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I'm looking at pickups for my Ibanez 1570 (basswood, rosewood fretboard, maple neck, edge pro trem). I'm looking for something that will bring out the low end pinch harmonics, ala Wylde, Slipknot, Shadows Fall.

It seems all these bands have three gear elements in common; EMGs, Drop tuning, and Tube amps.

I can get good pinch harmonics on the D string and higher. Low E and A sound pretty weak. I'm playing through a Fender Cyber Twin.

Would different pickups improve the harmonics I'm looking for? If so should I go for EMGs or SDs? The times I've played 81s through a solid state amp the tone has sounded weak. Any comments.

I don't like EMGs through solid state.

EMG's through SS = bleh. Extremely sterile.

Through tubes? Much better!

One thing to keep in mind is that all of those guys run tubescreamers before there amps, in one form or another. One of those, or a Boss SD-1, set to full output, no gain, and a nuetral tone setting will give your pinch harmonics an insane kick in the ass.

Would the tube screamer help with the Cyber Twin? It has a tube pre-amp? Thanks for the input on the EMGs guys, I was thinking the same thing.

tube screamer dosen't have a tube in it man, it makes the tubes in your amp scream

You're using a Fender amp for doing metal? Hmm.....

Fender amps are as metal as the can of Mountain Dew in my hand...you just need to juice 'em right.......

My understanding is overdrive pedals boost tubes. Is there going to be any worthwhile effect in a solid state amp with a tube preamp?


Originally Posted by usagiMy understanding is overdrive pedals boost tubes. Is there going to be any worthwhile effect in a solid state amp with a tube preamp?

Overdrives don't boost tubes, they boost the signal which hits your tubes harder which drives them to distort faster. Are you meaning using the solid state as the power section only? I would imagine using a tube pre into a solid state power section would warm things up. But really if you were going to go through the trouble of buying a tube pre you might as well just get an all tube amp unless you really like solid state sound.

The way you'd be running the tube screamer (if you set it up how I described) just kicks the amp in the nuts a little, adds some clarity and definition, and saturates the sound a bit more. All this helps PH's.


Originally Posted by DeadSkinSlayer3EMG's through SS = bleh. Extremely sterile.Well, B-days coming up. I'm going try out overdrive pedals see if something provides the sound I want. Thanks for the input. I would not have considered this solution otherwise.

Or maybe you can find a Chandler Tube Driver.