Recent content by Juanhanglo

I can attest to this. Lol. The attack being what it is, I can go down to 1 or 2 (before the mid hump thing happens) and still get clarity.

Try the filisters first. Trust me. They're cheap and easy to swap. I HATE the FS attack with the hex poles. It pushes towards a response that seems thin for some reason. I choose the filisters every time Filisters lessen the attack, and I swear that the longer poles increase power a bit...

I just did a pickup switcheroo between my rg520qs and my ec256. The full shreds are now back in the rg, and I shoulda left well enough alone. They Mesh so well with the tonality of the guitar. Oh, and I tried the original hex poles again in both pickups and instantly hated them, still. The...

Well, then the best of luck to you! Lol :cool: I think I could land a plane with that much firepower! J/k. If I can't do it on a super switch alone or maybe with 1 mini switch (itd have to be a set it and forget it/minimal use thing for me), then i dont really need it. If the sound is...

I do this all the time! New pickups, especially ones that aren't the norm, mess with my ear's sonic expectations. Case in point: I like a5 pickups mostly, apparently. I picked up (no pun, lol) a set of dark matter 2s (ceramic mags) from dimarzio on black friday. When fired up, I heard this...

I have problems like every now and then. Its always the super switches that get me. Mine stem mostly from inner coils/outer coil and identification with respect to wire color, and from rotation of the switch during wiring and putting a wire in the wrong spot The good thing with a super switch...

But sometimes, that extreme just works. And sounds killer. It took me years to understand and hear what pickup height and pole height adjustments did. Now, I cant unhear it. Height doesn't just change the volume, it changes the eq balance and feel under your fingers. Ive noticed that some...

I just installed my dark matter 2s in my rg520qs. They replaced a mojoe/pafjoe set that I really liked. Well, its been about an hour and I like these just as much, maybe more. Dm2 neck is pretty much a lower output breed neck. Thats a good thing. Dm2 bridge sounds like a bridge version of...

Amen! An a s.s for every seat!

I just dont like it. I like a more middy tone. Ash doesn't get me as easy. I have to work harder crafting the mids via pickup and eq. compared to the others listed. I keep trying, but every time I do, I don't hear the mid signature I'm used to. Its rare I don't like a guitar made of the...

Wood matters. The individual piece moreso than species. Mahogany, alder and basswood work for me. Ash is the outlier of the standard woods. I am completely open to alternatives as well. All wood needs to do is be workable, and easily finishable to be a body. Aesthetics are a plus from...

The struggle is real. I stick with dimarzios for practical reasons too. Sticking to dimarzio, if I don't like one, its easier to get a baseline and choose another pretty easily. Trying to find an *insert pickup brand here* that is just a bit more XXXX than a Fred forvinstance is alot harder...

120 you say? Most i had the guts to actually install in a guitar was between 15 and 30 maybe in an hsh strat? I stopped there as there was redundancy and only slight variation in some sounds. My pet peeve is access. I HATE having to use more than 1 switch to get to any sounds. Maybe a...

Huge fan here. I currently have 1 duncan set, a pair of full shreds Dimarzios? Tried: Tone zone Steve's special evo own: 36ths Transitions Paf joe/mo'joe Satch track/mo'joe Breeds Norton Air norton Air norton s DActivator bridge I got a set of dark matter 2s this year. Still wanna try...

Glad you're taking one for the team. I havent been inside a music store in years, aside from replay every now and then.