Have any of you...

Ever used a Seymour Duncan FullShred? If so please tell me what you think.
I wanted to change the pickups in my Ibanez but I didn't want EMG's because
A: I have them Already in my Strat
and
B: I wanted a slightly more orignal tone

Don't get me wrong I love EMG's but I already have a guitar with EMG's so I wouldn't mind some suggestions for a
H/S/H config if you would be so very kind.


Cheers me dears

I've got some familiarity with DiMarzio pickups, but I've never used Seymour Duncan, so I can't comment on them.

Your technique becomes important here. With a new-design, hot, touch-sensitive pickup like the Tone Zone, you can get very expressive sounds. Joe Satriani uses it. The Fred is another pickup like this, with a slightly different frequency emphasis. The 'catch' is, that because it is so touch-sensitive, you need to be very consistent and controlled in your playing, or the results become unpredictable, and you may find yourself fighting to control the gain-generated overtones.

Something a with less sensitivity to attack, like the older style Super Distortion, or maybe the PAFF Pro, might give you better definition of the notes, a less blurred sound. But then you lose a lot of the expressiveness available from the newer designs.

Me? I play mostly Blues/Classic Rock. I use Super Distortion for the bridge, and a Super Clean Hum Bucker (SCHB) at the neck.

I use a Seymour Duncan Bridge Invader in 2 of my 3 electrics. Heaviest and most tone absorbent I have ever played. You'll know the invader when you see it cos it looks as intimidating as it sounds. Huge a$$ magnets and all black. This baby blew away the active EMG's I had on my Jackson V and completely smoked the stock pickups in any Ibanez I've ever owned.

It's just my opinion of course but the Bridge Invader does have insane sustain and incredible distortions.

Lordathestrings: The 'catch' is, that because it is so touch-sensitive, you need to be very consistent and controlled in your playing, or the results become unpredictable, and you may find yourself fighting to control the gain-generated overtones.

I'm curious, are EMG's anything like that? I've been thinking of EMG 81s in my jackson to get the kind of james hetfield-ish crunch. The thing is, now lordathestrings' comment made me wonder: how hard are EMG 81s and 85s to control?

Thanks

yeah, i didn't hear anything about EMGs being hard to control. i heard all about the Tone Zone and the control you need for that before, but the EMGs?