best pickups for basewood

rob777vdy · #1 01-05-2009, 03:07 PM

evening all.im wanting to change the stock pick-ups in my rg2550z.now then what would you recomend ???.i loved the tone of my 7vwh (sold it).obviously the 7vwh and rg2550z are made from different wood,but how close would the tone be if i put evos in my rg.also was thinking about evo in the bridge and tone-zone in the neck,im open to any suggestions as long as the pickups are di-marzio based.the rg body is basewood and the neck is ibanez prestige.nice one lads

Foulacy · #2 01-05-2009, 03:42 PM

don't put a tone zone in the neck that would sound bad. I have two ibanez's with basswood bodies. one of them is an rg2550e like yours, and it has an emg 81 in the bridge and a 60 in the neck. the other has a seymour duncan custom custom in the bridge and a pearly gates in the neck. all of these pickups sound fantastic imo.

shreddersymphony · #3 01-05-2009, 04:00 PM

For basswood, if you're talking an HH setup, I recommend a Air Norton (neck) / Steve Special (bridge) combo. My hands down faves in a basswood body. Add a coil tap and mmmm. As for singles, the Dimarzio Cruiser sounds great.

EMGs / Duncans in my experience perform best in set-neck/neck-thru guitars. I've never liked EMG humbuckers personally (although I LOVE their DG20 single coil set), but the Duncans I've had in mahogany-bodied set neck guitars have been great (Alnico Pro II, Full Shred, etc).

rob777vdy · #4 01-05-2009, 05:37 PM

nice one lads.i thought about emg's ill bear that in mind.one pickup i wont be using is kent armstrong.i had a cheap jackson years ago and swapped the pickups with these kent armstrongs.absolute rrrrrrrrubbish came highly recommended aswell,i thought not.

brothersnowgone · #5 01-05-2009, 06:48 PM

I'm for the tonezone in the neck

callen3615 · #6 01-05-2009, 07:46 PM

paf pro, i have a evo paf pro rg. its awesome.

rob777vdy · #7 01-05-2009, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by callen3615

paf pro, i have a evo paf pro rg. its awesome.

yeah sounds awsome.but my 777vbk has paf-pros,so was thinking of something that sounds a bit different.

rob777vdy · #8 01-07-2009, 03:19 PM

ok folks ive made my mind up.what do yous think of this,dp193-air norton (neck) dp155-tone zone (bridge) with pink bobbin toppers

teokiatuan · #9 01-07-2009, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by ibanez777vbk

ok folks ive made my mind up.what do yous think of this,dp193-air norton (neck) dp155-tone zone (bridge) with pink bobbin toppers

imo you should go for something different, that combination has been used to death! maybe you might wanna get a more unique sound?

at least that's what i'd do

might wanna consider breeds

Algiman · #10 01-07-2009, 03:35 PM

Why limit yourself to Dimarzios?
If you must, and assuming that you're after a modern sound, the Air Norton/Steve's Special is a great combo. Personally I think the 6 string version of the Evo is horrible in basswood.

rob777vdy · #11 01-07-2009, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by teokiatuan

imo you should go for something different, that combination has been used to death! maybe you might wanna get a more unique sound?

at least that's what i'd do

might wanna consider breeds

i got the idea from jaden's website.yeah breeds are nice pickups

LuredMaul · #12 01-07-2009, 09:38 PM

Evo2 for Basswood

GuiltySparc · #13 01-08-2009, 09:38 AM

I love the PAF Joe (neck) and MoJoe (bridge) in my JS, which is basswood.

TKO Ken · #14 01-09-2009, 06:15 PM

I just got in an Evo2 (br) and a Breed (nk) for my RG. I haven't wired them up yet, hopefully this weekend>

rob777vdy · #15 01-16-2009, 10:48 AM

ok so ive nearly raised enough money to buy new pickups,will have full amount in a week or 2.im torn between breeds h-s-h,but i do rather like the sound of tone zone in the bridge.my style of playing is plenty of pinch harmonics especially on e,a,d strings.i play a lot of whitesnake,bon jovi kinda stuff.which will be best breeds or tone zone ???