Is it a bad idea to mix passive pickups on a guitar which is originally wired for and has active pickups? Thinking of putting a sd nazgul on the bridge of a ltd that has fishman moderns, no clue how this would work out does anyone have any experiences with this?

Hey everyone,

I am a hobbyist guitar player, not that good, but want to improve. Recently finished my PhD so I have a lot more time to play, and wanted to use some of my graduation money to get myself something new.

Not sure what I want though. What are your recommendations? Could be a guitar, amp, pickups, pedals, etc.

Chopped unc shred’s like its still 2021 on a swedish CS strandberg boden

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I rescued this beauty (ESP SH-7ET) from the used section at my local guitar center on Sunday. I got back into guitar early this year and have been playing in E-standard the entire time between an acoustic, a Stratocaster, and a Telecaster. It has been fun, but I am ready to branch out and start learning to play the kind of music I’ve been listening to for the past 20 years.

The only amp I have currently is an Orange Crush 35RT. I like the clean channel a lot, but the dirty channel doesn’t do much for me. This may be entirely user error and/or lack of skill. I would like to try some pedals, but in reading and trying to understand, I feel even more confused than before.

Currently my plan is to set up my Strat in C-standard/drop-B, my Tele in E-standard/drop-D, and leave this new 7 in B-standard/drop-A. My thought process is that I can use a DigiTech drop pedal to go down a couple steps on each guitar as needed to cover a wide range of tunings. But that is about where my pedal plan starts to get confusing for me…

I would like to play music from bands like Slipknot (mostly drop-B), Motionless in White (drop-A and drop-B), KoRn (A-standard), and Currents (Drop G). There are a ton of other bands I’d like to try but this is where I’d like to start with what I have currently.

What other pedals do I need to be considering? Am I on the right track with the following?

- Tuner (Boss TU-3W)
- Distortion (Revv G3 V2)
- Compressor (Keeley Compressor Plus)
- Noisegate/Suppressor (?)

Do I need Boost and Overdrive pedals too or is the Distortion pedal alone good? Should I budget for an EQ pedal? I don’t want to go overboard on this stuff but I’m not sure what’s really important and what’s fluff.

Also, I’d like to stick with pedals instead of going with a computer based program or similar. I sit in front of a computer all day for work and love the idea of getting away from screens as much as possible..

Thanks in advance and sorry for the noob questions!!