[LGK_Dude]

I know you can "play anything with anything," but I need some recommendations for tone. I write Progressive Rock (example below) and the Guitars I'm interested in either have Gibson 57's or Gibson 490r/498t's in them.

(Skip to about 2:30min into the song for more guitar)

Since we write in such a variety of styles, variety of tone is really important to me. However, the most important is getting a nice good hard rock sound. Has anyone been able to pull off a good Hard Rock sound with Gibson 57 pickups? Have you been able to push it into Metal territory? Or would it be better to go 490r/498t? Guitar sounds I like are from bands like Rush, Dream Theater, or that really warm Bush guitar sound. But then again, I'm also interested in a more "modern sound"...

Thanks in advance for your help!

edit: would still love user opinions, but for those wanting to dig deeper I found this great article from gibson about their different pickups! http://www.gibson.co...ting-0309-2011/

[Versatile]

Hi and welcome...

As always, some of the tone is in the fingers

Alex-Rush uses a 335 as is well known, so '57 type tones are well usable

A hard-rock OD can work wonders...as can OD+EQ to taste...

The amp can also be pivotal to great tone...

V

[Searcy]

This guitar has a set of 57's in it. You can decide it it's metal enough. I think them because they will do just about any style you can think of.