[Tone request]: If you have v8/v7 pickups, take a look please

[Supplies]

Hello,
I used to play the guitar a little bit about a decade ago and am seriously getting back into it. I have a request for you guys with v8/v7 pickups.

Ideally it would be nice if you have a line6 POD x3 too because the tones used in the samples I am going to give in the next paragraphs are available publicly through downloadable patches and I don't have a POD x3 yet.

However if you don't have a POD x3 and you can produce tones very close to it can you tell me what amp you're using (maybe the POD x3 has a modeler that can emulate it). If you have a different processor you don't have to list all of the settings, this test I'm trying to perform is just to see if it's possible to make that sound in the first place.

Instead of asking you to learn the full songs I've just picked out short riffs which hopefully won't take more than a few minutes to learn. The 2 tones are from KillrBuckeye on Youtube (I am not him obviously). AFAIK he uses EMG 85/81s in both of his main guitars, so I'm trying to get a direct comparison of those vs the v8/v7s.

I chose him as a source for testing against because he seems to know what he's doing and also supplies the exact settings he used, tab, etc.. Can't really find too many other people who pay that much attention to detail.

The forum is restricting me from posting links (because my post count is < 20), so I'll do my best to make this as painless as possible...

- The 2 songs are hosted on Youtube, and the ID tag is after the "watch?v=" part, so just go to a regular link and then replace everything after the "v=" with the ID tag listed below.

- The files hosted on his site are located at www,killrbuckeye,com. The tabs are under his "Tabulature" section and the POD x3 patches are under his "POD Settings" section.

First sound:
Song ID Tag: 0gnU6ZTN-
[Times: 0:33-0:40, 0:59-1:33, 3:19-3:26]
Tab: "Parkway Drive - Frostbite"
[Tuning in case you don't have TuxGuitar or GP5: C#5, G#4, E4, B3, F#3, B2]
x3 Patch: "KB_PWD-Horizons.l6t"

Second sound:
Song ID Tag: nDhaegA7UJ0
[Times: 0:00-0:10, 0:57-1:29]
Tab: In the first paragraph under "KillrBuckeye - Arrival".
[Tuning in case you don't have TuxGuitar or GP5: D5, A4, F4, C4, G3, C3]
x3 Patch - Clean: "KB_ArrivalClean.l6t"
x3 Patch - Rhythm: "KB_TheRisingRhythm.l6t"
x3 Patch - Lead Dual Tone: "KB_TheRisingLead.l6t"

Can you also include the wood type of your neck, fretboard, and body? Make/model would be nice too. Just post a sound of yourself playing those time frames, or at least your opinion of what it sounds like in comparison to that if you don't have the ability to record yourself.

I'm asking for all of this because:

I've only been playing for about a week or so and I'm not good enough to perform such tests for myself due to a combination of reasons.

My ear isn't good enough yet to mentally ignore the drums/bass/etc. going on in the background (would be great if you could play over those tracks, but isn't necessary), with some practice I can play those riffs above (except for the non-clean part on Arrival most likely heh) but I'm still not sure if I want to replace my pickups or not.

Getting out to the main music supplier here is a pretty big hassle, especially if I have to bring my guitar. When I go I want to be prepared with as much information as possible. Hopefully without the guitar (ie. I would keep the v8/v7s pending the results here).

That and, I'm just curious to see what types of sounds the v8/v7s can produce with a POD x3 in general (or high quality amps that the x3 can model) because I do plan on getting one most likely. Spent quite a bit of time Googling around for this information but it's pretty much not out there. It's just a bunch of people asking around for v8/v7 information but no sounds are associated with the responses.

Thanks.

[corpraider69]

Originally Posted by Supplies

Hello,
I used to play the guitar a little bit about a decade ago and am seriously getting back into it. I have a request for you guys with v8/v7 pickups.

Ideally it would be nice if you have a line6 POD x3 too because the tones used in the samples I am going to give in the next paragraphs are available publicly through downloadable patches and I don't have a POD x3 yet.

