What are some good pickups for....

dim3bag|darrell · Post by **dim3bag|darrell** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 7:54 pm

I got a dean MLX phantom and i was wonderin what are some good pickups for it? I already got some really kickass strings for it (Ernie Ball Power Slinkys) but i wanan install the pickups before i put in the strings (duh lol) so please help me fellow pantera fans. I wanna a heavy sound, kinda like a7x sound (even though i hate them >.<)

Dimejandro · Post by **Dimejandro** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 8:59 pm

just get some emg 81 and 85 for an excellent heavy tone. they're active's though. i dont listen to faggotry so i dont know what their tone sounds like.

JesseJames · Post by **JesseJames** » Tue Sep 19, 2006 11:31 pm

tone is in your hands anyway.

Dimejandro · Post by **Dimejandro** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 12:21 am

JesseJames wrote:tone is in your hands anyway.

it starts somewhere my friend

Jefferino · Post by **Jefferino** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 9:29 am

JesseJames wrote:tone is in your hands anyway.

Your right dude- electronics play no role in a persons tone at all...

silverback77 · Post by **silverback77** » Wed Sep 20, 2006 10:06 am

dim3bag|darrell wrote:I got a dean MLX phantom and i was wonderin what are some good pickups for it? I already got some really kickass strings for it (Ernie Ball Power Slinkys) but i wanan install the pickups before i put in the strings (duh lol) so please help me fellow pantera fans. I wanna a heavy sound, kinda like a7x sound (even though i hate them >.<)

EMG 81's & 85's are a good choice, probably the best choice if you want active pickups. Personally, I don't know anyone who can really take advantage of what they offer, so I'd recommend the following passive pickups:

Dimarzio Super 3 at the bridge (info from DiMarzio's webiste): Think of the Super 3â„¢ as a Super DistortionÂ® with more mid-range grind and chopped treble. If you play your amp with scooped mids and intense overdrive, this is your pickup. The Super 3â„¢'s smooth highs allow you to turn up your amp's treble and presence without fear of thinning out your sound, and the crunchy mids ensure you won't get lost in the mix. It's also a great pickup to use with distortion pedals--it drives them hard and allows full use of their tone controls.
Recommended For: The Super 3â„¢ is primarily a bridge position pickup. Specifically designed for solid-bodies; hollow and semi-hollow guitars can be hard to control with warm, high output pickups.

DiMarzio Air Norton: The Air Nortonâ„¢ started out simply to be the Airbuckerâ„¢ version of the NortonÂ®. We thought it would make a distinctive-sounding bridge pickup with high-gain amps, but we soon discovered that itâ€™s a radically neat neck pickup, too. The tone is deep and warm, but not muddy. It's hot, but not distorted. It's even got cool harmonics, which are really unusual for a neck humbucker. The patented Air Nortonâ„¢ magnetic structure reduces string-pull, so sustain is improved; and pick attack and dynamics are tremendously controllable and expressive. Combine the Air Nortonâ„¢ with an Air Zoneâ„¢, The Tone ZoneÂ® or Steve's Specialâ„¢ in the bridge position for a perfect blend of power and tone, or use an Air Nortonâ„¢ in the bridge position with an Air Classicâ„¢ bridge model in the neck position for a distinctive medium-output blues-rock sound.

The advantage of passive pickups is mainly that you never have to worry if your fucking battery is dead or your internal preamp is shot if something sounds weird.

The advantage of the EMGs is that they're shielded internally and are quiet as death itself.

DO MORE RESEARCH YOURSELF because the tone is in EVERY PART OF YOUR SIGNAL CHAIN, including your hands.

JesseJames · Post by **JesseJames** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:09 pm

Jefferino wrote:
JesseJames wrote:tone is in your hands anyway.

Your right dude- electronics play no role in a persons tone at all...

Guess that is why you can play through someone's rig and sound different from what they do.

ssh · Post by **ssh** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:12 pm

JesseJames wrote:
Jefferino wrote:
JesseJames wrote:tone is in your hands anyway.

Your right dude- electronics play no role in a persons tone at all...

Guess that is why you can play through someone's rig and sound different from what they do.

Guess so!

Roz · Post by **Roz** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 8:54 pm

come here often?

