gotta pick up question

i gotta bc rich worlock. my pickups are pretty much shot think. What kind do you recommend? I went to a guitar shop and they were trying to get me to buy some emg emz's it hink they were. they were bout 80 apiece. ne 1 have them. those are for real heavy stuff though right? im not quite sure about pickups but i need double humbuckers. then i belive i need need new volume knobs and switches too right? or should i just get rid of this guitar.

gotta nother question. can u make the squier line of strats sound ne where nere the real ones? cause i like this guitar. thankkx

herez sum adv1c3... most ppl here R tryin 2 talk like adults... lose th3 sk8 talk n mayB u'll get sum more feedback.

sk8ter talk huh? K dude my bad. i was just trying to get some advice about electronics. Does it help that i am a skater. Just playin. Sorry everyone for my sk8 language, i apologize. Ane one got any advise? Thankx

OK, skate laguage. Why is it skate laguage ?I skate but i dont talk like that !! Apperently people wont think you are cool if you dont talk like that. Well that what my friend said to me once.
Anyway, as far as i know if your getting 80 quid emz's they are good for metal. My friend upgraded to them. He said they are the best pick ups. I'm guessing they are good for mettalica style guitar playing becuase that what he likes.I dont think you will need knew knobs and switches though but you will need to change the electronics. They will do that for you when you get them changed though.

kool thankx alot. I have a problem with my volume knob, it only get sound if i turn it all the way up. does this mean its done? And i have to turn it past full volume to get sound. This could be bad huh? thankx for the info. and kirk uses emg pickups on his guitar so i guess it would sound pretty close

Probably means the pots are shot, or you just have way cheap pickups.

As much as other people recommend EMG, I have to put Dimarzio in there. EMG will give you more power, and of course that active boost the the bass and treble ranges I'm sure, but I've always found a good pickup from Dimarzio to deliver a better (as opposed to just louder) tone.

And even if having a really hot pickup is your goal, Dimarzio's Super Distortion, Super 2, Super 3, Evolution bridge, Tone Zone, and now especially the X2N (their highest output pickup) is a real monster.

And if you want an artist endorsement. I mean crap.. pretty much every great shredder has used Dimarzio pickups at some time (and usually for a while).

http://www.dimarzio.com

I'm a big dimarzio fan myself, but I have heard some incredibly tight blistering rock from seymour duncans.

I think sambob has a nice point there with tone v. loud. I always try new stuff out playing completely clean and then work my way up from there for that reason.

I'd recomend Seymour Duncans.The only active EMGs I had I hated.They sounded very synthetic.I like the seymour duncan JB model in the bridge as for the neck I don't use an of my humbucker guitars for neck tones.