Quote Originally Posted by SomeGuy
I too would go with the EMGs... if you want more advice this question has been asked 1000's of times at the www.ultimate-guitar.com forum.

hey man, do you post there? i used to have like 1500 posts but i haven't been there in years




to the threadstarter, yeah you should really have the wood in your guitar's body carved for a humbucker at the bridge if you want good metal tones. the EMG's will scream for you while replacing the neck pickup with a Lil 59 will give you some nice cleans. I put a JB Jr at the bridge of my Mustang for more heavier tones but I just didn't get what I was looking for, so definately go for the humbuckers.

One thing I have found though is that the wood on alot of Stratocasters I have played that have humbuckers in them don't get the same beefy-ness that an Ibanez or ESP would have with the same pickups in them. Something about alot of the wood Fender uses just isn't made to be played for metal, so try inquiring about that to an expert at your local guitar shop or something.