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What kind of pickups sound good in basswood. The guitar is a Peavey Predator EXP. I want an articulate and defined sound in the neck with a fair amount of output. Not to bassy though. In the bridge, i want something crisp, crunchy and bright. Amp is kinda dark with relatively low gain. I dont care what brand. Duncans or Dimarzio. This should help some of the Ibanez guys too. Thanks guys

I really enjoyed the DiMarzio Breeds in my basswood Jem.

Thats one of the pickups i was leaning towards

If you go to this location: from : localhost/check out the song NEAR DARK, the solo was tracked on my Jem using the Breed pups ...

Oh, you can check out the bit called NEW RIFF; that's my Jem, as well.

Nice tone in quot;new riffquot;. Sounds pretty sweet. What amp are you using?


Originally Posted by YJM_RocksNice tone in quot;new riffquot;. Sounds pretty sweet. What amp are you using?

On the solo for Near Dark, as well as on New Riff, that's my Jem going straight into a Roland VG-88.

i have a Distortion neck in my basswood Ibanez RG1550 for lots of definition under high gain settings, good if you solo in the neck.

The Distortion bridge absolutely rips and sings in a basswood body. That is by far my favorite combo. I can't say for sure what to use in the neck position though. Full shred might work out nicely

I have an Ibanez with basswood body and it is bright and full of mids but not much bass , in the bridge was a DD was but it sounded too treebly with no deepness , i changed it to a C5 and it is even , same in the neck i tried a jazz it was good but not deep enought so i changed it to a Demon and it's so good .

I personally love basswood bodies as they are usually very resonant. They do have midrange tone emphasis, so get a bridge pickup with more low-end response. I don't think a JB, for example, with it's midrange emphasis, would be a good choice.

59 neck and a pickup booster.
I'm serious.
a 59 neck in the bridge of a Basswood guitar sounds EVIL.


Originally Posted by davguitarI personally love basswood bodies as they are usually very resonant. They do have midrange tone emphasis, so get a bridge pickup with more low-end response. I don't think a JB, for example, with it's midrange emphasis, would be a good choice.

Exactly my opinion !!!

the Distortion in my baswood RG1550 has an interesting partner- Screamin Demon. this humbucker i like because there's sufficient bass for high gain riffing amp; more lower midrange for absolute growl factor. of course, it does shred well too...

I have DiMarzio Steve Special bridge and Air Norton neck in my basswood Ibanez JPM (pretty much an RG)....

The air norton is awesome, I think you might like it....it has a nice smooth, balanced warm tone but doesn't get muddy...even under high gain...it has wonderful dynamics, very expressive and responsive to your pick attack....

Now the Steve's Special...it's a good pup, with the right amp...it's VERY hot.....it has a mid range scoop, so when soloing if you don't have a mid heavy amp or a way to boost your mids the Steve will sound too thin IMO... but with the right set-up it rocks It's very good for heavy riffing as well, but I think it's more of a lead player's pickup... It has kind of a uniqueness to it... It was designed for John Petrucci and he uses Mesa amps...here's the description from dimarzio:

quot;Steve's Special™ is a non-traditional approach to high-output bridge humbucking pickup design. Hot humbuckers usually concentrate most of the pickup's power in a narrow frequency bandwidth for maximum impact. Using our patented dual-resonance design, Steve's Special™ takes the opposite path, spreading the sound over a broad range. Bass and treble frequencies are boosted while the mids are pulled back, so the pickup's power doesn't kick a high-gain amp into overdrive as easily. This makes Steve's Special™ a good choice for both fast soloing and clean chords, because individual notes won't smear together with heavy overdrive, and clean sounds have an almost quot;hi-fiquot; quality. Tech Talk: Clean overdrive with high-gain amps. Very effective in Dual Sound¨ and coil splitting clean modes. For soloing, this is a very good pickup to play with a midrange-heavy amp: the mid-scoop in the pickup's sound keeps the initial pick attack clean, and the notes don't run together as much with legato playing, even with heavy overdrive.quot;Both these pups sound great when split as well...especially the 2 inner coils in parallel...

wait a minute...have I been supporting dimarzio. .....

This description of the Dimarzio Steve Special could be applied to the C5 , the difference is the alnico5 magnet in the C5 , then probably less power but more warmth .

I'm thinking i might go with the Demon in the bridge and the distortion in the neck, or maybe a Dimarzio Breed in the neck. Thanks for the input; got a good idea of what i can do

Don'tr forget the PAF Pro, I've got it in the neck position of my basswood Ibanez and it sounds great!