One of the very first editorials I ever wrote for Gear Gods was a piece about single coil pickups in metal. Generally I prefer humbuckers, but sometimes I come across an excellent case for using a single coil sound. James Norbert Ivanyi is usually that exception.
Or you could say he’s a case for getting really really really ridiculously good at the guitar and then the kind of pickups you play don’t matter. Either way, here’s his most blistering song off his album The Matter Circumvention, which you should seriously consider picking up immediately. If you need more convincing, press play now.
