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Aber2003

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Hello all. I have a JP15 and I find the illuminator pickups overly bright compared to my other guitars. Most of the time I'm running into my DAW using a plugin. I have a set of EMG 85s in my Ibanez, my only other active pickups, and they sound much closer to my other guitars. Of course I can dial them in but I'm surprised how dramatically different the setting are compared to the rest to get them sounding good. Thanks
 

fbecir

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Hello and Welcome Aboard

Bright pickups can be useful in order to cut through the mix. Petrucci plays in a band where there is a keyboard, thus he needs to find a place in the mix. And a keyboard takes a lot of space, especially with Jordan Rudess who plays 1 billion notes per second !
 
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