Out of curiosity... Have you directly compared them? I have an Air Norton in the neck of my 7620 and it seems very bassy. I'm wondering if the og RG7's are similar or have less bass.
NGD: 1999 Ibanez RG7620
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JSil13
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Sorry, I meant the Black Winter neck pickup. I never installed the BW 7 string neck into my Jackson before I sold it to a buddy, so I still haven’t tried it.
Neon_Knight_
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No, none of my guitars came with RG-7 pickups. I was going by this, which is why I said "supposed to be".
I've only tried the 6-string Air Norton (way too dark for my tastes), but I'm not aware that the 7-string version is drastically different.
RG7620s are similar era to the JPM signature models, which had Air Norton in the neck, so it wouldn't be a huge surprise if the RG-7 was designed to sound fairly similar to appeal to a similar audience.
I have some RG7's that I may put in my 7620 some day to get the stock experience. I like the Aftermath bridge pickup it came with but I'm not crazy about the Air Norton. I wouldn't say it's dark but it's very bass heavy, kind of boomy really. It can sound good with my amp or certain AxeFx patches but it requires more tweaking than any other neck pickup I've used.
Neon_Knight_
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By "tweaking" do you mean turning the bass down to 0 and the treble up to 10?
The D Activator neck (6 & 7-string versions) is much more to my liking.
Plus take out some upper bass/low mids. It's really warm and bassy. A little too warm and bassy.By "tweaking" do you mean turning the bass down to 0 and the treble up to 10?
The D Activator neck (6 & 7-string versions) is much more to my liking.
Neon_Knight_
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The "tweaking" really needed is a pickup swap
I much prefer taming a bright pickup than a warm bassy pickup.
I'm still thinking about that but I might leave it and just use it for cleans. Or if I'm way up high on the tiny strings mashing my fingers on them.The "tweaking" really needed is a pickup swap
I much prefer taming a bright pickup than a warm bassy pickup.
Why isn't there a neck pickup that has frets for magnets.
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I've actually been thinking about putting the set of Imperiums that I have into the grey RG7620. The stock pickups sound alright, but I want to try something else. Plus there's an issue with the wiring right now with the volume knob not working properly. So I might switch to a normal 3 way switch, add the pickups, and possibly remove the tone knob and move the volume knob to that spot.
I've also been thinking about picking up one of the Perle Guitars star destroyer bodies for the black RG7. The body is super beat up and I enjoy star shaped guitars. While I'm thinking about doing that I decided to try and cover up some of the bigger dings with some decals similar to the George Lynch Kamikaze guitar but with stuff from Neon Genesis Evangelion because I'm a nerd.
I've also been thinking about picking up one of the Perle Guitars star destroyer bodies for the black RG7. The body is super beat up and I enjoy star shaped guitars. While I'm thinking about doing that I decided to try and cover up some of the bigger dings with some decals similar to the George Lynch Kamikaze guitar but with stuff from Neon Genesis Evangelion because I'm a nerd.
I laugh replied but isn't that actually a thing?
