I'm upgrading my Sterling 5 to focus on high gain, more distorted projects. I'd like to replace the stock pickups. I do have a sound in mind - I really like EMG GZR's.
Now, my knowledge on the technical aspects of pickups and humbuckers is very limited, so please bear with me here. The Sterling 5 uses humbuckers, and GZR are P/J. That obviously doesn't fit. (Even I know that).
I have a tech here who claims he can make it work. But then it struck me: in general, humbuckers are said to work better with high gain, distorted projects. (I'm not sure if it really works this way). Will I lose some of that by switching to GZR P/J?
Or maybe I should just find other similar sounding EMG humbuckers instead of the P/J combo and avoid messing with Sterling's guts? If so - which ones?
Sorry for asking possibly obvious questions, but I'm confused and willing to make an embarassment of myself than to make an uninformed decision regarding my instrument.
Thanks!
Now, my knowledge on the technical aspects of pickups and humbuckers is very limited, so please bear with me here. The Sterling 5 uses humbuckers, and GZR are P/J. That obviously doesn't fit. (Even I know that).
I have a tech here who claims he can make it work. But then it struck me: in general, humbuckers are said to work better with high gain, distorted projects. (I'm not sure if it really works this way). Will I lose some of that by switching to GZR P/J?
Or maybe I should just find other similar sounding EMG humbuckers instead of the P/J combo and avoid messing with Sterling's guts? If so - which ones?
Sorry for asking possibly obvious questions, but I'm confused and willing to make an embarassment of myself than to make an uninformed decision regarding my instrument.
Thanks!
