I know some of you hate Ibanez.. But I'm into them! It's a new neck-thru model for 2005:
Should arrive tomorow all the way from Germany.
I couldn't 'try before I buy' because I can't find anywhere within about 300 miles who stock this new model until around July, although, I've played many an Ibanez and i'm sure this won't dissapoint.
I'll most probably switch the bridge pickup in a couple of weeks.. I've heard the stock pups aren't too hot
Looks sweet, throw some new pickups in there and it'll be a monster
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It's now Thursday and still hasn't arrived, a day late already
I'm torn between getting a hot passive pickup for the bridge (Something like a Dimarzio Evolution, Seymour Duncan Invader or a Duncan Distortion) or going totally active & getting 2 EMGs... I'd probably go for EMG 81s in both the bridge & neck.. I've never been fond of the 85, 89 or 60 which are the other popular choices of EMG for the neck.
It's now Thursday and still hasn't arrived, a day late already
I'm torn between getting a hot passive pickup for the bridge (Something like a Dimarzio Evolution, Seymour Duncan Invader or a Duncan Distortion) or going totally active & getting 2 EMGs... I'd probably go for EMG 81s in both the bridge & neck.. I've never been fond of the 85, 89 or 60 which are the other popular choices of EMG for the neck.
P.s. What do you suggest Hippy?
if you ever goto andy sneaps forum theres a guy on there who posted 2 guitar clips, one with an emg81 and one with an emg85, the difference between them both is incredible, the 85 sounds much more brighter and fuller compared to the 81, it makes it sound alot bigger.
oh and on your datura clips did you use amplitube for the guitars? or your 5150?
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Cool, it is interesting, but I don't have the balls to get an 85 at the bridge incase I dont like it & have to get it swapped.. I'm really low on money
I've got an 81 in the bridge of my dime at the moment & I really like it!
I know Killswitch use 85's in the bridges of their capirsons too, and their tones are outstanding.
On the older Datura clips I used amplitube. I'm using my 5150 on a lot of newer stuff now though - I can get really similar results!
This is the best combination for an Ibanez EVER. Dimarzio Air Norton in the neck. Dimarzio F-Spaced Tone Zone in the bridge. you can't beat it, also you can get the pick ups in white which is what i did on my blue ibanez which looks much better than standard black.
Is this the same guitar with the 85 switched to the bridge position?
Sounds a lot thicker & less waspy.. But I'm worried the thing will sound tooooo bassy & dull in the bridge position!
I geuss i'm worried because i've only ever played guitars with the 85 in the neck, and I hate neck pickups. In many cases I find they sound too bassy, thick and poorly defined.
Metallash wrote:i think it was in the bridge, ill check for you though.
yeah, it was same guitar, same amp settings, same eq etc...
scrotal_tug wrote:
I geuss i'm worried because i've only ever played guitars with the 85 in the neck, and I hate neck pickups. In many cases I find they sound too bassy, thick and poorly defined.
they are bassy because of the position they are in. lets say you took an emg 81 and put it in the neck position, it would sound bassier than a 81 in the bridge.
Well, it's just arrived now & I've sessioned her for about 30 mins so far!
Plays really nicely, pretty damn well set up & I'm really impressed with the Ibanez floating trem!
The strings on it are a little heavy for standard tuning, so I'm gonna string her up with .09s and lower the action a little more (I like it super-low!). Then it should play like the wind!
Sound-wise, the pups aren't too bad.. They are quite bassy & a little muddy (In comparison to my EMG 81 loaded dime).
I find they can't quite handle lots of gain like the 81s do either.. The tone just seems to get muddier as gain increases beyond a certain point at which the 81 would be excelling!
On the whole, damn nice.. It'll need a bit of tweaking set-up wise and a new bridge pup thrown in pretty soon.. But after that, this thing will own!
this summer when i'll be rich i'm getting a dk-1 dinky in gunmetal gray
only concern is that i's a bolt on but i really don't care cuz it comes with everything i want(emg's floyd etc.
hippy wrote:whatever you do keep EMG's away from your ibanez.
Why do you suggest this?
because your guitar will sound like mud, you will get no high's and it will turn into an all around piece of shit. air norton and tonezone get the job done.
