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    I have a dean cadilac x it has a basswood body bolt on maple neck with rosewood fretboard. I play everything from metal like pantera and black label society to the allman brothers and classic rock. my amp is a jcm 800. I want a bridge pickup that will handle all that gain and sound good clean. I only use my neck pickup for clean most of the time but every once in awhile i use it dirty too. the only duncans i have used before was a duncan distortion in the bridge and a alnico II pro in the bridge as far as neck pickups i have only used the pearly gates. but with the money i have and the place i am getting them from i cant get another one of those. so far my choices are.
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    1. jb
    2. distortion
    3. custom

    neck
    1. seth lover
    2 alnico II pro
    3. jazz
    if anyone has any combo suggestions or imput it would help me out alot

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    Default Re: help choosing pickups

    I think to cover all the bases you should go JB in the bridge, and a Jazz in the neck. That seems to be a winner all round for lots of different situations.

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    Default Re: help choosing pickups

    I was thinking Custom in the bridge and Jazz in the neck, but I like the JB as well.
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    Default Re: help choosing pickups

    Quote Originally Posted by man-in-moon
    I have a dean cadilac x it has a basswood body bolt on maple neck with rosewood fretboard. I play everything from metal like pantera and black label society to the allman brothers and classic rock. my amp is a jcm 800. I want a bridge pickup that will handle all that gain and sound good clean. I only use my neck pickup for clean most of the time but every once in awhile i use it dirty too. the only duncans i have used before was a duncan distortion in the bridge and a alnico II pro in the bridge as far as neck pickups i have only used the pearly gates. but with the money i have and the place i am getting them from i cant get another one of those. so far my choices are.
    bridge
    1. jb
    2. distortion
    3. custom

    neck
    1. seth lover
    2 alnico II pro
    3. jazz
    if anyone has any combo suggestions or imput it would help me out alot
    for those styles you named i vote for the custom in the bridge( i prefer the DD for zakk,pantera, but you mentioned the allmans, and classic rock as well)
    and the seth or a alnico II pro in the neck.

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    Default Re: help choosing pickups

    You can't go wrong with a JB in the bridge, tho I personally prefer the Demon. On the clean stuff, you will have a more 'airy' tone, not as midrangey and wooly as a JB ...
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    Default Re: help choosing pickups

    usully the basswood body are full of mids and if your guitar is bright as well a winner could be the C5 ( its EQ is complementary ) ; if you put a p-u with lots of mids like the JB or DD you won't have any definition , it's gonna be just cream .

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