Ibanez Powersound

Pickup features: Humbucking, crap sound
Impedence or other specs: I have no clue

Model of guitar or bass: Ibanez RG170
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: All
Other pickups on guitar:
Artists using this pickup: God help the ones who are
You musical style(s): Metal, rock, blues-rock
Reason for pickup change: These are worthless. (I need paper weights)

Perceived output level: Not bad. They can be loud.But that doesn't make up for the sound
Tone: They sound like mosquitoes while distortion is being used, But on the clean channel, they're not half-bad. The single coil is actually almost pleasant.
Sonic evaluation: I play through a Yamaha 410 tube amp, along with a BOSS heavy metal pedal.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: These aren't good for any style.

Comments: Ibanez can do better. I love my guitar, but these babies gotta go. I have been playing for 6 years, and these are the only stock pickups that I don't like. I also use an Epiphone G-400, and the standard pickups on that sound excellent. I'm planning to get a Dimarzio Tone Zone, and Air Norton to replace the humbuckers, and a Seymour Duncan Cool Rails to replace the middle one.

Pickup features: single coils and humbucking(passive)
Impedence or other specs: who the hell cares

Model of guitar or bass: Ibanez GRX45 electric guitar
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: none
Other pickups on guitar: s/s/h powersound p/u's
Artists using this pickup: I HOPE TO GOD NONE!
You musical style(s): metal, hard rock
Reason for pickup change: none

Perceived output level: poor distortion, humbucker is noisy and muddy, single colis...ugggh, they suck, so much hum!
Tone: bassy, very very muddy
Sonic evaluation: THESE THINGS BLOW, I DONT KNOW WHY IBANEZ PUT THEM IN $600 GUITARS, WHAT A WASTE OF MONEY, COULDN THEY THINK ABOUT THAT FIRST, THESE THINGS BLOW!!

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: metal, hard rock....which these things are not ment for, actually, they arent ment for anything at all!

Comments: IBANEZ SHOULD CHECK THEIR HEADS FOR PUTTING THESE THINGA IN UPPER-MIDDLE CLASS RG'S AND S CLASS GUITAR!!!

Pickup features: Humbucking - Passive
Impedence or other specs: I dunno

Model of guitar or bass: Ibanez S270
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: THESE!
Other pickups on guitar: Ibanez Powersound
Artists using this pickup: none... I REALLY hope so...
You musical style(s): Metal, Jazz, Rock (on this guitar at least)
Reason for pickup change: THESE PLAIN SUCK! DEAD SOUNDING!

Perceived output level: Lets say that that these need a REALLY powerful amp to gig with...
Tone: DEAD! MUDDY! BASSY!
Sonic evaluation: Marshall Halfstack. JCM preamp...

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: alskdjflk... this pickups isn't good for anything.

Comments: Haha... Ibanez better not be selling these pickups by themselves... or else I'm gunna have to start shooting people. If you get these pickups with the guitar... DON'T EVEN TRY PLAYING THEM! YOU WILL BREAK YOUR EARS! REPLACE AT ONCE! get EMG's or Seymour Duncans or something.

Pickup features: humbucking, passive
Impedence or other specs:

Model of guitar or bass: Ibanez Rg-170
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced:
Other pickups on guitar:
Artists using this pickup: me
You musical style(s): Hardcore, Industrial, Metal, anything heavy.
Reason for pickup change:

Perceived output level: decent (i havent tried other pickups though)
Tone: Balanced I guess.. I tune down alot and they're pretty bassy but also get some nice treble.. for a stock pickup on a low-end guitar.. oh yeah, the neck pickup is really bassy but i love it.
Sonic evaluation: I use a Boss MT-2 right into a Peavey Audition 110 or some shit like that, its only a 20-watt solid state and i havent played my guitar on a bigger amp.. but the pickups sound pretty good for stock.. everyone expects them to be Duncans or something when they get them on a cheap guitar.. they're actually NOT THAT BAD. I tune down like 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 steps even and they pick up everything pretty good..

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: For anything completely saturated (i use distortion on full most of the time) with distortion, they're ok. but the single coils are shit, and the humbuckers split to single coils suck too.. but i dont use those anyway.

Comments: If they were destroyed I could replace them since thats what im going to do anyway. I wouldnt replace the middle single coil though, just deactivate it. Ive only been playing for about a year, so i have tried out that much gear yet.. Im looking towards a duncan distortion in the bridge and something a little more clear, and very bassy in the neck. like i said, they are not bad at all for low-end stock pickups.

Pickup features: Humbucking and single coil
Impedence or other specs: none

Model of guitar or bass: RG-170
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: None they are going to be replaced
Other pickups on guitar: all powersound
Artists using this pickup: hopefully none
You musical style(s): Metal
Reason for pickup change: I want to get these changed

Perceived output level: Not Hot Not Cold Not Good
Tone: its pretty muddy on the distortion but thats about it
Sonic evaluation: I am using a DOD Grind IT you know the one with the BAD ASS distortion and the distortion is what holds the pickups together.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Its alright if you play metal and have a good distortion amp.

Comments: First of all this isnt a bad pick up if your just beginning but if you are thinking of playing live with these pickups E-Mail me your address so I can buy a plane ticket and go to your house knock on the door and you would let me in you would feed me dinner then I would kick your powersound pickups lovin ass. It gives of a nice muddy tone but it could be way better I suggest you get new pickups when ever you can if you have an Ibanez with powersound pickups.

