Post by bam on Apr 29, 2005 4:08:09 GMT -5
These are Ibanez RG-Prestige series' stock pickups. They're pretty new (year 2002+) and I haven't read any reviews about them; This is MHO about these pups, after using them in the last 1 year.
There are 3 types of DM/IBZ pups: N HB, M SC, B HB.
The N HB has a cold,rather jazzy/flat tone. I personally haven't found a good usage of it in rock/blues department (i.e. OD/DS) but in solidstate clean channels or acoustic amps it (could) shines; mainly because it sounds close to an acoustic pup; I personally describe it as a "PAF Acoustic" sound.
The M SC is the pup you won't be liking at all; it's cold, real cold. The tone is thin, but seems like it could make a good crunch.
The last, the B MB, is the brightest and hottest of all (I mean bright !) it sounds chimey and quacky, cruel in clean channels (it often overdrives my amp by itself, the thing I dislike the most about it) but in OD/DS channel, it rocks ! I'd say it's basically a PAF, because it does well in most drive types, plus an easy feedback..
There are 3 types of DM/IBZ pups: N HB, M SC, B HB.
The N HB has a cold,rather jazzy/flat tone. I personally haven't found a good usage of it in rock/blues department (i.e. OD/DS) but in solidstate clean channels or acoustic amps it (could) shines; mainly because it sounds close to an acoustic pup; I personally describe it as a "PAF Acoustic" sound.
The M SC is the pup you won't be liking at all; it's cold, real cold. The tone is thin, but seems like it could make a good crunch.
The last, the B MB, is the brightest and hottest of all (I mean bright !) it sounds chimey and quacky, cruel in clean channels (it often overdrives my amp by itself, the thing I dislike the most about it) but in OD/DS channel, it rocks ! I'd say it's basically a PAF, because it does well in most drive types, plus an easy feedback..