However if you don't have a POD x3 and you can produce tones very close to it can you tell me what amp you're using (maybe the POD x3 has a modeler that can emulate it). If you have a different processor you don't have to list all of the settings, this test I'm trying to perform is just to see if it's possible to make that sound in the first place.

Instead of asking you to learn the full songs I've just picked out short riffs which hopefully won't take more than a few minutes to learn. The 2 tones are from KillrBuckeye on Youtube (I am not him obviously). AFAIK he uses EMG 85/81s in both of his main guitars, so I'm trying to get a direct comparison of those vs the v8/v7s.

I chose him as a source for testing against because he seems to know what he's doing and also supplies the exact settings he used, tab, etc.. Can't really find too many other people who pay that much attention to detail.

The forum is restricting me from posting links (because my post count is < 20), so I'll do my best to make this as painless as possible...

- The 2 songs are hosted on Youtube, and the ID tag is after the "watch?v=" part, so just go to a regular link and then replace everything after the "v=" with the ID tag listed below.

- The files hosted on his site are located at www,killrbuckeye,com. The tabs are under his "Tabulature" section and the POD x3 patches are under his "POD Settings" section.

First sound:
Song ID Tag: 0gnU6ZTN-
[Times: 0:33-0:40, 0:59-1:33, 3:19-3:26]
Tab: "Parkway Drive - Frostbite"
[Tuning in case you don't have TuxGuitar or GP5: C#5, G#4, E4, B3, F#3, B2]
x3 Patch: "KB_PWD-Horizons.l6t"

Second sound:
Song ID Tag: nDhaegA7UJ0
[Times: 0:00-0:10, 0:57-1:29]
Tab: In the first paragraph under "KillrBuckeye - Arrival".
[Tuning in case you don't have TuxGuitar or GP5: D5, A4, F4, C4, G3, C3]
x3 Patch - Clean: "KB_ArrivalClean.l6t"
x3 Patch - Rhythm: "KB_TheRisingRhythm.l6t"
x3 Patch - Lead Dual Tone: "KB_TheRisingLead.l6t"

Can you also include the wood type of your neck, fretboard, and body? Make/model would be nice too. Just post a sound of yourself playing those time frames, or at least your opinion of what it sounds like in comparison to that if you don't have the ability to record yourself.

I'm asking for all of this because:

I've only been playing for about a week or so and I'm not good enough to perform such tests for myself due to a combination of reasons.

My ear isn't good enough yet to mentally ignore the drums/bass/etc. going on in the background (would be great if you could play over those tracks, but isn't necessary), with some practice I can play those riffs above (except for the non-clean part on Arrival most likely heh) but I'm still not sure if I want to replace my pickups or not.

Getting out to the main music supplier here is a pretty big hassle, especially if I have to bring my guitar. When I go I want to be prepared with as much information as possible. Hopefully without the guitar (ie. I would keep the v8/v7s pending the results here).

That and, I'm just curious to see what types of sounds the v8/v7s can produce with a POD x3 in general (or high quality amps that the x3 can model) because I do plan on getting one most likely. Spent quite a bit of time Googling around for this information but it's pretty much not out there. It's just a bunch of people asking around for v8/v7 information but no sounds are associated with the responses.

Thanks.

Wow you dont ask for much do you lmao sorry couldn't resist

[Supplies]

It's a lot less than it looks really hah. The patches/tab/setup/etc. is all included in the post.

Installing the patch (30 seconds?).
Looking over the tab (1-5 minutes).
Practicing the riff (unknown time, 2 min - 2 hours depending on skill level?).
Uploading it somewhere (a minute or 2).

Broken down like that we're talking about 5-20 minutes on average.

Might be nice too because then others can actually hear the tones produced on a popular stock pickup on Ibanez guitars and can get a general idea of how they sound compared against EMGs. Of course it will be different (different guitars housing the pickups, different players, etc.) but really some sound is a lot better than no sound.

It's a community request not a personal one (well little bit of both)!