Members zoomzilla Posted April 6, 2008 Members Share Posted April 6, 2008 Gibson Dirty Fingers are really close to the 500T in regards to output. Personally I love mine, but it depends on taste. Based on what you asked for the DF's are killer, but there are other manufacturers who make some nice stuff as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ericwylde Posted April 6, 2008 Members Share Posted April 6, 2008 bare knuckle ceramic warpig, n00b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Agreed Posted April 6, 2008 Members Share Posted April 6, 2008 Here's my combo, in a mahogany-bodied maple-necked explorer style guitar.GFS Crunchy Rails in the bridge, Dream 180 in the neck. I had your exact needs in a pickup combination, and decided on these. Here are the only clips I have, and they're okay but I have been meaning to record better examples since I got new mics in. Expect slop (both in the playing and in the mix), it's just a scratch pad recording after all.Lead toneRhythm tone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 3 Headed Moses Posted April 6, 2008 Members Share Posted April 6, 2008 The Invader won't work in mahogany.I know it works well in maple though. Why not? It seemed to work great for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted April 7, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Here's my combo, in a mahogany-bodied maple-necked explorer style guitar. GFS Crunchy Rails in the bridge, Dream 180 in the neck. I had your exact needs in a pickup combination, and decided on these. Here are the only clips I have, and they're okay but I have been meaning to record better examples since I got new mics in. Expect slop (both in the playing and in the mix), it's just a scratch pad recording after all. Lead tone Rhythm tone Thanks for those clips mate. I'll have to check them out later though (stuck in the office right now). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Say Ocean Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 JB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Herald of Light Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Have you played the guitar? It helps just a wee bit to know the guitar itself, rather than generalize about woods. Wood comes from trees. Trees grow all over the place and they're all different. I have a mahogany guitar that is VERY bright. Just pointing that out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted April 7, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 ya the Full shred isnt to hot. Which when coupled with the Mark IV which i believe he uses, will make it nice, tight and articulate. I allwas liked lower output pick ups with high gain ampsYep, I use a Mesa/Boogie MarkIV & an Engl Fireball (simultaneously). Both have incredible amounts of gain.But yet also, I use my volume control a lot to vary the gain. In fact I turn it right up for solo boosts, and back it off slightly for rhythm tones, which is why I'd like it to be fairly high output.Although, the KEY factors are tight and articulate, as you described. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted April 7, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Have you played the guitar? It helps just a wee bit to know the guitar itself, rather than generalize about woods. Wood comes from trees. Trees grow all over the place and they're all different. I have a mahogany guitar that is VERY bright. Just pointing that out...I haven't thought of that before. Thanks for bringing that up.No, I haven't actually played the guitar yet. I won't get to until Thursday at least, and by then it might have been sold (hopefully not though). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted April 7, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Why not? It seemed to work great for me. I've been told they sound muddy together. I guess in your case, that particular piece of mahogany sounds fairly bright (going by Herald of Light's advice), so therefore it worked out well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fender Picker Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 I just got the Seymour Duncan Alternative 8 for my Gibson SG Special. I'll try to finish it this week. FP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheGrimReefer Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 +1 on the Bare Knuckle recommendations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TornadoOfSouls Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Seymour Duncan Mustaine Live Wires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members OverDriven Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 In my EC-1000, I have a Dimarzio Megadrive in the bridge and Humbucker from Hell in the neck. I don't think you'll find a better combo. Both pickups sound AMAZING and offer extreme versatility. Check the clips in the link in my sig to hear it. Most are the bridge, but the "waves" clip is with both humbuckers on. I'll do a clean clip for you as soon as I can. The Humbucker from Hell is absolutely amazing clean. The closest you'll get to a single coil sound in a humbucker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CGord Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Use the EMG's for awhile before spending any money on pups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Zeppelin Rules Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 +1 on teh X2N Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members deadwrong666 Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 I ripped out a {censored}ty bill lawrence pup and installed a Dimarzio Dactivator......much better! I have been playing through a pod xt through moniters and EMGs suck with that. EMGs were great with my 5150 when I had that..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shredbadtone Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Plus a billion for the Humbucker from Hell in the neck position. Don't let the name fool you thinking is some monster metal pickup. Wonderful clean tones and great for smooth leads. I love that {censored}ing thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GodBlessTexas Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Dimarzio Evolution in the bridge and Duncan Jazz in the neck. I normally dislike the Evo, but I just put one in the bridge of my mahogany super strat, and I'm in love with it again after contemplating feeding it to a wood chipper because it sounded flubby and undefined. It sounds KILLER with the Mark IV. And the Jazz would be a great neck pickup for what you seem to be after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sinnerx96 Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 I love pickup threads Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted April 7, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 I think I'll definitely go for the SD Jazz, going by all your reccomendations. In fact (as I said already), I already have a Seymour Duncan SH-2 Jazz, but I wasn't sure that it would work well with mahogany. It seems though that it will .The bridge pickup on the other hand, man there seems to be heaps of options that are all excellent. It's a bit mind-boggling, but I am truly grateful for all of the suggestions being put forward, plus the example sound clips. Thanks guys! In a few days I'll be back home (and no internet blocking) so I can check out the clips to my heart's content! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nakedzen Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 I'd guess you already have enough suggestions to make you confused, so here's more: Lundgren pickups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jjblacksheep Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 Anderson H2+ or H3+ (I went with H2+) paired with H1- in the neck. I went that route in my mahogany and it kills. Look around on Ebay for some used. Rio Grande would do you right too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -=Diz-Tortion=- Posted April 7, 2008 Members Share Posted April 7, 2008 whats wrong with emgs???????? too dirty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members petejt Posted April 9, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 9, 2008 I'd guess you already have enough suggestions to make you confused, so here's more: Lundgren pickups Even though I am confused, bring 'em on man! Seriously, I appreciate it, thanks, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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