Pickups for a 650XL

[PSM450]

Hi
I was hoping to get some pickup recommendations for a 650xl. I'm playing through a SS 212 combo. Please give me some recommendations for hair metal.

To me the stock pickups are blah, I have a Jackson with EMG HZ pickups that sounds much better to me.

Thanks!

[1trussell]

Re: Pickups for a 650XL

My 650 XL is set up in the following:

neck: Hot Rails (best single-sized neck pickup ever!)
middle: Cool Rails
bridge: Distortion

This combo works great for all types of metal, including my favorite: shred. It also has the versatility to produce some nice bluesy tones. The only thing about the Hot Rails in the neck is that the lip required a little bit of routing to the body of the guitar. There are other options, but that is what I had done. The Distortion is an amazing metal riffing pickup with great harmonics. [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

[PSM450]

Re: Pickups for a 650XL

Thanks!

[agresivo]

Re: Pickups for a 650XL

I agree with Travis, I've got a Duncan Distortion in the bridge of my 650XL and the guitar had never sounded so good!

Before this pickup I had tried a DiMarzio Tone Zone and a Bill Lawrence L-500XL. They're OK, but I really prefer the Duncan Distortion for this guitar