hey
i was thinking about putting new pickups im my Epiphone SG this weekend
i was gunna go with the stand ard gibson 57 ones or something
im wondering what a good combonation is
I also heard that you gotta replace a battery in EMG pickups too
but the guy that told me that is a bit of a jackass so iill ask you guys

yes you do have to change the batteries with EMG pick-ups when they run out

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yo i'm changing the pickups in my guitar soon, don't want emgs. i play mainly folk/death/black metal, so something heavy but nothing gay. i'm playing an ibanez RGT42DXFM, and thinking about DiMarzio x2n (bridge) and PAF Pro (Neck), is this what i'm looking for

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Need help with pickup suggestions for a guitar.

The guitar is an Ash Body with a maple neck and fingerboard.
It has a humbucker in the bridge and a single coil in the neck.

I like Evolutions but will it work in this guitar? Also what Single coil can i put in there to match the Evo?

it should work. as for the single coil i would get the malmsteen signature pick up

I was thinking that too.

The guitar is a Strat Plus by the way. I'm converting it to a Shred/heavy-metal Machine by having it refretted with jumbo frets. and replacing the bridge and neck pickups.

Its going to sound amazing, its allready an amazing sounding guitar but i can tell with these mods it will be great.

If you want it to have more of a scaloped feel, which I have come to understand is good for shredding, try using extra jumbo frets, Dunlop 6150 fretwire I think.

Hey i m looking for a neck pickup for my peavey v type (alder body, maple thru neck), I m searching for a pickup that will give me a nice clear defined tone for distorted solos that won't mud up and it has to have real good cleans.

I ve been looking at the dimarzio paf pro, seymour duncan jazz and the sd 59. Which one do u guys reckon is better? many thanks

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They are all good choices I think, but since I prefer DiMarzio over Duncan, I'd say the PAF Pro.

What do you guys think about the Duncan LiveWire Metals? I checked out the website and it says that have really high output. It also says its an 18-volt. That means it requires two 9v batteries one pickup right?

I don't know if anyone here can answer this question really, except the guy that plays for Absence. But does anybody know how good the neck pickups sound on the Caparison horus guitars? The slanted neck minihumbucker pickup?

I'm highly considering getting this guitar, and since i'm nowhere near the supplier of these guitars i can't check the shit out myself.

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I would go for the sd 59




I personally didn't like them the sound like emg's only more "sterile" If you like that go for it. But if you just want a lot of output get an dimarzio X2N. I have one, it will rip your face off. 510 mv output and it has clarity

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The X2Ns are passive pickups right?
I've never tried out active pickups before. Does anybody think that they're worth it? Or are passives the way to go?

If I were you I would go to a local guitar shop and try out a guitar with emg's and a guitar with powerful passives. Active ones are more sterile, passive one compliment the bodywood more and are more "dynamic". Me personally think passives are the way to go. Both type of pickups are good it's just what you think sounds better to you

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That's a great idea, and if I could, I would go check em out right now. But what's fucked up is there aren't any local guitar stores where I live.

I'm thinking about ordering a guitar and I want really good pickups for it.

If you order a guitar and you can't preview it your best chance would be a active pickup 'cause they have their own sound kinda. The type of wood doesn't effect the sound in a way it would be with a passive. And if you worry about battery change, don't. You can play over a year with a battery

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What do you think are the best active pickups out there?
My first choices were the EMG 81 and 85 for the bridge and neck respectively.

And how exactly are batteries located in the guitar? Are they within the pickup and you'd have to open it to replace it? Or are they just placed randomly in the body of the guitar?

emg 81, 85 is an excellent choice.

and the batteries are where there's room in your guitar body. sometimes a cavity is routed for it. sometimes they lie by the input jack. you can put it anywhere

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The other night before band practice my guitar fell over (in its case). When i started playing my axe wouldn't stop feeding back even when you lightly touch the strings and when you touch the screw that adjusts the pickup height it stops feeding back any ideas? (Seymour Duncan Dimebucker)