Recent content by Jason_Clement

If I take a pickup off the baseplate to shave the baseplate to fit into a narrow cavity (coughcarvincough), and take the little screws (slugs?) in the pickups out and put them back in later, will it affect the tone of the pickups? Or is it just winding and magnet that matter. Thanks!

Aww yeah. My SH-6 and SH-2, both seven string models. They have turned my guitar into a tone machine. :friday:

We don't really wanna screw new holes in my guitar, so we were thinking of gluing a piece of wood under the pick up to do a sort of direct mount...is that cool? Or ...

On one of my guitars the pots are...hm. Static-y, when I roll around the volume. Would any sort of grease or lubricant like WD40 help this, or do the pots have to be completely replaced? Second question is, is it normal for passive pick ups to not fit into an active cavity? The little mounts on...

My friend is currently installing my set of SH6/SH2 pick ups for my 7 string and we discovered mounting rings in the pick up cases. Is this normal? Or did the ebay seller (Banjomikez I think) put them in there? :)

I just got passives and I'm in the process of installing them. What is the difference between 3 and 5 way switches? Will there be any loss of power in the humbuckers if I split them? Sorry, I'm a n00b at audio stuff. Basically, can I still get full humbucker sound from my bridge while still...

Does Seymour ever release coloured 7 string PUPs? I already ordered my 7 string PUPs so it doesn't quite matter at this point, but they were only available in black where I ordered them. Is this a universal thing? I think white would have been really good looking in my black guitar :3 Also, is...

I've been drooling over the SH-6 and SH-5 pick ups forever. And mag swapping sounds REALLY fun and interesting. So to hell with it, to passive I go. Tone utopia. I have a mahogany bodied guitar, and it is a 7 string. It has an ebony fretboard and a maple neck. I don't go below "low A", and it...

What tunings do you guys use, and what tunings feel "right" to you? Does scale length matter to you? :D Also, do you stick with a single tuning? Or keep various guitars in different tunings? I have a habit of tuning all my guitars the same :D My favourite tunings are probably drop C for six...

I know Actives are inherently different from Passives due to the preamp. However, I was wondering if there were passive pick ups that shared the same tonal characteristics to actives? I know right off the bat I can think of the BKP "Blackhawk" which is a passive that sounds a lot like the...

I've been lurking these forums for a couple days now and have come to realize that people magnet swap. A *lot*. And get great results. So my next question is...can you magnet swap an active pick up? Is it even possible? And on that note, has anyone tried an AHB1 neck in the bridge position...

Alright. This is my Schecter SLS C-7 sound right now. I am running into a 3120 raw, with a g-flex 2x12. It has S.D. Blackouts (AHB1s). I have uploaded a sloppy run through of the opening of "Scarsick" by Pain of Salvation I was trying to tab out earlier. So basically, this is my first time...

I just got a Schecter SLS C-7 and it came equipped with AHB1s :) they're really nice, but sometimes I find them to be too driven, and sometimes too "compressed". I was wondering if you guys could help me dial in a smoother tone? I am using a 3120 by Peavey and a 2x12 cab (genz benz g-flex). Is...