BassPhemy · Post by **BassPhemy** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 10:36 pm

JesseJames wrote:
Jefferino wrote:
JesseJames wrote:tone is in your hands anyway.

Your right dude- electronics play no role in a persons tone at all...

Guess that is why you can play through someone's rig and sound different from what they do.

It's true to an extent, but don't kid yourself.

Jefferino · Post by **Jefferino** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 11:28 am

JesseJames wrote:
Jefferino wrote:
JesseJames wrote:tone is in your hands anyway.

Your right dude- electronics play no role in a persons tone at all...

Guess that is why you can play through someone's rig and sound different from what they do.

You obviously have no experience, any decent musician knows that electronics play a vital role in a persons sound... do you have "magic fingers" or something?

5 threads ago you didnt even know what a good guitar to buy was...

Revolver · Post by **Revolver** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:00 pm

I think thats an owned.

JesseJames · Post by **JesseJames** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:33 pm

Jefferino wrote:
JesseJames wrote:
Jefferino wrote:
JesseJames wrote:tone is in your hands anyway.

Your right dude- electronics play no role in a persons tone at all...

Guess that is why you can play through someone's rig and sound different from what they do.
You obviously have no experience, any decent musician knows that electronics play a vital role in a persons sound... do you have "magic fingers" or something?

5 threads ago you didnt even know what a good guitar to buy was...

I know the good guitars asshat. Just not set on one and want some ideas. Guaranteed you could put Steve Vai on your rig and he would still sound like Steve Vai.

JesseJames · Post by **JesseJames** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 4:34 pm

Revolver wrote:I think thats an owned.

You are SAD man. You follow me from thread to thread trying to get a rise out of me. All you ever get from me is a

.

Revolver · Post by **Revolver** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:14 pm

JesseJames wrote:
Revolver wrote:I think thats an owned.
You are SAD man. You follow me from thread to thread trying to get a rise out of me. All you ever get from me is a .

Give me an example of one of these threads. No? Owned. Again.

Jefferino · Post by **Jefferino** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:29 pm

JesseJames wrote:
Jefferino wrote:
JesseJames wrote:
Jefferino wrote:
JesseJames wrote:tone is in your hands anyway.

Your right dude- electronics play no role in a persons tone at all...

Guess that is why you can play through someone's rig and sound different from what they do.
You obviously have no experience, any decent musician knows that electronics play a vital role in a persons sound... do you have "magic fingers" or something?

5 threads ago you didnt even know what a good guitar to buy was...
I know the good guitars asshat. Just not set on one and want some ideas. Guaranteed you could put Steve Vai on your rig and he would still sound like Steve Vai.

Well if we put you on ANY rig it would sound like shit- I guess you have somewhat of a point.

JesseJames · Post by **JesseJames** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:44 pm

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Are you happy you're finally getting some attention from me?

JesseJames · Post by **JesseJames** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 7:46 pm

Jefferino wrote:
JesseJames wrote:
Jefferino wrote:
JesseJames wrote:
Jefferino wrote:
JesseJames wrote:tone is in your hands anyway.

Your right dude- electronics play no role in a persons tone at all...

Guess that is why you can play through someone's rig and sound different from what they do.
You obviously have no experience, any decent musician knows that electronics play a vital role in a persons sound... do you have "magic fingers" or something?

5 threads ago you didnt even know what a good guitar to buy was...
I know the good guitars asshat. Just not set on one and want some ideas. Guaranteed you could put Steve Vai on your rig and he would still sound like Steve Vai.
Well if we put you on ANY rig it would sound like shit- I guess you have somewhat of a point.

Yes, because you have heard me play so much right?

BassPhemy · Post by **BassPhemy** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:47 pm

You may be able to tell it's Steve Vai playing through a shitty rig, but it will still sound like shit. No amount of technique can make up for a shitty guitar plugged into a shitty amp.

DBS · Post by **DBS** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 10:10 pm

why anybody wants a signature tone when nobody gives a fuck about them is beyond me. just learn how to play your instrument.

Revolver · Post by **Revolver** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 6:53 am

JesseJames wrote:viewtopic.php?t=22506&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=40
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Are you happy you're finally getting some attention from me?

