HOT TUBES 70

problems with your tone etc ?

tim warner

And don't forget to have a few cans of vintage n.o.s. aquanet extra hold hairspray!

HOT TUBES 70

ya spent a few hrs with your head upside down spraying that
shit before a gig , i remember it well !!! LOL !!!

tim warner

I just read your other post and you mentioned Bill Lawrence pickups, I have bill lawrence mini humbuckers ,the blade ones in my 70 l.p. deluxe and they do it for me .But now I'm more into black crowes , Johnny winter,gov mule and that sort of thing. I think aerosmith used them in the early days and I can def. get a walk this way kinda sound out of them, but I don't know about 80's stuff, they may be a bit grainy for that.
but compared to the stock pickups that(no I don't want to part with) they are powerfull
m efers!

PDE

SD ahb1 blackouts - these are absolutely amazing active pickups - warmer than the emg 81/85 and packs more of a punch. Very versatile pups, they are.

rockinr0ll

I would check out the High output Dimarzio pickups. I'm a user of Dimarzio pickups and they are great. EMG's are more for the modern sound so if you want heavier and hotter stuff that might be for you too. I don't really like active pickups because I don't like how the strings react to them. Check out DiMarzio.com and listen to the sound previews and EQ settings on the pickups it should help you out. When it shows the eq setting trust me it really shows you what you need. I had basically a zero mid set up and I added middy pickups and v30 speakers and actually now have too much middle tone. Go to the website and get searching.

Benito

Ok here is my penny's worth.......
Ibanez + 80's hair metal = Dimarzio PAF Pro's I reckon, it was good enough for Vai in his first series of Jems, the PAF Pro will 'open' up the neck a little, stop it getting too flabby and it has enough bite and mid to cut through in the bridge, remember crushing low end is still about 6 years off........if you still want a bit more poke in the bridge try an Air Zone ( a vintaged Tone Zone) or you could really set the cat amongst the pigeons and mix a SD JB in the bridge (it's surprising how people dislike mixing pickup brands, even if they use many types, people just seem to like one brand in each guitar....ah well)

this is of course simply my opinion, based on several years installing pickups in a local music shop and about 15 years playing and messing with my own guitars.
and here is the contentious one....... I hate EMG's, flat, lifeless, bonecrushingly dull pickups i think, but then i don't play anything that needs the level of output they have, what they do they do well, just not for me.......

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LesBalls

On an Ibanez, I'd go Tone Zone (bridge) and PAF Pro (neck)

Benito

He speak the truth!!!! although I reckon the TZ full version has too much low end 'chunk' for 80's style I would suggest the Air Zone as it has a lower output more vintaged kind of response.......

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1981 JCM 800 4010
Vox Valvetronix LE
Gibson LP Studio..tweeked
Gibson Nighthawk Special

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Here's some little quick Top Hat vids , they were quick sound test clips.