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Old 09-21-2005, 07:55 PM
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Default Best Humbucker guitar for palm muting sounds?
What's a good choice on a guitar with humbucker pickups that can produce those killer Blink 182 palm muting tones? What's the best cheap model, and what's the best model regardless of price? What's the key to getting that sound? Nothing muddy, gotta be tight. Think green day too.
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Old 09-22-2005, 11:40 AM
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Palm muting sounds.... I'd go with a pretty highoutput humbucker like:

EMG 81 or 85's
Seymour Duncan Invader
Seymour Duncan Dimebucker
Gibson Burstbucker Pro

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Old 09-22-2005, 12:26 PM
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Some of the best chunk I've gotten is with Carvin M22's. The George Lynch Screamin' Demon will also give you some thrash.
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Old 09-26-2005, 07:17 PM
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Get an Epiphone and replace the stock pickups. The DiMarzio "Fred" pickup is very tight sounding.
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Old 09-27-2005, 04:57 PM
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The 490R by gibson, has a killer palm muting chunk. I got these on my epi g400, think jud jud meets nofx.
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Old 09-27-2005, 05:03 PM
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I never heard em', but I've read that the Mastertone SPA is the best pickup ever made for palm muting and other heavey styles. SPA stands for Supa Phat A__.
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Old 09-27-2005, 05:05 PM
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My Gibson Burstbucker Pros with Alnico Vs are pretty sweet for palm muting as well.
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Old 09-30-2005, 11:17 AM
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My Hamer special has single coils with plenty o'chunk. They're the wide, soap-bar type and output is ridiculously hot. I dig.
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