Hello!
I recently purchased a schecter c1 elite and am now trying to decide which pickups to replaced the duncan designed humbuckers with. They actually sound quite good clean but are much too bright and a little muddy for distortion. I don't know when I'll get around to replacing em but I'm fishing for ideas here. This guitar will be used for a lot of leadwork but I want something with a "warm" more jazzy type tone. I really want the mahogany body to play a part in the tone as well and I'd like it it to retain the transparency it seems to have when played clean with the pickups it has. I'm aiming for a cross between PRS and gibson with this guitar and it will need to cut through the mix on long sustained notes without sounding too sharp or bright. It will also have to sound good distored in case I get tired of the emg tone in my other guitar. The most popular set-up seems to be a jb in the bridge and a jazz in the neck. I've also heard good things about the 59 model, and I know Mike from Opeth uses the full shred. Has anyboday had good experiences with Duncans? Any recommendations for the type of tone I'm searching for?
I recently purchased a schecter c1 elite and am now trying to decide which pickups to replaced the duncan designed humbuckers with. They actually sound quite good clean but are much too bright and a little muddy for distortion. I don't know when I'll get around to replacing em but I'm fishing for ideas here. This guitar will be used for a lot of leadwork but I want something with a "warm" more jazzy type tone. I really want the mahogany body to play a part in the tone as well and I'd like it it to retain the transparency it seems to have when played clean with the pickups it has. I'm aiming for a cross between PRS and gibson with this guitar and it will need to cut through the mix on long sustained notes without sounding too sharp or bright. It will also have to sound good distored in case I get tired of the emg tone in my other guitar. The most popular set-up seems to be a jb in the bridge and a jazz in the neck. I've also heard good things about the 59 model, and I know Mike from Opeth uses the full shred. Has anyboday had good experiences with Duncans? Any recommendations for the type of tone I'm searching for?