|
Pickups are all about preference... I usually classify Seymour Duncans as a more "classic" sound while DiMarzio is a more "modern" sound. EMGs, well I'm split on EMGs. I've heard recordings that sounded good, I've heard recordings that didn't, but I've never actually had any in my guitars unlike Seymour Duncans and DiMarzios which I have had both in.
Though I do prefer Alnico 5 magnets, no matter which way I go, for my bridge pickups and either that or Alnico 2 magnets for my neck. Depending on the pickup, most notably the Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates which was specially made with a Alnico 5 for a certain (Fender I believe) guitar I tried in a store.... man that thing in the neck felt like shoving a shard of glass into my ear.
For the most part I usually stray away from ceramic magnets, as I just don't think they sound alive and in the room. They often sound kind of dull to me, lacking life, and the sound is trapped in the speaker box or something.
|