Recent content by oneblackened

Hi guys, first post in a long time. I just got a Charvel DK24, and the guitar kicks ass - but the Full Shred, as stock... A bit thin for me, I think. But before I go out and spend $80+ on a new pickup, I'm curious if anyone here has tried a double thickness (Distortion thickness) magnet in a...

So I've got an LTD MH-400NT (Mahogany Body/Maple Neck/Rosewood board) with EMGs in it. Tired of the clippy, overcompressed sound of the EMGs, so I'm going passive. I'm willing to spend up to $175 on a set of pickups. I play death/thrash in the vein of Revocation most of the time. Options I've...

Hey all, I've got a Full Shred 7 in my Horizon and I've got a couple A8s lying around that I want to use. Does the A8 work well in the FS? What does it do to it tonally? To some extent I want to experiment but at the same time I don't want to have my 7 string down for a day. I'm also curious...

So I just bought a used set of Full Shred 7s. Problem is, the guy who owned them before me reamed the mounting tabs for direct mount (and my guitar has - or will have - rings). Any of you know if I can buy them from SD or if there's another place that sells them?

I've got an ESP Horizon NT-7 in dire need of new pickups. The tricky thing is, I'm not sure what to get - I know mahogany much better than I do alder tonally. This guitar is on the brighter side of things (maple neck through alder body, ebony board), so I'm looking to not get something that's...

So I just got a Jackson Pro series Dinky. Came with a JB/59 set. I'm already planning on getting rid of the 59 for a Jazz. What I'm curious about is what the JB sounds like with an Alnico 8. My usual complaint with the JB is the upper mid spike that's a bit too prevalent. I'm looking for...

See thread title. I'm mostly just curious.

I've got an ESP Horizon NT-7 (Alder Body/Maple Neck Thru/Ebony Fretboard/TOM+String Thru) and I'm looking for something a little different for it. Here's what I'm looking for. A medium to high output pickup, with fairly strong low end while staying tight, enough midrange to have some body but...

Hey guys, I've got an LTD MH-400 (Mahogany body, Maple set neck, Rosewood board, Floyd Rose) that I want new pickups for. I'm looking for a medium-high output, well balanced, pickup with good string-to-string separation for the bridge. I have this guitar set up in C# standard so a tight low...

So I have an Ibanez S that I'm putting Full Shreds in. It's an HSH guitar, thin mahogany body, maple bolt on neck, rosewood board, and a floyd. So, what single coil would match with the Full Shreds? I want something that will match well with the neck coil split.

I just tore a dead SH-6 apart (steel wool in the coils, completely dead) for the magnet. I'm planning on picking up a set of SH-10s for my S and I'm admittedly quite curious as to what the big Ceramic would do to the Full Shred bridge. I'm imagining a bit more top, a little less mids, and a...

I'm getting an Ibanez RGA121 (mahogany body/carved maple top/maple neck/rosewood board/hardtail) fairly soon with stock pickups - Ibanez V7/V8. These will just not do. I'm considering picking up a 57/66 set, if they're good. I hear they behave a lot like a passive but with the good active...

So I've got an Evo in my Ibanez S series. While I like the neck pickup, I find the bridge to be a bit grainy/fizzy sounding, almost like there's a boost somewhere between 2-3k. Would an A8 mag swap help smooth that out a bit while keeping the power?

I've got an Ibanez S970 that I'm rewiring from scratch (long story short, impossible to figure out grounding problems = me starting from the ground up), and I have NO idea how these switches work in comparison to Fender style switches. I don't think they're standard wired, which is why I'm asking.

Hey guys, I've got myself an Ibanez S. It's loaded with Evos at the moment, which I really just do not like at all. Too sizzly and not fat enough. My first thought was a BKP Holy Diver, but since that's out of my price range at the moment, I've turned to Duncan. This guitar is in standard and...