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The Pickup Place / Humbuckers for a mahogany ibby
« on: February 26, 2017, 10:12:42 AM »
.o/ Hello there, newbie over here :)

So, my "older" ibanez RGA32 still plays really nicely, but the actives that came with it (Loz3) are rather... underwhelming. Might have to do with me buying it in the middle of my metalcore phase lol, which has since petered out significantly in favor of some more balanced sounds (Timmons, Sfogli, Gilbert, Satch, the usual). So I'm looking for some new humbuckers to put in my baby.

guitar: Ibanez RGA32 MOL, Mahogany body, Maple neck + rosewood fretboard.

while I do still play a bit of high-gain stuff, I absolutely adore the tone Timmons gets from his rig. Replicating that with this guitar isn't gonna happen anytime soon, but going for a more balanced tone overall should be a reachable goal, right?

Was considering the AT-1 for the bridge. Since they mentioned it being designed for a mahogany guitar I figured it might sound okay.

As for the neck pickup, I'm nowhere near certain. I've considered among others  the HfH, the Air Norton, the PAF Pro, the PAF 36th, but can't really seem to decide whether any of those would go well with the AT-1.  I love the singlecoil sound of a stratocaster with a clean tone, but for versatility's sake I guess it'd be better to go for a bucker that works well with either a parallel or split and then work with that?


Let alone if the general consensus ends up being not to go with the AT-1, that'd throw a wrench in the whole combination plan regardless :P

So yeah, I'd really appreciate some help with this :)

tl;dr: Mahogany guitar w/ maple neck, versatile pickups required. Am Indecisive and a little bit of knowledge is always a lot more dangerous than having a bunch or none at all. wat do?

e: mailed DiMarzio tech and they suggested a set of Transitions, lmao more choices ain't helping.

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