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My Carvin AE 185 had a set of Suhr SSV's in nickle going in but they would not fit the hole. No way on earth I was cutting on that spruce top of a semi hollow so---.
I had a new hybrid in Black and a new Zebra Sentiient sitting in the boxes so---.
Was not what I had planned but now can't imagine anything else that would have sounded better in this particular guitar. In particular the Hybrid was a shocker as I was worried it would sound to thin in the semi hollow AE but just the opposite! It's JUST HUGE sounding in this guitar really smooth articulate and sweet. Thats the thing about the Hybrid that amazes me, had them in 4 different guitars now and each one sounded completely different. Tele Modern player with the pine body was really spanky ad snappy the DC 127 in KOA was very warm and balanced, the DC 400 with the mahogany neck and body and quilt top is just a ripper has meat but also cuts hard and now this AE is just a mellow smooth very sweet guitar! Amazing just how different that pickup sounds in similar guitars ( all 3 Carvins are neck through 2 mahogany one KOA neck and body 2 with different tops) never seen another pickup that picks up the character of the guitar as much as the hybrid does.
The Sentient neck is just perfection as a match in this guitar with that Hybrid. The set transformed a guitar that played like a dream but sounded just ok into a real tone machine. This thing now reminds me a LOT of the tones of a good mid 1960's 335 with the Patten number buckers of that era and a little more bite and aggression. What a difference this set up made in this guitar!!
Just got to get my head around the Zebra neck pickup in this stealthy all black guitar cosmetically but it's growing on me. Had it set up to have the nickle covered pickups but--. Can't wait to get this one out this weekend and run her in a full band mix!
I had a new hybrid in Black and a new Zebra Sentiient sitting in the boxes so---.
Was not what I had planned but now can't imagine anything else that would have sounded better in this particular guitar. In particular the Hybrid was a shocker as I was worried it would sound to thin in the semi hollow AE but just the opposite! It's JUST HUGE sounding in this guitar really smooth articulate and sweet. Thats the thing about the Hybrid that amazes me, had them in 4 different guitars now and each one sounded completely different. Tele Modern player with the pine body was really spanky ad snappy the DC 127 in KOA was very warm and balanced, the DC 400 with the mahogany neck and body and quilt top is just a ripper has meat but also cuts hard and now this AE is just a mellow smooth very sweet guitar! Amazing just how different that pickup sounds in similar guitars ( all 3 Carvins are neck through 2 mahogany one KOA neck and body 2 with different tops) never seen another pickup that picks up the character of the guitar as much as the hybrid does.
The Sentient neck is just perfection as a match in this guitar with that Hybrid. The set transformed a guitar that played like a dream but sounded just ok into a real tone machine. This thing now reminds me a LOT of the tones of a good mid 1960's 335 with the Patten number buckers of that era and a little more bite and aggression. What a difference this set up made in this guitar!!
Just got to get my head around the Zebra neck pickup in this stealthy all black guitar cosmetically but it's growing on me. Had it set up to have the nickle covered pickups but--. Can't wait to get this one out this weekend and run her in a full band mix!
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