Active Pick-ups???

[vitaminj75mg]

I have an Ibanez RG3EX1 with the stock passive EMGs. Honestly, they suck. I was thinking about putting some active pick-ups in it. I thought EMGs were my only option. Then, I heard about Seymour Duncan's Blackouts. I was thinking about putting the Blackout Metal in the bridge and the regular Blackout in the neck. Any thoughts?

If it makes a difference: I play all kinds of metal: Thrash, old school death, melodic death, neo-classical, power, grindcore and technical death.

 

[The Emptier]

1) what are the stock pickups? like the actual model
2) there are plenty of good passive pickups, emg makes great passive ones
3) putting active pickups in a passive guitar costs more money because they have to make a battery cavity and do other routing etc.
4) blackouts are shit, i personally hate them. everyone seems to be getting them nowadays but i know a lot of people who have regretted it

look at other options, theres a lot of good companies

 

[vitaminj75mg]

There are the Select SEP set. I understand it is a lot of money to change, but the stock pick-ups are too hollow and "twangy." How much money am I talking anyway? I thought that if I was going spend money to change pick-ups that I would get the top of the line. I thought Blackouts were the shit, not shit. Your insight is very appreciated.

 

[viewerfromnihil]

Get an 81 in the bridge and a 60 in the neck and add an 18 volt mod

 

[The Emptier]

well the 18v doesnt do much IMO besides makes the batteries last longer. a tad bit of tone change but not that much

but yeah an 81/60 combo can never steer you wrong

look at dimarzio's to, some of those are badass. look at the x2n
lots of people like the de-activators as well (i think those are dimarzios??)