I've got an Alexi-600 (alder body, maple neck-thru, ebony fretboard, 25.5" scale, Floyd Rose... essentially a very bright guitar) that needs a hot aggressive passive pickup that will thicken up its sound, preferably something with an Alnico V/VIII magnet?
I'm considering...
-Seymour Duncan Alternative 8
-Dimarzio Tone Zone
-Dimarzio Breed
My amp is a Marshall JCM2000 TSL100 with an Orange PPC212 cab, running through an Ibanez TS7 as boost.
Any recommendations or general input? Or a pickup that fits the bill that I haven't considered?
Thanks!
-edit: general question: If you want a slightly warmer/darker-voiced pickup, is it necessary that the magnet be Alnico? Or can it be Ceramic and still be a quite beefy-sounding (and not too treble-y) pickup?
Will a ceramic pickup always sound like an ceramic and an alnico always sound like an alnico, regardless? Or are they simply voiced differently to begin with and can eventually be EQ'd?
I'm considering...
-Seymour Duncan Alternative 8
-Dimarzio Tone Zone
-Dimarzio Breed
My amp is a Marshall JCM2000 TSL100 with an Orange PPC212 cab, running through an Ibanez TS7 as boost.
Any recommendations or general input? Or a pickup that fits the bill that I haven't considered?
Thanks!
-edit: general question: If you want a slightly warmer/darker-voiced pickup, is it necessary that the magnet be Alnico? Or can it be Ceramic and still be a quite beefy-sounding (and not too treble-y) pickup?
Will a ceramic pickup always sound like an ceramic and an alnico always sound like an alnico, regardless? Or are they simply voiced differently to begin with and can eventually be EQ'd?