Members Revelation777 Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 I need a GFS pickup to match the bridge Crunchy Rail that I have. I don't want any AlNiCo II pickups for the neck. As stated in the thread title it's for hard rock & metal so I need something good for solos and cleans. I've narrowed it down to the VEH, Vintage '59, and the Crunchy PAT....I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 I don't think the Vintage '59 will have the output you need - so one of the other 2 might be the way to go. I've heard alot of pretty good stuff about the VEH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Revelation777 Posted February 14, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 I don't think the Vintage '59 will have the output you need - so one of the other 2 might be the way to go. I've heard alot of pretty good stuff about the VEH. It's the one I was thinking I'd end up going with. It has the highest DC resistance which might meanit has the highest output. I mean, it is supposed to be the "Van Halen" pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 I know at least a couple guys on this board have them installed, hopefully they can chime in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members McCain Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 I need a pickup to match the bridge Crunchy Rail that I have. I don't want any of their ceramic or alnico II pickups for the neck. As stated in the thread title it's for hard rock & metal so I need something good for solos and cleans. I've narrowed it down to the VEH, Vintage '59, and the Crunchy PAT....I think. The Crunchy pat is ceramic. Maybe you meant Fat PAT/ http://store.guitarfetish.com/Alnico-Fat-Pat-Boutique-Humbucker-Black_c_66.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xler8ed Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 Originally Posted by Revelation777 I need a pickup to match the bridge Crunchy Rail that I have. I don't want any of their ceramic or alnico II pickups for the neck. As stated in the thread title it's for hard rock & metal so I need something good for solos and cleans. I've narrowed it down to the VEH, Vintage '59, and the Crunchy PAT....I think. I am in the process of installing a crunchy rail in one of my guitars tonight/this morning and I also have a Ibanez RG550 20th Anniversary guitar with GFS pickups. I was looking for the wiring diagram and found this post. My Ibanez RG550DXMMY (yellow) came with pickups that were intended to be replaced as far as I could tell. A year ago I was on a budget having bought a few too many guitars and I bought the GFS Crunchy Rails and Power Rails pickups with the intention of using them in the bridge position of 2 different guitars. I installed the CR pickup in the bridge position of the RG550. It outshined the stock pickup in the neck so much, (and I had no other pickups to try) I installed the power rail in the neck position. Its now has neck a PR and bridge a CR... it's my favorite guitar to play and has been for a year. I have a soloist with EMG 81 in bridge and neck positions as stock and I would say the GFS are not as clear as the EMGs but the setups are so similar I can go from the soloist w/EMGs to the Ibanez with the 2 diff GFS rails and I only have to adjust my amps treble slightly and the volumes match. The power rail actually is a great neck pickup if you like a lot of sustain and both GFS seem to be just as quiet as the EMGs when I need them to be.May sound over the top but its not for high gain tech metal. Also I know the rating specs for the PR are higher than the CR I am going by real installaion and my ears. If I had the money a year ago I would have put EMG 81s in it but now its so tight so I am leaving it as is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fusion1 Posted February 14, 2011 Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 Yeah, I was wondering why the guy was against using a neck Crunchy Rail as it is made to compliment the bridge version. Also I find for metal solos a neck pickup with ceramic works the best, unless you like that thick wooly sound. Cleans aren't that bad either if your amp has a nice clean channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Revelation777 Posted February 14, 2011 Author Members Share Posted February 14, 2011 Well, I still might. The Power rails could be too bass-heavy compared to the Crunchy Rails if/when I move this to the mahogany guitar I plan on getting so it would the Crunchy Rails for sure. I think I've got it down to the VEH or the Crunchy Rails neck then. Thanks guys for your help so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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