Evo 2 or Steve's Special?

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Installed the SS in my strat bridge. I love it so far! It tightened up my strat for palm mutes, and the clarity rocks. Its PRS-like clarity on distorted chords. I play a lot of distorted sevenths and other intervals, and I can hear everything I play. Pick attack is nice and clean. I'm really excited about this pickup. Sounds slick, professional, some warm cleans too. I'll do a better write up once I've spent some more time with it, but it sounds great so far. Clear, tight, modern. A strat will never chunk like a PRS or LP, but now at least my strat can hang with the big boys style-wise.
 
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Alex1fly-
Now you got me jonesin' or a Steve's Special in my strat build! If I go HH, it's gonna be Evolution Neck & Evolution Bridge, or Evolution Neck & Steve's Special bridge.
 
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Not to confuse things further...but have you looked at the Breed? It's high-output alnico V so you get both compression and clarity. Boosted mids and fat bottom. It was the final stop on my quest for pickups.....
 
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Well the SS is the final stop for this strat's bridge. I've been jamming on it nonstop with a drum machine. It sounds delicious. I'm still struck by how clear it is, on leads, chords, intervals, picking, droning, everything! It really reacts like a clean pickup through a clean channel, even with the high gain. It's the perfect pickup for my hard rock/jazz fusion style - I feel like I've finally found a pup that rewards me for my technique. It still sounds plenty fat and rockin' compared to the PG+, VPAF Hot, HR, and CR that I've tried in this bridge spot. Definitely does not sound scooped or thin.
 
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alex1fly said:
Well the SS is the final stop for this strat's bridge. I've been jamming on it nonstop with a drum machine. It sounds delicious. I'm still struck by how clear it is, on leads, chords, intervals, picking, droning, everything! It really reacts like a clean pickup through a clean channel, even with the high gain. It's the perfect pickup for my hard rock/jazz fusion style - I feel like I've finally found a pup that rewards me for my technique. It still sounds plenty fat and rockin' compared to the PG+, VPAF Hot, HR, and CR that I've tried in this bridge spot. Definitely does not sound scooped or thin.
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Hmmm,you've got me interested in trying one. how does it sound on legato lines? Good for speed picking?

As Fusion is my thing too!!
 
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I'm not the best speed/legato line player, but the DMZ website says that the pulled mids help keep the pick attack clear and the notes separate, and I would say that's pretty accurate. Mr. Petrucci sure sounds good speed picking with the SS! You should give it a try. I think there may be a used SS on dimarzioforum.com's trading post.
 
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alex1fly said:
It still sounds plenty fat and rockin' compared to the PG+, VPAF Hot, HR, and CR that I've tried in this bridge spot. Definitely does not sound scooped or thin.
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That's good to know, I was curious as to whether or not the trade-off for clarity was a thin sound. Good to hear that's not the case.
 
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yeah i am actully thinking of replacing the evo 2 in my mahogany RG 3120 with the steves special.
 
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