Hey guys!
So I own an LTD Viper-10 and I was thinking of changing my pickups to play some heavier music. I was thinking of Seymour Duncan Invaders, but would it make a significant change? Should I even bother changing?
I'm gonna play stuff like Avenged Sevenfold (obviously), Killswitch Engage, Trivium, BMTH, stuff like that.
UPDATE:
Wow it's been 3 years and I still haven't changed my pickups.
So to recap, I'm looking to change the stock pickups on my LTD Viper 10. Lately I find that I've been playing a lot of djent music (Periphery, Veil Of Maya, Issues (I think they count as djent, just lighter)), and right now my setup is the guitar, to a TS9, straight to the Marshall MG250DFX on the distortion channel.
My main goal is basically to do a refurbish of this guitar, as this year is my 10 year anniversary with it. I plan on changing the pickups, tuners, bridge and pots to gold.
That being said, I'm strongly considering the Dimarzio Titans set. It's a signature set by Jake Bowen from Periphery, so pretty sure I can get some djent from it. Bonus is that it's gold lol. But what do you guys think? Is there anything I need to know about replacing pickups as well? Such as would the Titans fit in my guitar, and since the pickups can do coil splitting is there any other hardware changes I need to do? Like do I have to change the pots so it can split coils, or change the pickup switch to a 3 way to a 5 way?
Here are the specs of my LTD Viper -10:
- Agathis Body Material (I know in the newer models they use basswood, but I got mine circa 2006 so I'm sorta sure mine is agathis)
- Maple Thin-U Bolt-on Neck
- 24 Fret, Rosewood Fingerboard
- Two ESP LH-100 Humbuckers
- Tune O Matic Bridge and Tailpiece
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
This post has been edited by nabzblitz: Jul 5 2017, 12:04 PM
Thinking about changing pickups, need suggestions!, HELP