Please Help with pickup choices for my new ESP M-1
Please Help with pickup choices for my new ESP M-1
I have my new alder bodied/ebony board ESP M-1 comming in a day or two. The guitar comes stock with 1 emg 81 in the bridge.
My Framus Cobra and Dragon HATE the emg 81. My mahogony bodied guitars sound good with the 85 going through the framus heads, and AWESOME with my SD distortion pickups. I wasn't a huge fan of the blackouts.
I dont know if i should swap my 81 for an 85, or just pull all the emg components out and throw in another duncan distortion, custom, alternative 8or dimarzio super 3. maybe a tom anderson or bareknuckle?
Should i be putting a darker pickup in an alder guitar? I really want thick and cutting. I need a lot of midrange as well, i like a grinding tone.
I DUNNO!!!!
In my ESP SV (alder body) i felt the 81 sounding like a razor...so i change it with the 85: another world! Now she's perfect!:rollin