Hello everyone !!
I would like to ask for some help concerning this issue i`ve been going through !!
I've got hold of an awesome custom built 7 string guitar that i've ordered while ago with an known local luthier, the guitar is awesome.. its mapple neck through , ebony fingerboard and solid Ash body. It has hipshot hardtail fixed bridge , gotoh locking tuners and a pair of Bare Knuckle Aftermath`s.
I am experiecing alot problems with the overall sound of the guitar...wich i highly believe can be the pickups...i've been told that Ash wood is a very bright guitar.... and these BKP's aftermath seems to be very spikey / trebble'd high pickups as well... what's happening is....i am getting super spikey notes at the high strings.....and low strings are muddy.
Strings may have a resonance when played openly, but if i digit notes....it seems like the frequency sound dies quickly....it gets no sustain at all.
I've heard about Dimarzio Time Zone`s being good PU's for ash bodied guitars....but i would like to have an advice off more knowledge people from here....could anyone please help me out ? anyone have any advice on the pickup choice i could be swapping in this guitar in order to get a better sound ?
The chords also are muddy...no sustain...the clean tones are spikey as well...sounding terrible..
I play Doom/Death metal...so i am trying to go for a really crushing sound for chords...and that creamy sustained sound for leads...with a good balance between bass/trebble....
Anyway... hopefully someone may help me here!
Thanks you all !!
Kindly
- Arthur
I would like to ask for some help concerning this issue i`ve been going through !!
I've got hold of an awesome custom built 7 string guitar that i've ordered while ago with an known local luthier, the guitar is awesome.. its mapple neck through , ebony fingerboard and solid Ash body. It has hipshot hardtail fixed bridge , gotoh locking tuners and a pair of Bare Knuckle Aftermath`s.
I am experiecing alot problems with the overall sound of the guitar...wich i highly believe can be the pickups...i've been told that Ash wood is a very bright guitar.... and these BKP's aftermath seems to be very spikey / trebble'd high pickups as well... what's happening is....i am getting super spikey notes at the high strings.....and low strings are muddy.
Strings may have a resonance when played openly, but if i digit notes....it seems like the frequency sound dies quickly....it gets no sustain at all.
I've heard about Dimarzio Time Zone`s being good PU's for ash bodied guitars....but i would like to have an advice off more knowledge people from here....could anyone please help me out ? anyone have any advice on the pickup choice i could be swapping in this guitar in order to get a better sound ?
The chords also are muddy...no sustain...the clean tones are spikey as well...sounding terrible..
I play Doom/Death metal...so i am trying to go for a really crushing sound for chords...and that creamy sustained sound for leads...with a good balance between bass/trebble....
Anyway... hopefully someone may help me here!
Thanks you all !!
Kindly
- Arthur
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