bloodninja
Inspired
With all of the tonal shaping abilities of the AX8, do you think it's necessary to swap out the stock pickups on your guitars? Do you change pickups often chasing the holy grail? Do you buy $200+ boutique pickups?
I've never been too big on changing pickups, but I have this Ibanez RGT42 that plays and feels much better than it should for a $300 guitar. I know the stock Inf pickups are considered garbage. I use it for metal in D standard, so I put a set of Duncan Invaders. They sound fine, I can't really say noticeably better or anything but they're so hot that I need to adjust the input trim and have separate presets for this guitar (and also my 7-string with Blackouts).
For some reason I'm getting the urge to change pickups again, in my PRS CE24 with stock 85/15 pickups and my Ibanez RG1750 with V7 and V8 pups. Then I start looking at all of the options and get overwhelmed and put it off for another day. Should I even bother changing them? Talk me into or out of it.
I've never been too big on changing pickups, but I have this Ibanez RGT42 that plays and feels much better than it should for a $300 guitar. I know the stock Inf pickups are considered garbage. I use it for metal in D standard, so I put a set of Duncan Invaders. They sound fine, I can't really say noticeably better or anything but they're so hot that I need to adjust the input trim and have separate presets for this guitar (and also my 7-string with Blackouts).
For some reason I'm getting the urge to change pickups again, in my PRS CE24 with stock 85/15 pickups and my Ibanez RG1750 with V7 and V8 pups. Then I start looking at all of the options and get overwhelmed and put it off for another day. Should I even bother changing them? Talk me into or out of it.