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canuck7
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canuck7
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Joined: 12/12/02
Posts: 241
01/18/2003 3:24 pm
well,
i'd like to emulate Zakk Wylde without becoming a clone. i don't really like the Ibanez pickups i got with my RG421 anyway. they can deliver, but there are better and i'm a serious guitar player. i am a lead guitarist but i still do a lot of rhythm and stuff (probably more rhythm than lead right now but things change). so i obviously want an all-around pickup. some pickups are built for soloing and can't do any rhythm if their lives depended on it. and vice versa. i've taken advice and EMGs seem like the best choice for a powerful metal all-around pickup.
like i said, i love Zakk Wylde's sound but i don't want to become some kind of mini-Zakk or something. and i've been advised that EMGs are the best all-around powerful metal pickup there is. do you guys have any suggestions?
Thanks for listening to this small piece of me.