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well i was going to go with a set of ZW EMG's but it appears im not gonna have the room inside the guitar that i need for this. so im going with passive pickups instead...however i would like a very versatile guitar as far as sounds go, i plan to play hardcore / metalcore / punkrock about 50% of the time so i would like a really great but not too dirty sounding distortion, i also would like to have stuff for blues and jazz so id like really great clarity also. i plan on playing lead guitar, the guitar will be made out of maple/mahogany and an ebony 24 fret fingerboard. i would like really great highs / mids / harmonics and id be willing to sacrifice a little bit of bass for them...however i dont want my guitar to come off as glassy or brittle. im thinking about doing a 3-way blade switch two volume / two tone wiring with push pull pots for dual coil tap and reverse phase switches wiring that i saw on i read the board quite often and it just seems that every time i finally have my head set on a pair of pickups i read about how another one or two are so much greater and its killing me trying to pick some out. would you guys have any suggestions for this type of guitar ? im very open minded about pickups and though i would LIKE to use seymour duncans id be willing to use other types if it will help me achieve the tone(s) im looking for..also if there is a better / more complex wiring scheme that i could use to help me get as many tones as possible i would be really greatful to have it. thanks in advance

I guess a Jazz/Jb combo or a 59/Jb will be one of your choices. Once I had a 59/Jb combo with a phase reverse. The tone was quite useable since it wasn't as thin as if you used two similar pickups. Thoose pickups split nicely and ive you the singe coil tone quite well to do the semi-clean you are after. The Jazz it is similar to the 59 with less bass and I think it will complement the Jb better than the 59.