Ive been wanting to get something similar to Mark Tremonti's tone or something similar to all the Alter Bridge stuff. Im using a craftsman les paul from city music. ive been thinking of getting Duncan Alnico Pro II for the nexk and Dimarzio distortion for the bridge, do u guys thik mixing brands is a good idea or not? im very open to suggestions.
Recommend me pick-ups
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stillwater
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Not sure about that... might hear the difference in output significantly
PRS Tremonti pickups? they'll set u back at least $300+. Or you could get the Gibson 500T and 498R, supposedly its the pickup Tremonti liked but PRS overwounds it. Or you could do with ceramic pickups generally, my guess is Tremonti uses ceramics for that distinct bright chunky and hot tone. that of course is my humble opinion. 
serialninja
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i heard the tremonti pickups are Gibson 500Ts. actually i heard that they don't do anything to the pickups, they just get them from Gibson and throw them on the Tremonti and call them Tremonti bridge pickups.
Schecters with maple caps are pretty similar to PRSes so if you had one with a 500T in the bridge you'd probably be about half way to getting his sound.
Schecters with maple caps are pretty similar to PRSes so if you had one with a 500T in the bridge you'd probably be about half way to getting his sound.
Can anybody also comment on the alnico pro II and the duncan blues hmbucker(bluesbucker i believe). i only thought about the alnico becuase slash uses it but maybe im loking for a bluesy clean sound. If anybody has any suggestions on any good bridge pick-ups that make a good distorted sound please say it.
can't be, i measured the resistance for the 500T and the Tremonti pickups before, both were different, i think the Tremonti pickups were wired hotter than the 500T. Tremonti used to use the Gibson 500T until PRS offered to build him a signature, Tremonti pups are jus overwound 500T. You can get the pickups from any Gibson Les Paul Classic, stock on them.
Why not go Dimarzio X2N in bridge and neck? :twisted:
You got a Les Paul guitar, which I presume its Mahogany... which means a slightly darker, FATTER, mid-dier tone... which would translate on the X2N into a CRUSHING tone. Not like sterile hi gain EMGs but you will retain the guitar's character... plus you get a nice clean tone, and really nice split tones.
You got a Les Paul guitar, which I presume its Mahogany... which means a slightly darker, FATTER, mid-dier tone... which would translate on the X2N into a CRUSHING tone. Not like sterile hi gain EMGs but you will retain the guitar's character... plus you get a nice clean tone, and really nice split tones.
I just looked at something, the duncan distortion. Mark tremonti uses a mesa for his highs and an uber for his lows. im trying to sfind a similar approach because my amp settings are
bass-10
mids-5
treble-7
sometimes when im distorted i cant hear the treble because of hte bass. im hoping pick-ups can fix this so alnicos and duncan distortion is on my priority list. if anybody knows how to fix my current problem with the drowning trebles please reply
bass-10
mids-5
treble-7
sometimes when im distorted i cant hear the treble because of hte bass. im hoping pick-ups can fix this so alnicos and duncan distortion is on my priority list. if anybody knows how to fix my current problem with the drowning trebles please reply
