Mustaine gear question

[Black Mask]

What pickups did/does Dave typically use? I know he favors Seymour Duncan. Is it the JB/59 combo? JB/Jazz? Am I getting closer? What came stock in his sig Jacksons? How about his new ESP?

His tone is awesome, that's the only reason I ask. It's high output without being over the top. The EMG crowd never seems to sound as good (in a traditional sense) as the Duncan followers. Thanks for any info.

[RacerX]

Re: Mustaine gear question

Dave has secified the JB/Jazz set in the ESP DV8. I also believe that is what he was using in most of his Jackson Y2KVs and King Vs. IIRC there was a BL L500XL on some of his early sig Jackson King Vs.

[MetalGrasshopper]

Re: Mustaine gear question

Dave wired his old KV from the earlier days with bridge pickup to volume then straight to output; the Bill Lawerence 500XL neck pickup was there for cosmetic purposes. He used a Duncan Custom until the Countdown era when he then changed it to the JB; this might have also been around the time when he painted it to match his Mercedes (not sure about this part). His Y2KVs have a JB in the neck and a TB-4 (a JB in trem spacing) in the bridge.

...I could be wrong; feel free to correct me.

[JonnyJobe]

Re: Mustaine gear question

I have heard before that Dave used a Dimarzio X2N Hum in the bridge during the 'Rust' era.

[lantz_c]

Re: Mustaine gear question

I've also read somewhere that he used a Dimarzio X2N on Rust in Peace. I’ve also seen some older pictures of Megadeth playing live where Dave was using Jackson pickups, well at least he had Jackson pickup covers. I wouldn’t think that he would use a Jackson cover on other brands of pickups but you never know. [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

As the others have stated at least from countdown forward he’s been using either the JB/JB combo or JB/Jazz.

[Black Mask]

Re: Mustaine gear question

Cool. Thanks for the info, guys. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

[toejam]

Re: Mustaine gear question

Originally posted by RacerX:
Dave has secified

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">He did what?!? [img]graemlins/poke.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Cleveland Metal]

Re: Mustaine gear question

Ruh Roh George...

[RacerX]

Re: Mustaine gear question

Oops! Specified. Heh heh. [img]images/icons/blush.gif[/img]

[RacerX]

Re: Mustaine gear question

Took ya long enough! [img]graemlins/poke.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[horns666]

Re: Mustaine gear question

Don't mind me ...I'm just tryin' to burry that faggy Immortal thread

[RacerX]

Re: Mustaine gear question

Heh, I just bumped it up! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]

[horns666]

Re: Mustaine gear question

Oh you bastage... [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[toejam]

Re: Mustaine gear question

LOL I even looked the word "secified" up, because I thought it was one of those big words I'd never heard of. Then I realized you meant specified! Hahahaha! [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[RacerX]

Re: Mustaine gear question

Originally posted by toejam:
LOL I even looked the word "secified" up, because I thought it was one of those big words I'd never heard of.

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Hahahahaha - gotcha! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]