First off, I have to say that MJ rocks! I got to meet her at the Dallas Guitar Show and explained to her my project. I was building a modern guitar the sounded great clean, but could get nast at the same time. I needed something that would cover 80 hair metal to modern rock, but also get strat like tones. She ended up recommending an RTM and a matching neck humbucker wound to 8.2K/A2 and use 4 conductor leads. I went with a 5 way super switch so I could have versatility. I also went body mount on the pickups
POS 1: Bridge Full, Volume Pot at 500K
POS 2: Bridge Split, Volume Pot at 250K
POS 3: Bridge Split and Neck Split, Volume Pot at 250K
POS 4: Neck Split, Volume Pot at 250K
POS 5: Neck Full, Volume Pot at 500K
My overall impression of the pickup are that they are my new favorite. I know there is alot of rave over the Suhr Aldrich, but after owning them for a few years, I can say the RTM is much better to my ears. The RTM and just as hot and crunchy, but are more open sounding and I think split much, much better. These pickups are perfect if you are looking for hot pickups that still breath. Very, very balanced.
And for the Guitar:
I went for a mix of modern and vintage, mostly modern with a hint of vintage cosmetics ala the sonic blue and vintage Kramer Pacer beak headstock
Roasted Quarter Sawn Maple Neck with Pau Ferro Board, Jumbo Stainless Steel Frets
Light Weight Sonic Blue Alder Body with Contoured Heal
Recessed Original Floyd Rose w/ Fat Brass Block
Duncan Custom Shop Warren Demartini Zebra Set Wound by MJ with 5 way super switch
Gotoh Tuners
I love how the neck turned out. I used the Ernie Ball method of Tru Oil and Wax. I highly recommend the roasted necks. i lover how dark the are and they resonate wonderfully. This put together very nicely and required very little tweaking.
POS 1: Bridge Full, Volume Pot at 500K
POS 2: Bridge Split, Volume Pot at 250K
POS 3: Bridge Split and Neck Split, Volume Pot at 250K
POS 4: Neck Split, Volume Pot at 250K
POS 5: Neck Full, Volume Pot at 500K
My overall impression of the pickup are that they are my new favorite. I know there is alot of rave over the Suhr Aldrich, but after owning them for a few years, I can say the RTM is much better to my ears. The RTM and just as hot and crunchy, but are more open sounding and I think split much, much better. These pickups are perfect if you are looking for hot pickups that still breath. Very, very balanced.
And for the Guitar:
I went for a mix of modern and vintage, mostly modern with a hint of vintage cosmetics ala the sonic blue and vintage Kramer Pacer beak headstock
Roasted Quarter Sawn Maple Neck with Pau Ferro Board, Jumbo Stainless Steel Frets
Light Weight Sonic Blue Alder Body with Contoured Heal
Recessed Original Floyd Rose w/ Fat Brass Block
Duncan Custom Shop Warren Demartini Zebra Set Wound by MJ with 5 way super switch
Gotoh Tuners
I love how the neck turned out. I used the Ernie Ball method of Tru Oil and Wax. I highly recommend the roasted necks. i lover how dark the are and they resonate wonderfully. This put together very nicely and required very little tweaking.
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