Sub1 PickUp's

[Tom Adams]

Just Picked Up My Sub1 that i won off ebay yesterday

sort of thinking the pick ups could use a bit more defenition

anyone know of some good passive pick ups i could swap these out with?

Tom

 

[e.mate]

Congrats Tom...that's a wonderful guitar

The choice of PUs depends on which way you want to go (brilliant answer, right?!) The good news is, that the SUB has a poplar body, that is extremely resonant, and it will work with many different options brilliantly.

Just give us an idea what kind of sound you wish to achieve...and very soon some really useful hints will appear here

 

[Tom Adams]

Im gonna say metal cos i have the luke for everything else

 

[e.mate]

Okay, I'll be killed, but I'd recommend the Duncan TB-10 Full Shred then...brilliant PU, not only for shredding. Extremely defined tone!

 

[Sticky1973]

Obvious choice of DiMarzios in a Poplar EBMM would be the Steve Morse set (DP200/DP205).

I went for the established D Sonic/Air Norton JP combo; that also works very well.

Have a look over here: http://www.ernieball.com/forums/mus...ucci-6-steve-morse-y2d-al-owner-opinions.html

 

[mwinemil]

I also have a Air Norton in the neck position of my sub. Love it.

 

[bazxkr]

Wow, Sticky that Sub looks great with that pup layout and that pickguard.

Cheers

Baz

 

[GoKart Mozart]

I'll second that! That's a good idea for a project guitar: Sub1 body with Morse Y2D electronics.

 

[Tom Adams]

ill have a look in to dimazio's i was orginally looking at SD JB and 59 but am unsure atm

 

[telemike]

Duncan Custom5 is hot and vintagy sounding

 

[threeminutesboy]

what about EMG 85 neck and 81 bridge for metal this should do the job no ?

where is Deano (Dwell) he is the metal guy

 

[Tom Adams]

im trying to vear away from emg's i love them dont get me wrong but i have a a couple guitars with them so i sort of wanna stay passive with this one

 

[browndog]

Ever heard an Axis? Totally Rocks!

Air Norton/Tone Zone combo is as close as you can get.

 

[Tom Adams]

Ever heard an Axis? Totally Rocks!

Air Norton/Tone Zone combo is as close as you can get.

Yer Ive heard an axis one of my teachers at college is a player called Jamie humphries he uses Dimarzio PAFs tho i think

 

[straycat113]

Well you have one hell of a teacher, tremendous player and all around good guy who is also an EBMM fanatic. Did you ask Jamie what he thought?

 

[browndog]

Yeah, Jamie’s ok I guess.

 

[Tom Adams]

i would ask jamie but its school holidays atm it is like torture for me but i do know that jamie is a dimarzio fan

 

[browndog]

You know I kid about Jamie. I’m a huge fan and any recommendation from him is gold.

Be patient and wait for his advice. If I had access to Jamie, I’d wait.

One of my favourite vids is from Strings & Things with Jamie demoing a red Axis.

 

[Tom Adams]

you should check out his video of the Nashville song from his album its amazing on youtube too, yer most my purchases get passed through jamie or the mighty mike casswell

 

[Sticky1973]

Wow, Sticky that Sub looks great with that pup layout and that pickguard....

I'll second that! ....

Thanks guys!

you should check out his video of the Nashville song from his album its amazing on youtube too, yer most my purchases get passed through jamie or the mighty mike casswell

Jamie posts here; many quality vids:

http://www.ernieball.com/forums/mus...ries-blackstar-clinic-june-24th-plymouth.html

http://www.ernieball.com/forums/music-man-guitars/38916-another-jamie-youtube-video.html

Loved the J Project album, really great. The Nashville Song and Ceremony are awesome tracks.

Pickups; i'd love to hear a DiMarzio Crunch Lab in the Sub, detuned a few notches.