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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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 !
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 !
I’m with you. The Illuminators in my Majesty were swapped for the rainmaker/dream catcher pair. To my ear, the Illuminators were too ‘scratchy’ compared to my other guitars.
