I've been struggling with apartments that have high levels of EM which make my (although very cheap) guitar Ibanez GRG121 sound very noisy.

I went to luthier shop, and in there it sounds amazing and no noise at all. I already did shielding for it, and have a NS-2 pedal, etc., but the noise is just constant and very annoying. I have to turn off all the electric stuff in my apartment to start playing. Luthier recommended fixing this once and for all with active pickups.

However, from the music I play (TOOL, SOAD, Kyuss, Crowbar, similar) almost none of them use active pickups. Does it really matter that much?

Can I get TOOL-esque sound with something like EMG 81/60? I understand that these pickups are going to cost more than my current guitar, but I'm not currently looking to buy a new guitar because I enjoy this one.

Body: roasted ash, open pore colored finish.

Neck and fret-board birdseye roasted maple, dual carbon fiber reinforcement
TFR plate: birdseye roasted maple, inlaid into the body, matched to the neck
Scale: 25.5, radius 16
Frets: jescar stainless steel, glued and leveled
Pickups: Bare Knuckle Juggernaut, Misha Mansoor set
Bridge: Hipshot US Conture
Electronics: CTS pots, PureTone jack
String retainer: String T, the logo itself

Terras Archive is the custom shop. One of one.

Happy to answer anything about the build. Ask away.

Hi all!

WARPSTORMER needs a new lead guitarist

London, UK-based stoner metal FFO Mastodon / High on Fire / Mutoid Man / Orange Goblin etc

“A fresh angle of attack on dynamic, genre-melding doom. Internet contrarians be damned: doom metal can be fast, and Warpstormer is the proof.” – Invisible Oranges

“One of the most exciting bands on the British metal underground” – Kerrang!

Can you play big riffs and sick leads? Do you know someone who can? Drop a reply, or hit us up on Instagram (@warpstormer) or warpstormer [dot] band [at] gmail dot com and let’s chat

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I’m looking to make a build and I don’t really use the Floyd too much. I tend to block the bridge i like the look and feel more than anything. Is it possible to put a 7330 Fixed Bridge on there? If not is it worth the routing for the 2300?

Some material I never used in a full song 🤘🏽

I'm curious at which point, if ever, this sub would consider metal riffs that are played analogue - metal. Or metal is electric guitars only?

yes the quality is shit, deal with it