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or something like that. Ok, currently I have a CC/PGn in my ESP Horizon (alder/maple neck-thru, string-thru body) which I wanted to use for clean/jazz stuff. Now, I'd like to use this guitar for heavy stuff and shred-practice. I have a spare Custom and an invader I'd like to try in this one...

Hi, a couple of weeks ago I installed a CC and PG (neck) in my ESP Horizon (alder body with maple neck-through body). PG is very nice and warm (but a lot of bass!?) but the CC is somewhat disappointing. It's tight with enough of crunch for it's purposes I guess but it's very bright compared to...

Is there a pick-up that holds the best of these 2? I love the crunch of the Invader but might have some more mids, or said in another way, an edgier, crunchier Custom. I compared both today, I considered the Custom to be my favourite pup, but the Invader has more edge, harmonics. It 'screams'...

I replaced the Coolrails-neck with a Hotrails and put the CR in the middleposition of my Jackson PCS Dinky (maple body), and it's not as hot as I expected. Don't get me wrong, it's nice but not 'great'. I expected more dirt but it's actually very clean, not that much more output than the CR...

Hi, when I use my coolrail with overdrive/distortion, there's an annoying hum. It was so when it was in neck-position and now I've swapped it for the middle and it's also humming. So is it the CR or bad grounding or so? Clean is ok. Do others also have this? Thanks

If you have a 2 humbucker guitar with a 3-way switch, when the switch is in middle position, do you automatically only use the two inner coils? Or do you need to wire them in a special way to get this effect? Does 'to split' a humbucker mean you only use 1 coil or can you call the fact as...

Hi, I'm looking (again) to replace the pups in my all-maple Jackson Dinky. It came with 2 Jacskon SCs and a BL XL500 which just was way too bright. I replaced by a Distortion wchich was quite an improvement: more bass, nice distortion yet still too bright and no good lead tone, just too weak. I...

does the CC's crunch differs a lot compared with the custom's?

I'm looking for a neck pup to replace the '59 with in my ESP Horizon (alder body, maple neck-thru, string-thru body). It will be matched with a Custom Custom. I will use this guitar for Jazz/harmony studies, general clean stuff, fusion but probably also metal/shred. Should have warm cleans. I...

hi, I've the opportunity to buy a hotrails secondhanded, but it's the old design (I guess there won't be a lot of the new ones going around secondhanded yet) but is doesn't fit the SC-space in my Jackson dinky due to the baseplate. Can that 'V' of the baseplate easily be removed (cut off)? the...

a question for you (of course :smack: ) : I have 2 maple neck-thru guitars (Jackson RR with poplar wings and an ESP Horizon with alder wings) and a Jackson dinky with maple body (solid). In the RR I have the Custom/Jazz-combination which I like very much for metal. Now I was wondering, if...

Hi, currently I have a TB4 and a Cool Rails neck in my maple body Jackson Dinky. In the middle there is a jackson stock SC. I want to put the Cool Rails in the middle and probably put a Hot Rails in the neck instead. Is this the right pup for shredding? I mean sweeppicking etc. How does it...

Hi, as some might recall, I was looking for a custom custom to put in my alder/ash ESP horizon, tune-o-matic bridge. It would be combined with either a '59 or APH-1 neck humbucker. I'd like to be able to have a versatile combination (Jazz/fusion/clean stuff but also shred and metal). Now I have...

Ok, I know, not a very imaginative and probably one of the most asked questions on this board... I had the '59 neck-JB4 combo in my neck-thru, string thru body alder ESP Horizon, which was ok but I didn't get too excited on the JB. Then I swapped it with the Distortion from my maple Dinky. The...

Hi, I know Glenn Tipton uses EMG and SD's, but does anybody know which types exactly? Especially those used on the Painkiller album. Thank you