Eryalus
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Hey all!
I got my first 7 the other day, an Ibanez RG7321, on a big sale, and decided to use the extra cash for some new pickups for it.
I've done a lot of looking around for advice on various pickups, and believe I have narrowed my choices down to either a Duncan Distortion, or a Duncan Custom 5 SH-14 pup for the bridge, with a SH-2 in the neck.
My main concerns are output -- I primarily play metal, and run my guitars through a VOX Tonelab LE into a VOX Valvetronix VT...30? I don't remember precisely, I am not currently home~
Anyways, I've been able to get some great metal distortion out of it with my old guitar, which was equipped with EMGs, how much of the distortion was the active pups and how much came from the amp? I know it's a bit of a difficult question to answer, but any thoughts are appreciated.
I'm leaning toward the SH-14 but the issue of output with my amp kinda concerns me, would like some opinions before buying.
Hope all that rambling made enough sense, this is my first pup search
please bear with me and thanks for any help!
I got my first 7 the other day, an Ibanez RG7321, on a big sale, and decided to use the extra cash for some new pickups for it.
I've done a lot of looking around for advice on various pickups, and believe I have narrowed my choices down to either a Duncan Distortion, or a Duncan Custom 5 SH-14 pup for the bridge, with a SH-2 in the neck.
My main concerns are output -- I primarily play metal, and run my guitars through a VOX Tonelab LE into a VOX Valvetronix VT...30? I don't remember precisely, I am not currently home~
Anyways, I've been able to get some great metal distortion out of it with my old guitar, which was equipped with EMGs, how much of the distortion was the active pups and how much came from the amp? I know it's a bit of a difficult question to answer, but any thoughts are appreciated.
I'm leaning toward the SH-14 but the issue of output with my amp kinda concerns me, would like some opinions before buying.
Hope all that rambling made enough sense, this is my first pup search