Got My Crazy 8 Today!!!!

[BloodRose]

Re: Got My Crazy 8 Today!!!!

i got mine yesterday.. gonna try it out over the weekend but i want to get a couple of things set up so i can record a before and after comparison with the distortion currently residing in the test gtr.

need info NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

[JustWendell]

Re: Got My Crazy 8 Today!!!!

got my crazy 8s today(even got one installed in the sg). hopefully i'll have clips by the end of the weekend. Definately lots of high end and mids, although i gotta mess with the height some more. Just a week or two ago i had installed a pg in the neck and like both of these pickups way better than the stock ones

[Mephis]

Re: Got My Crazy 8 Today!!!!

I'm ripping as I sit and type... I'm getting a better feel for it. LP players will like this thing. The articulation is sensitive... Shredders will like it as well.

Time to start "ripping" with a mic infront of your amp.

Seriously, don't kill us, post clips!!!

[dr.barlo]

Re: Got My Crazy 8 Today!!!!

Thanks GuitarZan.

I have to confess that I was kinda skeptic about the design because I did not want a bright pickup. Honestly speaking the only part that I was not sure about was the a8 magnet, and it looks like this turned out to be a very clear, tight and open sounding, strong but bright pickup. Not something that I am very interested in right now. But definitely an original pickup.

B

[BloodRose]

Re: Got My Crazy 8 Today!!!!

my 2 are coming.. cant decide what to put em in.. Waiting for for more info from those who recd to find out the characteristics. One is prob going in one of my Charvel 4s. One has a distortion. (that stays) The other has a BBQ and tho I love that pup, its too dark in this guitar..

[dr.barlo]

Re: Got My Crazy 8 Today!!!!

Bloodrose,

BBQ is an a5 bucker wound to high 12's (the ones I had were like 12.80-90K) with #43 wire (formwar as far as I can tell). Heavily potted, very heavily potted. I think you'd love the crazy 8 in that guitar of yours.

B

[Fusion1]

Re: Got My Crazy 8 Today!!!!

Pixel pusher, thats something if I don't get mine today I will be interested in hearing how it compares as my Crazy 8 was going to go into my SG that has a Duncan Distortion as well.

[skyydogg01]

Re: Got My Crazy 8 Today!!!!

oh, i'd love to hear a direct comparison with the distortion as that's what My crazy 8 will be replacing.

[Chris of Arabia]

Re: Got My Crazy 8 Today!!!!

I have this suspicion that mine are the first 4 in Riyadh, still nothing to try them on, though my Warmoth Tele arrived in the same delivery.

[BloodRose]

Re: Got My Crazy 8 Today!!!!

Bloodrose,

BBQ is an a5 bucker wound to high 12's (the ones I had were like 12.80-90K) with #43 wire (formwar as far as I can tell). Heavily potted, very heavily potted. I think you'd love the crazy 8 in that guitar of yours.

B

Yeah, thats what Im hoping for!! I have a custom 8 in my kramer 6000 Focus and it sings like crazy

[Fusion1]

Re: Got My Crazy 8 Today!!!!

I have this suspicion that mine are the first 4 in Riyadh, still nothing to try them on, though my Warmoth Tele arrived in the same delivery.

You received the Crazy 8 pickups in Saudi Arabia already? International shipping is quicker than I thought.

[sstanfield]

Re: Got My Crazy 8 Today!!!!

My two came yesterday, but I got home late last night. I hope to find time to put one in my ash Tele tomorrow afternoon.

[emilio]

Re: Got My Crazy 8 Today!!!!

clips!

[skyydogg01]

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crap, I got my invoice in the mail but not delivery from the big brown truck.

[_Guitarzan_]

Re: Got My Crazy 8 Today!!!!

OK I took it around the guitar shops today and one resounding tone came to mind of those that played it. They thought it sounded similar to Vernon Reid's "Cult of Personality" Tone. Granted this pick up sounds different through every amp we demo'd. So I don't know if sound clips will really do this one justice. You just have to hear it for yourself when you play it through your own rig.