1, not exactly. Generally, the power of the neck pickup is relatively low, such as Seymour Duncan's classic SH 1 and APH 2 (this is what Slash's piano uses). Because of the position of the neck, the sound of the guitar is rounder and the intermediate frequency is fuller. It is mostly used for sweeping strings with clean timbre and solo with distorted timbre. Metal rhythm is generally the pickup of the bridge. Because it has high power and good sound transmission.

Alexi's piano is a standard metal piano. The ESP signature piano he is using now is based on the Jackson RR24 he used for the first time. RR24 has only one pickup. It is a metal piano, but it is not impossible for you to play the blues with it.

Just like the song My Lovely Child, slash uses few pedals. The recording equipment of this song is simply the overload of Ibana TS808, which goes directly into marshall JCM800 speaker. In the prelude, he used the pickup in the LP neck position and the pickup in the neck bridge position alternately in the second half. Try more when you play and see how to play well. There is no need to pursue the same as him.