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Hi guys I'm gonna make a top 10 shred pickups section in the tech corner of my site Shredaholic, and I thought where better to turn to for advice

I was wondering if you guys could reply with what are the best 10 pickups for shred or metal guitar, I'm not too bothered about ranking them, just to find 10 pickups that would suit the style and a sentence or two about each.

Richard


Originally Posted by shredaholicHi guys I'm gonna make a top 10 shred pickups section in the tech corner of my site Shredaholic, and I thought where better to turn to for advice

I was wondering if you guys could reply with what are the best 10 pickups for shred or metal guitar, I'm not too bothered about ranking them, just to find 10 pickups that would suit the style and a sentence or two about each.

Richard

The Bill Lawrence XL500, Great output, dynamics, harmonics Galore, very versatile for all types of music, including shred where it shines the most.

The Full Shred, Very tight an focused, This and the XL500 has the best harmonics out of any pickup I have ever played, Very distorted yet clear. It also has certain qualitys I cant put into words.

The Distortion, hot and bright.

The Custom, in my mind, old reliable. I like the custom for a quot;base line pickup for shredquot;

The JB, a lead players dream pickup. Great singing quality when bustin out a solo. I personally think its a little too loose on the low strings when playing rythm but, the leads are #1.

The Dimarzio super Distortion, If your want that early to mid 80's metal sound, this is it. I am not much of a Dimarzio fan but, this pickup certainly has a place in rock and roll and metal history.

The Duncan Invader, Super hot and tons of output. It has alot of Bass and mids and loads of crunch. If I were playing rythem in a metal band, this would be the pickup. I personally think that this and the JB are two different spectrums or a Ying and Yang if you will. This for straight rythem and the JB for straight leads.

Thanks!!!

DiMarzio Evolution, Duncan DD, Duncan Full Shred...but I might have to add some more DiMarzio's to that list when I switch the Duncans for a Super Distortion/ToneZone/PAF Pro...

Thanks guys, heres the page in all its glory:

from : localhost/

It can only be accessed from the main page as of yet but when I do the next update I'll add the page in the menu bar.

To be a tad more detailed on the Evo..

It's fairly thick and loud, but is still super articulate, and cut's through extremely well in a band mix. Single notes ring out loud and clear, the sustain is amazing; Chords actually don't mud up, even under high gain. And, surprisingly enough, I can get some killer pinch harmonics in the neck with it.

Here's a vote for the Dimebucker. Killer all around metal pickup.


Originally Posted by DeadSkinSlayer3To be a tad more detailed on the Evo..

It's fairly thick and loud, but is still super articulate, and cut's through extremely well in a band mix. Single notes ring out loud and clear, the sustain is amazing; Chords actually don't mud up, even under high gain. And, surprisingly enough, I can get some killer pinch harmonics in the neck with it.

Nice one, I've updated the page ( from : localhost/I've added the dimebucker and put an excerpt from the description of it on this site.