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im switching out the pup's in my V ( HH ) because i need a cleaner tone with some cool harmonics, im not looking for too much brightness but i dont want a dirty sounding bottom, however with the few ammount of blade style pup's its kinda hard to find what i want and im curious if anyone could suggest any blade style pup's for me to use ? id like to get blade style pup's for the neck amp; bridge ( in white, not cream, if possible ) however i guess i dont have a problem painting them...thanks in advance

Bill Lawrence make excellent blade pickups, The 500 series use blades, and come in 4 different flavours of output. And of course theres the dimarzio x2n, which i have. But... its output is a little over the top for some people. The dimebucker is excellent, hopefully jimmy may drop by, he's used the dimebucker for a while i think. The Joe Barden blade humbuckers im not too familiar with... but im pretty sure they have a vintage sound...

hope some of what i said helps

Yep, Joe Bardens are the best blades in my book and Bill L follow closely- But bad news is that Joe Bs are not available any more so unless you can find a good ebay deal, this probably won't help you much-

Interested in hearing how things turn out-

If you don't mind a low impedence out, should be offering some actives by the end of summer.
rail type, sound like medium output passives, but louder


Originally Posted by lateralusBill Lawrence make excellent blade pickups, The 500 series use blades, and come in 4 different flavours of output. And of course theres the dimarzio x2n, which i have. But... its output is a little over the top for some people. The dimebucker is excellent, hopefully jimmy may drop by, he's used the dimebucker for a while i think. The Joe Barden blade humbuckers im not too familiar with... but im pretty sure they have a vintage sound...

hope some of what i said helps

I heard a X2N a while back and did not like it at all
how does the BL 500XL compare to that tone?