Question regarding Pickups

VaiSteve

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Hey man. I've got a Ibanez RG550EX. With stock pickups. Was thinking of changing to Seymour Duncan's HotRails. However my guitar is a H/S/H config. Any substitude for Hotrails with a humbucker? I mean HotRails itself, is a Humbucker but uses only a single coil slot. And i usually use the Neck and Bridge pickups. Any recommendations on pickups that has the same tone with HotRails? And is a humbucker? Appreciate the help thanks.
 
head to seymur duncan website ...
there is alot that u can choose...For example
JB,59 maybe even a Fullshred..
 
the Hot Rails is the resident pickup in my Telecaster, it's not too diff from the strat version, both are champions of bottom end chugs.

the closest full sized humbucking equivalent is the Invader but the latter has more appreciable mids. this i have in my Ibanez S540 & it's a deep, dark beast. i am of the opinion that it's atrotious in the neck, it's muddy at the upper frets.
 
Ibanez guitar is normally suited for heavy metal music...may i suggest u look under D'Marzio pick up selection.....there r great pick up over there...! :wink:
 
somehow i expected the Dimarzio-Ibanez pairing to be mentioned, it's inevitable anyway. but let this not be the rule of thumb, the Dimarzio gets lots of Ibanez endorser's thumbs up, Vai & Satch among others. but it may not give you what you wanna hear. even one of Satch's Chrome Boy has a Duncan Pearly Gates in there, so it's all about getting what you wanna here which should transcend the brand name limitations.

no offence to Dimarzio fans out there, i own Dimarzio pickups as well.
 
HaMLeT said:
Ibanez guitar is normally suited for heavy metal music...may i suggest u look under D'Marzio pick up selection.....there r great pick up over there...! :wink:

Even the Ibanez George Benson & Pat Metheny models? :mrgreen:
 
Vaisteve mention Ibanez of RG series...which if u check on ibanez website it is for heavy metal stuff... :wink:
 
RG for metal stuff, really? Oh darn! i've been using it for fusion stuff, even for blues at times! sick! is there anyway to cure my RG misuse? sick!! :?
 
hi peeps, can anybody recommend pickups suited for single coils strat to give that fatter and hotter tone.

Any selection from Seymour Duncan?
 
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