petrucci 7 pickups?

[Estin]

anyone know what pickups EB is using in there petrucci 7 guitars? i just picked up a decent RG7 and the stock pickups are a nightmare! i can't get a single sound i like outa my Mesa. i was playing emg 81's before so i'm considering the 707 pickup. any reccomendations?

 

[DistVibrations]

he has custom dimarzios in his 7 string guitar too but on the dimarzio site somewhere in the FAQ they mention a few pups that sound very similar to them so check those out

 

[Estin]

i really wanted to stay with emg's, but you have to route the pickup holes a bit to fit the 707's and i don't like that idea. mainly i need a new pickup with more and crisper highs and better mids. oh and clear low end would be a plus, rather than sounding like these A$$ clowns that play 7's today.

 

[tvanveen]

What's an ass clown?

I think we can say "ass", can't we?

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[Estin]

to be honest i really don't know what one is. hmm.....i suppose i should find out so i know what i'm calling people.

 

[JDouglee]

DiMarzio claims the 7 string Blazes are the closest thing to the Petrucci pickups. They don't sound nearly as good however. In short, they're not available except in the JPM 7...

 

[tvanveen]

Well, it does sound good, I may try and work into my vocabulary.

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[Estin]

yeah i've heard that, the stock pickups that are in the axe are blaze II's or something. either way, their comming out! its just a matter for emg's, or duncans i guess.

 

[guitar99]

I think there is a Air Norton 7 pickup. The Air Norton was the neck pickup in the old ibanez 6 string petrucci's.

 

[Estin]

yeah i pretty much decided i'm gonna go with a evolution 7 in the bridge and a air norton 7 in neck. i'm installing a new 500k split shaft pot (stock are solid) and a 1 meg tone pot. so it should be cool.