Pickup features: Passive 1 Hum, and two single coils
Impedence or other specs: I haven't the foggiest

Model of guitar or bass: Ibanez GRX 40
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: none
Other pickups on guitar: same
Artists using this pickup: Any lame ass beginer in their first year of playing
You musical style(s): Anything from Metal to Blues: NO COUNTRY
Reason for pickup change:

Perceived output level: about as strong as a new born hamster
Tone: too much bass, really, really and I repeat REALLY muddy.
Sonic evaluation: I use an Ibanez GRX40 through a Marshall VS30R combo, an MT-2, and a Crybaby. To be honest, this pickup isn't worth the wire its wound with. There is absolutely no definition in chords, single notes sound so bad its laughable, and don't even get me started on how it sounds when soloing. I hate to even call this a "sonic" evaluation, cause there is nothing sonic about these pieces of shit.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: Its bad for everything and every position.

Comments: The worst pickups on the market. end of story. I'll stick with playing my ESP M-200 with a Duncan JB in the bridge and a 59' in the neck. Now those are what decent pickups should sound like!
I guess you get what you pay for in a guitar that cost less than $300 (the Ibanez that is).

Pickup features: Humbucking (passive)
Impedence or other specs:

Model of guitar or bass: Ibanez RG220
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: it came with the guitar
Other pickups on guitar: they're all the same.
Artists using this pickup: probably none, unless they're really poor and unsuccessful
You musical style(s): hard rock, punk, blues, jazz, pretty much everything besides country and extremely hard stuff
Reason for pickup change: no pickups were changed

Perceived output level: they're actually pretty high output, but it isn't that incredible of a pickup. I'd definately replace them, but I dont have any money right now.
Tone: it's pretty bassy, which can be annoying when you want to get a more defined sound out. I can live with it for now though
Sonic evaluation: I'm using the RG220 with a fender frontman, and it sounds pretty decent. it's not anything that great, but it could be a lot worse.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: I think these pickups are really basic, but they can put out some pretty cool sounds if you play it right. But then again, you can get that out of any pickup.

Comments: if this thing somehow screwed up (started to get staticy, started to spit green liquid, etc.), I'd definately get a better pickup. I don't think anyone would really try to get stock pickups back if something happened to them. If you know anyone like this, please contact me so i can kill them quickly and painlessly. But overall, they're all right for stock pickups, and I've definately seen much worse. sometime I'd like to put these things on a frying pan, just to see what would happen.

Pickup features: Passive Humbucking
Impedence or other specs: Who knows

Model of guitar or bass: Ibanez GRX-20
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: N/A
Other pickups on guitar:
Artists using this pickup: None with any self respect
You musical style(s): Rock/Metal/Blues
Reason for pickup change:

Perceived output level: Pretty weak. Lower than most stock pickups.
Tone: Neck position pickup is ultra bassy. No treble in it whatsoever. Bridge position pickup is ultra trebly. No bass whatsoever. Both on gives a remarkably open sound, the only really tolerable sound of the bunch.
Sonic evaluation: Ibanez GRX-20 through a Rougue CG-30R amp. They sound pretty horrible. I can't stress enough just how much these pickups clash with each other. In the bridge position it's total tin, and in the neck there is so much bass that the sound is drowned in mud. Neither position has any mids to speak of. Both on givesan open sound that actually decent for clean playing, but the usefulness is eclipsed by the other two positions

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: This pickup is not well suited for much of anything. With suitable eq settings you can make-do, but that's about it

Comments: If it were stolen, I'd buy the thief a drink. A friend of mine has an Ibanez RG-520, and is replacing the V7 & V8 stock pickups in his guitar with aftermarkets, so I'm going to give those a try in my body. I'll post my findings on those after I've played them for a while.

Pickup features: passive humbuckers
Impedence or other specs: I dunno, don't sound great

Model of guitar or bass: Ibanez RG120 (these pickups are stock)
Position: all positions
Pickup being replaced: its stock
Other pickups on guitar:
Artists using this pickup: probably no one famous, the real good people like high quality stuff
You musical style(s): metal, punk, blues
Reason for pickup change: These guys are stock. I bought Dimarzio tone zone and a PAF pro to replace them.

Perceived output level: not hot, they sound kinda wimpy
Tone: they're pretty bassy, but you can get clear treble out of them
Sonic evaluation: I use a ZOOM 505 multi-effects pedal (these things are great, don't waste hundreds of dollars on many pedals, spend 100 and get one of these). They don't sound too good. But I can't complain, I got my guitar new for 200 bucks. I didn't expect them to sound half as good as they do.

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: These work ok for metal. If you play it through a good amp, it will sound very nice.

Comments: I really wouldn't mind if they were stolen, because I replaced them and I don't intend to use them again. They're sitting in a box.

Pickup features: Passive Humbucker
Impedence or other specs: not hot, not cold, not good

Model of guitar or bass: Ibanez RX20
Position: bridge
Pickup being replaced: it came with the guitar
Other pickups on guitar: powersound II or something equally lame
Artists using this pickup: hopefully none
You musical style(s): i play a lot of stuff mainly metallica, but SRV and blues, classical
Reason for pickup change: i need a new pickup, there is no good reason, ever, to keep this pickup

Perceived output level: nothing any normal person would opt to buy
Tone: muddy. when its clean, all the tones sound like theyve been put into a blender
Sonic evaluation: I play my crappy ibanez through a dunlop Q wah, MT-2 Metal zone (pick one up), and then through a Digitech RP-12 into an SWR working mans 12(the amp doesnt have anything special execpt for AMAZING clean and tons of power, it never ever overdrives, its great.)

For which styles and positions is this pickup (un)suitable: its a good match for nothing. unsuitable for any guitar style

Comments: be my guest and steal it, have fun with it.