the rest I said, well D'oh!)

[bpd111]

Originally Posted by Anders_destium

Direct mounted by a mile

I like the look of a guitar with direct mounted pups better than the look of a guitar with a pick-guard, but that's personal

Ditto. My dream jem would not have a pickguard... Don't like them.

[ibanez7addict]

This is my opinion too ...
and i don t understand why such amazing guitars have pickups mounted on this pickgard .

The sound should be much better on a UNIVERSE or JEM with the pickups direct mounted,don t know why ibanez doesn t make them like that?

[Ekim]

As much tone as Vai gets now, I guess he doesn't like/need them. Plus, I would think it's easier to fix a defective pickguard than stripped wood. But I too would like to know the rationale here. Are there any direct-mounted JEMs?

[Anders_destium]

The newer floral patterns are direct mounted. I don't know about the rest...

[ibanez7addict]

ibanez should do direct mounted pickups , and a pickgard that wouldn t hold the pickups.
it would be easy to do , and would probably cost less (no need to put pickups on it ).

the jem bfp was direct mounted too.

[Anders_destium]

my bfp isn't (I wish it was )

[ibanez7addict]

you mean that this thing is not direct mounted ???
http://www2.serveur4u.com/jnogier/IBA-JemFloral.jpg

would be possible to make it direct mounted , don t you think?

[Anders_destium]

I'm 110% sure that my BFP is NOT direct-mounted, I don't know about others

Maybe they started directmounting them in 1993 or 1994...


Because I'm such a lousy photographer you can see it clearly on this pic (check the right screw on the neck hum) :

[ibanez7addict]

yeah i believe what you say , it is your guitar ....

i was sure that the bfp was a direct mounted , that s why i was surprised.

[Anders_destium]

When I bought mine I didn't know that there were direct-mounted ones as well, I would have preferred one of those

[ibanez7addict]

you have a very beautiful ibanez7 too ...i like it .