Alnico II set in an RR3?

[MartinBarre]

What do you all think? I've had the Duncan Designed pups, DiMarzio FRED/PAFJoe and lately an Invader bridge and neck set.
Dont like any of them.

Would an Alnico II bridge and neck set sound nice for heavy rock/metal in an RR3? I love Slash's tone (who doesn't?!) but he uses the Alnico II bridge model in both bridge and neck right? Should I do the same?
I'm not trying to get Slash's tone, just a nice rock/metal tone in a guitar that seems to be lacking in character.

Would the 59 set be better in this guitar?

[KBRR]

Slash does have a great tone , but a les paul is far different from an RR3. i have never heard alnico 2's in an RR but i cant see them sounding great. Try a 59, i have them in my guitars and they do sound great or another alternative wouldbe to try a duncan custom custom which is a 59 beefed up. i hate chosing pickups because different pickups sound different in different' guitars, but good luck with it man

[MartinBarre]

Yeah this is the thing, it's so hard to tell what'll sound good. I like Seymour Duncans so that narrows it down a wee bit. But do I go 59s, Custom/Jazz, Distortion/Jazz, Custom Custom/Jazz, JB/Jazz, AlnicoIIs, Phat Cats even?
So much choice, but I'm fed up trying pups in this thing already.

[Tekky]

MY GOD MAN!!! DON'T DO IT!!!!

If you do it, you'll tear a hole in the space-time... thingy!!!

Think of someone besides yourself!!!




**this message is completely facetious. The writer really has no opinion one way or the other and the space-time thingy will be just fine.

[jrnic]

I have tried a few combinations in my RR3. What I settled on might not do it for you but I love them. I now have EMGs in it (81b 85n). Before them I had in Duncan Performers (Detonators that came stock in it,) then a Duncan Distortion and a Jazz neck, and they sounded good too, but just a little too "raspy" for my taste. I then tried a Dimarzio Super Dist. in the bridge and that was much better to my ears. I would have left it in there and been very happy, but I got the set of EMGs and figured what the heck. I'm glad I did. I mostly play 80's metal so the EMGs are actually suited for it pretty well.

I don't know if this will help you but it might. Good Luck finding your sound!

[guitarsjb]

DiMarzio X2N.

[necrotechno]

I'm no Duncan fan, but if I had to choose from their wares to answer your question, I would choose: Alnico-II neck, Custom-5 bridge.

Gibson's "Modern Classic" set (490R/498T) would also fit the bill.

Rockfield's SWV neck/Mafia bridge.

Stan Hinesley's Legacy neck/Scorpion bridge.

Swineshead's Runaway neck/Warthog bridge.

[MartinBarre]

I already have a Custom 5 in the bridge of my Epi SG, so would prefer something different.

[necrotechno]

Swineshead's just down the way from you. Check out his wares.

[MartinBarre]

Oh aye, I'd never heard of Swineshead until you said that. They look pretty cool and well priced too. I'll have to look into those.