Recent content by Hot Octopus

I’ve got a Firefly Mr. Scary/ Bones guitar: Swamp ash body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard, single humbucker, Floyd Rose. I’m looking to upgrade the pickup to something I haven’t tried before. In an ash guitar, I typically like a lower-output pickup as I use a TON of gain. I’m trying to find...

I recently picked up a Kramer Nightswan. Its got a JB in both the bridge and middle positions (there’s no neck pickup). I find the middle JB sounds muddy. Is there a different pickup I could put in the middle position that would be less-muddy sounding and give me more of a neck pickup kind of tone?

I’ve got an Ash Charvel and it sounds dead. I’ve tried a few pickups and it sounds bad no matter what. Currently, it has a Tone Zone b/ PAF Pro n. WAY TOO MUCH MIDS, treble thats hidden behind all the mids and not enough low end. The guitar came stock with a Super distortion. It sounded like...

I just picked up an Eastman T486 (which is an ES-335 style semi hollow). It came stock with a Duncan 59’ in the bridge and a Jazz in the neck. I like the Jazz but find the 59’ sounds shrill and a little underpowerd. I’m looking for something hotter, with a little more low end that isn’t as...

Lately my tone quest has led me to Filtertron style pickups. I really like their “happy quack and almost single coil vibe” for lack of better terms. The two pickups I’m most interested in are the SD Psyclone Hot and the TV Jones Classic Plus. The Psyclone is the highest output Tron’ style...

This is my guitar. https://www.charvel.com/gear/shape/s...=neon-pink-ash It came stock with a Dimarzio super distortion and I found the sound to be all over the place. It sounded too muffled, too dark, the highs didn’t cut through the right way and the sound, it was everywhere. It was not...

So, I was looking into putting together a parts guitar and came across the Dimarzio Fortitude. From what I’ve heard, it sounds like the pickup has tons of chunky low end and sounds very modern. The low output throws me a little, but the pickup sounds great, at least from demos I’ve heard. Who...

I’m looking for recommendations for strat pickups. I already have a Quarter Pound that’s going in the bridge position but I need recommendations for a neck and middle pickup. I’m going to be using this for hard rock and alternative rock, and surf rock. I’d like to stay away from strat sized...

The dimebucker is a cool pickup but has too much high end. Has anyone ever modified a dimebucker to have the high end rolled off a tad? Do any CS versions of the dimebucker exist?

Late yesterday I bought a Sterling James Valentine guitar on a whim. It played very well in my hands- I played the EBMM BFR model right after it too- the sterling very much held its own and cost a fraction of the price. Anyhow... Swamp ash body, roasted maple neck and fingerboard. In my 20+...

Has anyone tried the Pariah Pickups Skere pickup? Any good? How does it compare with other Lynch pickups like the DD, Demon, Arcane, ect?

Man... I've never been a fan of EMGs. The 81, I never understood why it was so popular? It always felt like an explosion of sound in all directions and was scratchy. The 85 Felt better but was still lacking. I never liked either in the neck. The 60 felt like a lower output 81. The S and SA, just...

I've got a Gibson SG that I don't play much. Its got a Duncan CC bridge and 59' neck and I'm looking to swap those PU's for something else and breath new life into the guitar (yes, I know how awesome the CC is in a SG- I just want to try something new). FWIW, its a mahogany body, maple neck...

I'm looking to unload some pickups I'm not using. Each pickup has plenty of lead wire. All prices include shipping in the USA 1) Seymour Duncan Screamin' Demon, Black, Trem spaced, $60 2) Seymour Duncan JB, Trem Spaced, Black/ Cream zebra, I replaced the electrical tape. $45

I've got an old Screamin' Demon collecting dust in my parts bin and was thinking of using it in a new project. I'd be modding this- https://shop.fender.com/en-US/squier-electric-guitars/stratocaster/contemporary-active-stratocaster-hh/0320327510.html I had the Demon in an old Charvel and liked...