Pickup for an all maple Soloist

[chesterb]

Hi,

I am new here. I just ordered my first custom shop Jackson, a Kelly with Eldred flames and I am in the process of putting together an order for a natual finished Soloist made entirely of flame maple. Just wondering what some of the thoughts were on pickups for a maple body. Right now I am leaning towards a Duncan Custom Custom.

Chris

[Bert]

+1 for Duncan custom custom... I dropped one in my solid flame maple Jackson strat and it works really well in that guitar.

[straycat]

+2 on the custom custom.A custom would work.Try a Jackson J-50 they sound great in a maple body.

[toejam]

DiMarzio Tone Zone.

[Megadeth79]

SDuncan Screamin Demon maybe.

[Bert]

tone zone is a good choice too. I have one in my USA charvel which I am fairly sure is solid maple too ('cause it's so damn heavy.) It's a more modern sound than the custom custom.. the custom custom will give you a bit more grit. Still, a lot of it comes down to personal taste, especially since no two guitars sound alike.

[quiksilver]

Another vote for a Custom Custom. I had one direct-mounted in my maple-bodied Kramer Focus 1000, and it sounded fantastic.

[shreddermon]

Man, maple is very bright sounding. IMHO, you would do better with a different type of body wood, like alder, ash or mahogany. You can always put a flamed maple cap on it.

[Sinistas]

I've got a Custom Custom in my all-maple Carvin DC125, and it kicks ass.

[markD]

i have a pearly gates in my custom shop charvel that is all maple. it sounds nice and thick.

[Supersucker]

EMG85 bridge
EMG81 neck

[j2379]

ive got an X2N & super distortions in a few maple guitars. they sound good to me.

[kelly user]

EMG85 bridge
EMG81 neck

Wow thats a new one emgs are good but you do go dropping them into every things especialy a custom all maple find a pick up that isn't bright ive heard good things from Dimarzio

[kmanick]

my All maple GMW has a Duncan custom in it.
sounds great to me.

[Chrisb]

Custom Custom or Tone Zone. You definitely want someting with some real bottom to it cause an all maple guitar is going to be insanely bright.