Full Shred in Basswood?

[on the march]

I just picked up an oddball guitar...actually it's quite cool. It's a 1990 ESP Custom Shop Flying V. It's not pointy, tho. The body and peghead look just like the Gibby. Anyway, it's got set-neck construction with a maple neck, ebony fingerboard, and a basswood body. It's rear-routed with a single humbucker at the bridge, single volume control, kill switch (mini-toggle), and a Schaller Floyd. The pup in there now is an ESP model that sounds like caca.

How would the Full Shred trembucker sound in this axe? For some reason, I recall reading that the FS and basswood compliment each other?? This guitar would be for general shredding and metal carnage

Thanks

 

[Pierre]

Re: Full Shred in Basswood?

I have a FS in a basswood guitar and it worked just fine. I replaced the magnet with an A8 now though and it's perfect. AMAZING pickup.

 

[on the march]

Re: Full Shred in Basswood?

I have a FS in a basswood guitar and it worked just fine. I replaced the magnet with an A8 now though and it's perfect. AMAZING pickup.

what changes did the magnet swap bring to the Full Shred?

 

[Pierre]

Re: Full Shred in Basswood?

Made it a little hotter, but barely noticeably. A little thicker sounding maybe.
It basically still sounds like a FS, but to me, better I did it a loooong time ago so I don't really recall how it was before.