Hello all.
I'm in the process of fixing up my Jem90HAM. She's been stripped of her pickguard and pickups for 2 major reasons. The chrome guard didn't really agree that much with the humidity level in the tropical climate of Singapore. It's tarnished beyond belief. Secondly I didn't like the sound of EVO pickups, way too harsh and lacking in dynamics and midrange for my tastes.
Since then I've removed the pickguard and sold of the pre-existing pickups. I've got a local metal works company to custom a stainless steel pickguard for me. I checked out online retailers but their prices were way too steep!
I'm right now looking for a good pickup combination for the 90th. I'm quite used to the dual PAF Pro setup of my floral. It's really sweet sounding and has a load of midrange in it. But I do want another type of tonality for my other axe, no point having 2 identical sounding guitars other than the differences in wood.
Prices for Dimarzios here have increased sharply. My local retailer lists them at $169 Singapore dollars! With a discount I can get them for about $130! Back in the day they retailed for 90 bucks a pup!
I have another option open to me and that is to get them shipped from America Via my uncle who lives in New Jersey. He lives in a place called Edison or something like that.
I need some help on two issues. Firstly, what pickup combination do you guys recommend? I'm looking for smooth mids and bass in the neck pup, but I don't want a bass/mid ****fest to the point that I can't even hear the dynamics of my pick strokes. For the bridge pickup I want some hot and heavy but not to the point whereby which it totally over shadows the neck pup. I heard that there's a new evolution pickup out, also can I have some opinions on how a Breed setup would go with an alder body?
Secondly can anyone in Jersey tell me local prices for Dimarzio pickups, as well as phone numbers and addresses of the stores which carry them.
Thanks a million guys!
I really appreciate it!
Christopher.