Greetings pickup folk. Long time SD fan and I've gleaned much from these forums over the years but figured it was time to finally join.
So to get straight to it:
I recently installed a set of 7 string Black Winters into my Swamp Ash Kiesel Ares and in a lot of ways I love them so far. They're unbelievably tight down low and cut really nicely. Definitely gave me the mids I was lacking. I did have to bring the gain down about a full mark through my rig just to get them in line with the Nazgul/Sentient and Fishman Moderns I mostly play. That said, I've noticed that my sustain is all but gone, mostly noticeable on the top strings of course. I must have raised and lowered these more cumulatively more than all other pickups in my life combined. As of now I've got the neck as low as possible and the bridge around 6mm from the strings (further than usual for me). If I go much lower on the bridge I feel like I really start losing some good stuff. I feel like I'm having more tuning instability now as well. It's my understanding that BWs have abnormally large magnets that could possibly be the culprits but it doesn't seem like others have faced these issues. Do all BW fans play rhythm exclusively maybe? :P It is hard to stop chugging with them.
I tried searching through SD's search function but kept getting this: connection to localhost:9312 failed (errno=111, msg=Connection refused)
Any thoughts or recommendations? The SD pickups I've tried have never been so picky.
So to get straight to it:
I recently installed a set of 7 string Black Winters into my Swamp Ash Kiesel Ares and in a lot of ways I love them so far. They're unbelievably tight down low and cut really nicely. Definitely gave me the mids I was lacking. I did have to bring the gain down about a full mark through my rig just to get them in line with the Nazgul/Sentient and Fishman Moderns I mostly play. That said, I've noticed that my sustain is all but gone, mostly noticeable on the top strings of course. I must have raised and lowered these more cumulatively more than all other pickups in my life combined. As of now I've got the neck as low as possible and the bridge around 6mm from the strings (further than usual for me). If I go much lower on the bridge I feel like I really start losing some good stuff. I feel like I'm having more tuning instability now as well. It's my understanding that BWs have abnormally large magnets that could possibly be the culprits but it doesn't seem like others have faced these issues. Do all BW fans play rhythm exclusively maybe? :P It is hard to stop chugging with them.
I tried searching through SD's search function but kept getting this: connection to localhost:9312 failed (errno=111, msg=Connection refused)
Any thoughts or recommendations? The SD pickups I've tried have never been so picky.
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