Hello. I recently bought an Ibanez RG471 and am contemplating replacing some or all of the pickups. I have read some very poor reviews on the Infinity pickups that it came with which say they are average and should be replaced. Seems you can get a decent Humbucker online for around $60-90 so I think it's a no-brainer to swap em out, though I lack the knowledge to pick good ones to replace them with. I love the guitar, the action, size, look and feel so I know I will be keeping it. I am somewhat of a new player, and haven't got much expirience with pickups. I play mostly metal or rock, and play nearly exlusively on the bridge pickup but do like versatillity. I will sometimes just start playing Pink Floyd, Chili Peppers, Skynyrd or The Killers, so I don't want a guitar that's only good for metal. I realise that it may not be possible to get all these tones out of a single guitar but I'd like to be able to come close if possible. My old one was given to me, had active Seymour Duncans and really was just too hot to do anything but metal(would distort even a clean channel unless bridge PUP was totally turned off).
I am not certain yet if I want to bother replacing all 3 since I rarely use the Neck and center one. What are the drawbacks of only replacing the bridge humbucker(if any). What about both Humbuckers but not the single coil? What do you guys think about active vs. passive? I'd be playing through a Peavey Vypyr Tube 60w and I think i recall reading that Active PUPs are bad with modelling amps, but I am not sure. Anyway if this is the wrong forum please move or delete, I saw no other forums that seems better suited. Thanks for your time guys.
