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12-25-2011, 02:58 AM
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Greetings, i'v been considering purchasing new pickups for my Ibanez Gio Soundgear but i can't decide what ones will suit what i play. I'm in a Technical Death metal band and i'm looking for a less 'muddy' tone when i play at high speeds. I play with 2 fingers and playing with a pick is not an option.
any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. |
12-26-2011, 07:57 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: NJ | | | Really, you should be looking into getting a better bass. A quality set of pickups plus installation could cost more than your bass is worth. Take your time and you can find a good deal on a used bass that's much better than the GSR.
That said, I'll go ahead and recommend EMG. Not because I like them - because no matter what you put them in, they sound like EMG. And the new ones come with solderless installation.
Once you get a better bass, you can take them out of this one and use them again, or just sell em.
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12-26-2011, 08:09 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bethel CT | | | I just installed some EMGs in a Squier, Real easy with the new design. |
12-26-2011, 08:11 PM
| | | Easy: ones that get lost in the mix 
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12-27-2011, 03:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Zagreb, Croatia | | | A lot of technical death metal bass players use Spector basses made in the Czech Republic - you might want to look around and see what pickups those have and use them.
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12-27-2011, 08:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Stealth  A lot of technical death metal bass players use Spector basses made in the Czech Republic - you might want to look around and see what pickups those have and use them. | EMGs. Most Spectors use EMG35HZ I believe (Rebop- Bolt on Euros) or EMG40HZ (Rebop 5 string)
The US and neck through Euros use EMG P/J. The preamps are a big part of the tone though. |
12-27-2011, 08:33 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Columbus, Ohio | | | EMG's are great pickups for getting the highs and upper mids to shine. They're a very defining pickup, especially the 40J's like I had in my Valenti.
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12-27-2011, 08:36 AM
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12-27-2011, 08:44 AM
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Originally Posted by Danni Moe Easy: ones that get lost in the mix | You're obviously not familiar with the genre. 
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12-27-2011, 08:53 AM
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12-27-2011, 09:00 AM
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Originally Posted by InfidelicBass Greetings, i'v been considering purchasing new pickups for my Ibanez Gio Soundgear but i can't decide what ones will suit what i play. I'm in a Technical Death metal band and i'm looking for a less 'muddy' tone when i play at high speeds. I play with 2 fingers and playing with a pick is not an option.
any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. | why is playing with a pick not an option? |
12-27-2011, 09:25 AM
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12-27-2011, 09:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Dublin, Ireland | | | +1 EMGs here as well. I have no experience with the HZ models, but the 35DCs are very clear and defined.
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12-27-2011, 09:54 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: near Ft. Worth, TX, U.S.A. | | | +1 to EMGs, but also +1 to checking how you're EQing your amp. If you don't want a lot of mud playing the sort of thing you're playing, then don't bump up the bass knob on your amp too much, or at all!
The low end will be plenty big when you're up at stage volume. Trying to help it out more with tons of bass boost EQ is just overkill if you're wanting fast technical passages to be intelligible to the listener. |
12-27-2011, 10:04 AM
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Tuning a 34" scale really low won't be solved by pickups.
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12-27-2011, 03:06 PM
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12-28-2011, 10:24 AM
| | | | I'm currently using stock Bartolini MK-2 on my Ibanez BTB 676 with a sansamp bassDI pedal and it sounds great for Tech DM.
Be shure to EQ it right tough or you will be buried in the mix . I'm boosting the low mids to cut trough. Also, you may want to use a compressor to even out you sound, there are some technique that are less loud than some others, they may be cool to play, but they are wothless of they can't be heard!
Hope this helps! |
12-28-2011, 11:42 AM
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Originally Posted by NKUSigEp You're obviously not familiar with the genre. | I love most kinds of metal. I can tolerate things like technical death metal. Rarely can you hear the bassist in a metal band. Especially in one that starts with technical or death.
Advice to the OP: If you want to be heard, get a bigger amp.
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12-28-2011, 02:06 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Marco Bass Guitars | | Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Wylie (D/FW), TX | | | I'd go active EMGs... not HZ or Specials just the plain ol EMGs. | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | 
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