Suggestions Needed Please

[exaN]

Hey, I scored this one on Ebay: http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h11/guitar4u/guitars/375dlx/1.jpg

and I will replace pretty much everything that's in there, but I lack real experience with different pickups so I don't know what to choose really.

For the single coils I'm pretty sure I'll be putting two DiMarzio HS-4, but for the humbucker, I'd like a pickup that has a fairly good pick attack response and that makes the harmonics sing. The guitar will pretty much serve as an 80's rock/metal machine. The core wood is alder by the way.

Do you guys have suggestions for me?

Thanks

 

[-CB-]

So you're gonna replace the neck, the body, the pickups... and all the hardware.  Good show!  Pictures!~~~~

 

[exaN]

So you're gonna replace the neck, the body, the pickups... and all the hardware.  Good show!  Pictures!~~~~

Hehe, only the pickups and the hardware

 

[rockskate4x]

The Seymour Duncan JB seemed to do just fine for Dave Mustaine if your looking for 80's metal tone. But some people say that the JB sounds like crap. Personally I use the JB for all kinds of genres including Metallica/Megadeth, but to each his own...

 

[dmraco]

NICE AXE....  I love the Jacksons.  I have a Chavel SanDimas myself...good well built guitars.  What year is it??

I have a DiMarzio BREED...AWESOME...cleans up will too.

here are some simple tones...using a fender hot rod here
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsZOarBLOCk[/youtube]

you can compare it to an EMG 85...similar in the distortion...but I think the EMG looses some with the clean...
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qddFtXyvy3w[/youtube]

 

[exaN]

Sounds good dmraco! The Breed was definitely on my list.

This one is an imported Charvel 375 Deluxe from around ~1990, I already have one in transparent red that I'm also going to mod.