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Custom Shop Pickup idea's
Hey guys, I'm new to this forum but have been a loyal customer of Duncan's for years and would love some feedback!
I have tried pretty much all Seymour's pickups (except the custom custom and 59) and have still kept my combination of SH-6b and SH-8N in all of my 6 and 7 strings. I have however just joined a experimental band and we use 8 strings, so far I have tried emg 808's and BK aftermath's, both were very much one trick ponies
, though I did love the clarity of the aftermaths. I then tried drop tuning my seven string with the SH-6 and SH-8 and it had a much better tone, however it was not at the clarity that I wanted (yes I did change the string gauges). So I thought I might get a pair of custom shop pickups. I play standard 8 string tuning.
My band plays: modern/doom metal, blues style solo's, with a mixture of funk and jazz. We usually only get around 20 minutes at gigs and we try to cram two 9 minute songs in that time, so I don't have time to change guitars.
My question for you guys is what magnets should it have? polarity? any ideas how to make the low E stand out without impacting the bass response to much? or should I just order a standard 8 string SH-6 and SH-8?
oh and I'm playing a mahogany body, through a Bogner ecstasy.
I have tried pretty much all Seymour's pickups (except the custom custom and 59) and have still kept my combination of SH-6b and SH-8N in all of my 6 and 7 strings. I have however just joined a experimental band and we use 8 strings, so far I have tried emg 808's and BK aftermath's, both were very much one trick ponies
, though I did love the clarity of the aftermaths. I then tried drop tuning my seven string with the SH-6 and SH-8 and it had a much better tone, however it was not at the clarity that I wanted (yes I did change the string gauges). So I thought I might get a pair of custom shop pickups. I play standard 8 string tuning.My band plays: modern/doom metal, blues style solo's, with a mixture of funk and jazz. We usually only get around 20 minutes at gigs and we try to cram two 9 minute songs in that time, so I don't have time to change guitars.
My question for you guys is what magnets should it have? polarity? any ideas how to make the low E stand out without impacting the bass response to much? or should I just order a standard 8 string SH-6 and SH-8?
oh and I'm playing a mahogany body, through a Bogner ecstasy.
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