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i have an ibanez jetking that i had just purchased, but i want to replace the stock pickups with some nice seymour's. i'm not that educated in pickups, and im wondering what would be a good model to choose? i play hard metal type stuff.. but also with clean riffs too. any feedback would be greatly appretiated

welcome to the forum firefly.

your jetking has a basswood body? also, whose tone are you gunning for?

jb/jazz is a good combo (seymour's favorite) to start with. somewhat middle-of-the-road. how you go from there depends on taste and application.

personally, i am using custom/jazz with split for all my hard rock and metal needs.

I love the JetKing. Had a thread about it a long time back. Which one did you get?

There used to be a Duncan quot;tech notequot; about one of the Ibby bigwigs outfitting a Jetking with a nice Duncan setup, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Anyway, good luck, and let us know how she plays, and what you select.

Artie

hey guys.. thanks for the reply. yeah dude i love the jetking, i picked up the jtk1. but im looking for a some nice warm distortion tones. i was thinking the livewire model.. either classic or metal. has anyone tried these? do they sound decent clean? i'd need something that sounds nice and clean, but also very nice on distortion. any feedback would be great!

The JTK1 is my favorite. I'll let others make the pup recommendations, but I will say this: I don't think I'd associate terms like quot;nicequot; and quot;warmquot; with LiveWires. I'd say more like . . . in-your-face attitude.

go with either a distortion or JB, livewires are way too harsh.

Also, I just thought of something else. One of the cool features of the Jetking is its built-in quot;coil-splittingquot; switches. You can't split LiveWires. It would be an awful waste of a nice feature.

A Mayhem set would be killer. Among with others.

Edit: One last thing . . . it would be kinda nice to retain the quot;covered pickupquot; look of that guitar.

i wouldnt reccomend the JB if you want any type of clean tone... ive tried JB's before and you can forget about clean tone with them but great with gain

I'm really into the Jetking as well. i just love the way they look.


Originally Posted by twoheadedboyI'm really into the Jetking as well. i just love the way they look.

mark vida? heh.


Originally Posted by ArtieTooThere used to be a Duncan quot;tech notequot; about one of the Ibby bigwigs outfitting a Jetking with a nice Duncan setup, but I can't seem to find it anywhere.

Here ya go!

WARNING: HIJACKING IN PROGRESS

Evan, just to let you know, i noticed an error in your OEM pickup list. in the ESP USA area, the MV-200 comes with an HB-102B in the bridge and an HR-101 in the neck. You have an HB-103B in the bridge and an SC-101 listed on there.

Just thought I'd let you know.

I also noticed that Peavey wasn't listed. The new Omniac uses an SD Jerry Donahue in the bridge.

Yow . . . its out in a new color! I love it.
Thanks Greg and Artie -- I'll make those changes to the OEM pages.

i love my jetking artie, i have the black red sunburst one.

i actually like the natural honey one better. but if i had the choice, you better believe it would be black, or pearl white.