by ibarakishi » Wed Nov 29, 2017 6:45 am
I have no idea about the other ones, but i have an alumitone in my bridge of my squire strat. I love it. But i don't think they are for everyone. I have a really strange setup that i love, it has the alumitone (it is a deathbucker, which i only ever use in the humbucker mode) in the bridge, and then lace golds in the middle and neck. I did this specifically because it gives me a complete range of sounds for recordings. The Alumitones IMO don't shine by themselves as much as they do when paired with overdrive/distortion (where the golds are kind of the opposite in a way). That isn't to say they aren't good by themselves, i am just saying that they love to have some heat on them or push your amp. They are GREAT for pairing with overdrive, fuzz, and whatever other distortion you want and depending on how you set the height, they can totally rip and destroy. The lace golds are super creaming and rich sounding, which is about the opposite of the alumitones which are hi-fi and defined. Like goroth said, when i bought mine it was a huge gamble for me because there is nothing but blues riffs for demos about these pickups (which isn't what i play). If i had to go back and make the same decision again, i would buy the lace pickups again in a heartbeat. Another plus about them besides their tone is that they are 100% silent. I mean, SILENT. If you care about recording and have a less than ideal setup, this aspect alone can really help out in more ways than i will type here.
Honestly, the only other pickups i am even remotely interested in trying at this point are the EGC humbuckers that you said you already have. If you have any other questions about the alumitones, feel free to ask. I don't know what type of rig you are using and what pedals you are using now, but i think that would also be a pretty big deciding point on what you would want to buy too. For real life recordings reference, i changed out and used the alumitones and golds specifically for this entire album ->
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