I have some Seymour Duncans in my Washburn Idol, and I find that more and more I dislike the kind of sound I get from them, maybe I suck at dialing in my amp, but it's only with the Idol that I seem to have trouble. I can't get the low-end to sound tight enough, again, maybe that's part of the dialing, but at least part of the problem has to be the pups. I could be wrong again. I had EMGs in the Idol at one point, but I didn't dig the battery, so I don't really want to go in the active direction again. The SDs I have right now are the JB and Jazz, they sound really nice on clean, and actual lead stuff sounds good but they're not my cup of tea for rhythm playing, and that's what I do the most.
I want to be able to get a tighter low-end out of the new pickups, still have a nice clean sound, but not too bassy. I need a tight sound in a well-rounded pickup. I hope that's possible. A sound like Dave's in She-Wolf. Any ideas?
I want to be able to get a tighter low-end out of the new pickups, still have a nice clean sound, but not too bassy. I need a tight sound in a well-rounded pickup. I hope that's possible. A sound like Dave's in She-Wolf. Any ideas?
It doesn't suddenly die, you will hear it when it starts to lose juice, and it takes quite a long ass time for them to drain the battery to begin with. When I was gigging twice a week for almost a year with my old band I had to change the battery once about every 3 or 4 months. That's with half hour gigs twice a week, practices once a week that would go for about an hour with my guitar plugged in, and then random jamming on my own. Tons of hours, in other words, and it still took 3-4 months for it to die. You want the look and sound...seems to me like active EMGs are the pick for you man. Like I said, you will notice when it starts to lose some power, it's not a HUGE drastic like OMG change, but you will be like "hmm, not as hot for some reason." 
