Pickups you like?

[dir-en-grey44]

What pickups are you guys favour using these days?

I am currently using a SH-13 Dimebucker + Entwistle Nemesis(Neck)

 

[FIXXXER]

i've been an EMG81 guy avery long time. lasty i have discovered the duncan distortion which gave me a bit more "natural" sound.
i'll be getting a custom guitar with bareknuckle black hawks installed, pretty sure these will kick ass!

 

[dir-en-grey44]

Sweet! I've been thinking of trying a distortion is it good for standard tuning?

I've heard some pretty good stuff about bare knuckles lately and want to give them a some day haha.

 

[LBTM]

stock ones... work nice.

 

[sprack]

+1 on the duncan distortion too. Works great from B-E standard for me.

 

[osum]

Duncan Distortion and DiMarzio Activator (also an awesome passive pickup)

 

[Mattayus]

Favourite passives: Dimarzio D'Activator (nothing tighter, really. utterly ridiculous precision). Seymour Duncan JB (love it or hate it, it's got its uses and can't really be beaten for hard rock).

Favourite actives: 81/60 for the tried and tested consistency and reliability, and 57/66 for their liveliness and response.

 

[osum]

Favourite passives: Dimarzio D'Activator (nothing tighter, really. utterly ridiculous precision)

Yeah, good to hear I'm not the only one mentioning that beast My Jackson 7 string is loaded with two Activators and they're ridiculously tight.

 

[K Odell]

I have found my favorite pickups are the Bareknuckle Stockholm P90s.

 

[Plendakor]

Duncan Parralel Axis Distortion (bridge)

 

[Christian WUFU]

DiMarzio Blaze 7s and D Activators for passives.
For actives I seem to prefer the good old 81/60 combo

 

[Manicompression]

I love the Sd 59/Custom hybrid for the sound. Sd jb is my favorite in terms of response.

 

[Jordon]

Gibson 500t is my top
Any good P90
SD JB
EMG81 and 85

 

[crillemannen]

Emg 81's for metal 100%

You know exactly what you get, un-dynamic wonderful thick metal tone! I've ran across some pickups that we thought sounded awesome while we tracked (atleast that's what we thought) but once I started eq'ing it, it fell apart completely in the mix. Wobbly lowend, fizz spikes around 3-4k etc etc
For rock i don't really care.

 

[LiberaScientia]

Bareknuckle Black Hawks are my favourite. Just pure ridiculous aggression and purr.

 

[JeffTD]

I get pretty consistently great results with the 81, Hetfield, 57, and 89. 89 and 57 have been my personal favorites JH a close third with the right guitar/tuning.

For passives, the Duncan Custom and C5 tend to work out well. Never tried much else that I was thrilled on, kinda set in my ways now anyhow.

 

[Lasse Lammert]

81,57 and JH

For passives it's definitely the sh6.

 

[53Crëw]

Duncan JB for Alder superstrats
Duncan Custom for mahogany gits.

 

[Trevoire520]

Favourite passives: Dimarzio D'Activator (nothing tighter, really. utterly ridiculous precision)

Might give these a go, I've got a all mahogany Schecter 7 with JB/59 and was looking for some pickups to tighten it up. I'm guessing the clean sound isn't up to much?

 

[Loki Laufeyiarson]

After playing a guitar from a friend of mine, I must say I really liked Bare Knuckle Holy Divers, wich will get installed in my new axe. Apart from those and the stock pick-ups, the P94 is one I enjoy as well, especially in the neck for more dirty cleans.