Recent content by Hot Octopus

I ordered a Breed. If it doesn’t work for my needs, I ‘m going to do a CC. Fwiw, I had thought about the Super 3. I’ve had 2 Jackson PC1’s and both had them in the bridge. I’m very familiar with it.

I’m looking into it. Is it the same wind as a Dominion? Can I just swap magnets?

I have a Black Winter in one my guitars. I really like it in coil-tap mode.

I’m playing Hard Rock/ Classic Metal and punk. My main amps are a Mesa Mark V, Splawn competition, and Synergy rack gear.

I’m looking for a bridge pickup for my Caparison Dillinger. I’ve had 3 pickups in it so far and I’m leaning towards something maybe a bit darker sounding to try and dial the harsh high end out. So far I’ve tried- Stock Pickup- I didn’t like it for leads Dimarzio Dominion- Too tight, too much...

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Up for sale is a set of Fishman Fluence Killswitch Engage active humbuckers. I had them installed in my guitar for a few years, but have gone back to using passive, lower-output pickups. The Fishman’s are in great working condition. They may have surface scratches on them from general use, but...

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...