I know stuff like this has been asked alot but...

I made a guitar body out of mahogany and am wondering which pickups would sound good in it in your opinion. I've always liked EMGs because of their tight low end and high output but I don't want to limit the mahogany's tone. I have never really used passives much. What are the tightest and highest output passives? Considering Dimarzio Evolution, X2N, SD JB. Any suggestions? Thanks.

I think the JB sounds awesome in a mahogony bodied guitar.

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The Duncan Custom has a tight bottom end and loads of crunch. It has a lower-mid spike. The JB has a more spongey bottom end and an upper-mid spike. I reckon the JB has a more full sound, and it's more expressive when it comes to solo's.

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i think seymore duncans would go best with mohagany body. becuase thats what sounds best with Lp's and those are mohagany bodies

If you want to hear the influence of the Mahogany, go with the Seymour Duncans they mentioned, or maybe a DiMarzio of some sort.........


.......if you use an EMG you might as well have made the guitar out of plywood.....

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you must have a dildo crammed in your ear if you can't hear a difference between a plywood guitar with emg's and a mahogany guitar with emg's. all other specs the same.

sure actives are "sterile" and more "isolated" in their sound. but that doesnt mean you can have a shitty wal-mart first act fitted with emg's and it's just gonna sound the same as a custom built ran soloist style guitar.

and for the passive realm. there are other great pickups other than duncans and dimarzios.

most of the metal i listen too probably has active pickups in it. and alot of it sounds fucking amazing. why? because they are good pickups in good guitars, used buy good musicians, in a good studio, ect....

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The woods used will still have an affect on the sustain and other variables.. but not so much the tone when used with EMG's.

Of course there will be subtle differences.. but not so much as a Passive.

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Thanks guys. I'll probably get a JB. Can you recommend a good neck PU. Something good for nice warm cleans and melodic solos. Something like an Air Norton? Jazz? 59? Thank you much.

Jazz or 59. I haven't heard them enough to state the differences. There's probably tonnes of clips at the seymour duncan user forums.

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