Alternative to stock emg het set in ESP arrow

[JOLLY]

I've got a bunch of sound clips that I did of active pickups if you'd like to listen to them and compare their differences.

 

[Sun King]

To each their own. I personally can't comprehend how any guitar 1k+ is still being built with bolt-on neck, nickel frets, and 1000-series floyds. Like if I find a cool guitar at a pawn shop for 200$ I don't care. But if I'm spending 1k+ I don't think they should skimp on the little stuff. But as someone who's never really cared to deal with picking up a guitar and having to care with whether the batteries are dead before I can play it, active pups have often been an immediate turn-off as well.

Actually, your LTD Arrow may very well have stainless steel frets, depending on the model year:

https://www.espguitars.com/articles...all-ltd-deluxe-1000-series-guitars-and-basses

 

[Rex_Rocker]

I would say that Dimarzios typically are more bass heavy than SDs.

In general, yeah, I agree.

A lot of them use brass baseplates, and I think that's part of the reason.

 

[RanchManSandy]

tbh I think you should give the Hets a chance and they really aren't difficult replace and sell.

 

[ColeJustesen]

The DiMarzio Titan set was really good to my ears. I can't remember if it is a low mid pickup, as it has been a few years, but the top end is very open and the lows tight. It will do the djenty stuff for sure. As far as DiMarzio goes, even the Super 3 might be a good option too. Another great pickup is the Lundgren M6. You might be able to get away with the 85 in the bridge if you want to try more active stuff. It isn't super low mid, but definitely different than the Het and 81 pickups.

Cole