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Lockdown has given me some time to try some pickups I had kicking around. I originally bought the Hunter for another build, but ending up selling that guitar and so the Hunter sat.
I have a PRS core Holcomb model that I had been having trouble getting to sound and respond the way I wanted. It has a really big low end and top end, so it can either get too woofy or shrill. Really did not dig the Holcomb bridge model in there at all. I also tried the Custom Custom, a Custom shop 14k A2 humbucker, BK Aftermath, Duncan Distortion and a JB. Surprisingly had the best results with the Distortion and JB. So....why not try its relative, the Hunter?!
Well, it SMOKES in this guitar: tight, chunky and percussive low end and aggressive upper mids with a top end that is not shrill at all (although plenty bright). To my ears, it kinda combines some great tonal aspects of the JB and Distortion: more upper mid content like a JB and that tight and angry Distortion chunk. Although dubbed an "underwound Distortion", that is an over simplification. I have tried JB's and Distortion's with all sorts of magnets and while the Hunter has similarities to both pickups, it is still its own thing. Also, if it has less output than a Distortion, it cannot be by much; it is absolutely a high output beast and those angry upper mids really make it growl and cut through! Really digging this bad boy, so of you like the Distortion, but want a different flavor, give it consideration.
I have a PRS core Holcomb model that I had been having trouble getting to sound and respond the way I wanted. It has a really big low end and top end, so it can either get too woofy or shrill. Really did not dig the Holcomb bridge model in there at all. I also tried the Custom Custom, a Custom shop 14k A2 humbucker, BK Aftermath, Duncan Distortion and a JB. Surprisingly had the best results with the Distortion and JB. So....why not try its relative, the Hunter?!
Well, it SMOKES in this guitar: tight, chunky and percussive low end and aggressive upper mids with a top end that is not shrill at all (although plenty bright). To my ears, it kinda combines some great tonal aspects of the JB and Distortion: more upper mid content like a JB and that tight and angry Distortion chunk. Although dubbed an "underwound Distortion", that is an over simplification. I have tried JB's and Distortion's with all sorts of magnets and while the Hunter has similarities to both pickups, it is still its own thing. Also, if it has less output than a Distortion, it cannot be by much; it is absolutely a high output beast and those angry upper mids really make it growl and cut through! Really digging this bad boy, so of you like the Distortion, but want a different flavor, give it consideration.
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