Hey dudess,
Another query from me today...
For someone who has never played anything but stock pickups I am really confused on all the different combinations and magnets, staggered pole pieces, materials ect!!
very overwhelming...
So, Where do I start? i need to make judgments, I have an Ibanez RG350DX, everything is stock Inf4 (bridge bucker) Inf3 (middle singlecoil) and Inf 3(Neck bucker).
I have not read up on these pups, but compaired to my Tokai les paul, (which are "vintaged voiced") they seem to add a bit more distortion on, but overall seem really muddy?
I have recently bought a new Tele, maybe it's my ears that have gotten used to the clean bell-like single coils, I don't know...
I don't want all of the cheap dudes saying "well for stock they aren't bad" that isn't the answer I'm really looking for...
With all these pups out there... I thought I'd give a company called "Dragonfire" and on a Whim bought a set of these
http://www.dragonfireguitars.com/product_info.php?cPath=124_129&products_id=383
I actually bought a pair of solid green ones, but they where the last pair.
Very sorrry to the "purists" out there that spend god knows how much on "real pickups" that woll scorch me for buying such Peasant-like pups, but I don't have the money, or the skill to enjoy a good pair...
I have heard, that for the price, they are excellent pups, so i thought "hell, why not"
I hope they will be better than my...lets say I hope Im right in saying "bad" stock Infinities...
What branded pups would you guys reccomend for me, I am looking for clarity, I hate with the Ibanez pickups that with gain they sound muddy as F***. also I love that velvety sound of a neck pup, when you play fast and you can hear the pick hitting the strings for that "pop" sound, love it! for a bridge, I hate it too clear, harshness, kind of high's, so not too high, but nice and punchy like someone is grabbing you by the sack...wow what a weird simile...
And for my Tele, I also don't know if I should swap the pups out, because again, I don't know how "real" pups should sound!
I noticed the Neck pup can't take distortion very well... When I put it on medium gain ( I know a Tele isn't for gain but I like it!) blue's rock setting the bass sort of overcomes the pup and the volume goes down... because of all the bass I suppose. I have tweaked amp settings to no avail.
I would also like to say that I know the amp matters more...but I'm not going to go out and buy 10 different amps when I have a Peavey vypyr at 1/200000000 of the price...
On that note, I would like to say, because I have a good modelling amp, I have tweaked around alot, and the muddyness is still present, which leads me to believe it is the pups
Thanks ever so much!!!
Another query from me today...
For someone who has never played anything but stock pickups I am really confused on all the different combinations and magnets, staggered pole pieces, materials ect!!
very overwhelming...
So, Where do I start? i need to make judgments, I have an Ibanez RG350DX, everything is stock Inf4 (bridge bucker) Inf3 (middle singlecoil) and Inf 3(Neck bucker).
I have not read up on these pups, but compaired to my Tokai les paul, (which are "vintaged voiced") they seem to add a bit more distortion on, but overall seem really muddy?
I have recently bought a new Tele, maybe it's my ears that have gotten used to the clean bell-like single coils, I don't know...
I don't want all of the cheap dudes saying "well for stock they aren't bad" that isn't the answer I'm really looking for...
With all these pups out there... I thought I'd give a company called "Dragonfire" and on a Whim bought a set of these
http://www.dragonfireguitars.com/product_info.php?cPath=124_129&products_id=383
I actually bought a pair of solid green ones, but they where the last pair.
Very sorrry to the "purists" out there that spend god knows how much on "real pickups" that woll scorch me for buying such Peasant-like pups, but I don't have the money, or the skill to enjoy a good pair...
I have heard, that for the price, they are excellent pups, so i thought "hell, why not"
I hope they will be better than my...lets say I hope Im right in saying "bad" stock Infinities...
What branded pups would you guys reccomend for me, I am looking for clarity, I hate with the Ibanez pickups that with gain they sound muddy as F***. also I love that velvety sound of a neck pup, when you play fast and you can hear the pick hitting the strings for that "pop" sound, love it! for a bridge, I hate it too clear, harshness, kind of high's, so not too high, but nice and punchy like someone is grabbing you by the sack...wow what a weird simile...
And for my Tele, I also don't know if I should swap the pups out, because again, I don't know how "real" pups should sound!
I noticed the Neck pup can't take distortion very well... When I put it on medium gain ( I know a Tele isn't for gain but I like it!) blue's rock setting the bass sort of overcomes the pup and the volume goes down... because of all the bass I suppose. I have tweaked amp settings to no avail.
I would also like to say that I know the amp matters more...but I'm not going to go out and buy 10 different amps when I have a Peavey vypyr at 1/200000000 of the price...
On that note, I would like to say, because I have a good modelling amp, I have tweaked around alot, and the muddyness is still present, which leads me to believe it is the pups
Thanks ever so much!!!