4 Threads. Oh noes!! Grow up you baby.

JesseJames · Post by **JesseJames** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:34 am

Yup, 4 of them, you're like a little fucking kid flailing your arms and begging me to give you some attention. Because you think you can outsmart me or embarass me somehow.
You can't, you aren't, and you never will. You're sad, and I hated to give you the attention this time, but the chance to show what a dipshit you are was too much to resist. Don't worry though, you wont be getting anymore attention until another opportune moment arises.

dim3bag|darrell · Post by **dim3bag|darrell** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:44 am

DBS wrote:why anybody wants a signature tone when nobody gives a fuck about them is beyond me. just learn how to play your instrument.

i know how to play i just want to get a certain tone for a couple songs my band has written.

Watw-Drums · Post by **Watw-Drums** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:36 am

dim3bag|darrell wrote:
DBS wrote:why anybody wants a signature tone when nobody gives a fuck about them is beyond me. just learn how to play your instrument.
i know how to play i just want to get a certain tone for a couple songs my band has written.

right......

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:19 pm

PhilCore wrote:come here often?

yahtzee

Metalluthier · Post by **Metalluthier** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 1:54 am

Who needs active pickups with the technology we have in modern day amps? I believe there is a large bias placed on active pickups, because people like the idea of having something that's ridiculously hot. Anyways, I've got a Duncan 59' and SH1 in my ZZ, they work very well together, I'd reccomend it...

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13steps · Post by **13steps** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:19 am

PhilCore wrote:
PhilCore wrote:come here often?
yahtzee

BassPhemy · Post by **BassPhemy** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 2:56 pm

I have active pickups in my ESP bass, but my Rickenbacker is still at least twice as loud.

Revolver · Post by **Revolver** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 3:56 pm

JesseJames wrote:Yup, 4 of them, you're like a little fucking kid flailing your arms and begging me to give you some attention. Because you think you can outsmart me or embarass me somehow.
You can't, you aren't, and you never will. You're sad, and I hated to give you the attention this time, but the chance to show what a dipshit you are was too much to resist. Don't worry though, you wont be getting anymore attention until another opportune moment arises.

Exactly the answer I was looking for. Step away from the keyboard!

BaptizedBurning · Post by **BaptizedBurning** » Thu Oct 19, 2006 6:29 pm

EMG 81 or 85

soulburn · Post by **soulburn** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 1:57 pm

i play an 85 in the bridge postition. sounds like tits. sounds warmer

Firestorm · Post by **Firestorm** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:13 pm

BaptizedBurning wrote:EMG 81 or 85

Sexual Thunder · Post by **Sexual Thunder** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 5:33 pm

I like Gibson Burstbucker III's. Crunchy tone, good solid mids. Even though he's not "metal," if you want to hear these pickups put to good effect, listen to Aerosmith's "HONKIN' ON BOBO" or Joe Perry's latest solo album, they smoke!!

BaptizedBurning · Post by **BaptizedBurning** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:28 pm

soulburn wrote:i play an 85 in the bridge postition. sounds like tits. sounds warmer

excellent choice. that's what i have too.

Dawdy · Post by **Dawdy** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 11:35 pm

i have the 81(bridge) and 85(neck). I've heard some people switch them around. Anyone here try both ways, and can give a comparison?

soulburn · Post by **soulburn** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:53 pm

BaptizedBurning wrote:
soulburn wrote:i play an 85 in the bridge postition. sounds like tits. sounds warmer
excellent choice. that's what i have too.

it's the secret weapon

Bassgod · Post by **Bassgod** » Fri Oct 27, 2006 1:48 pm

I play bass, but I here DiMarzio Super Distortions are good.

SPRIGGSEY · Post by **SPRIGGSEY** » Sat Nov 04, 2006 12:18 pm

a wheelbarrow is good

greatsouthern trendkill · Sun Dec 10, 2006 9:32 pm

a dimebucker DUH LOL and an 91 might work nice

vulgarstrength · Post by **vulgarstrength** » Mon Dec 11, 2006 1:22 am

Dimejandro wrote: i dont listen to faggotry

ha that statement ruled for some reason, maybe cus im runbk? i dont know but i laughed

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