Benjy_26
25's Nemesis
Hi everybody.
I recently purchased a Full Shred Trembucker, and, being a big fan of the Screamin' Demon, I replaced the hex screws closest to the bridge and installed it in a floyded Godin SD (24 frets, rosewood fingerboard, solverleaf maple body).
The generic, alnico V, ~5.5k single coils in the neck and middle sound pretty thick, even with the 500k pots in this guitar. I attribute this to the Gibson scale that this guitar sports. The FS is replacing a C5, that, to me, sounded kind of flat and dull. It was a generic humbucker sound without much push or crunch to it. I thought that the FS would be similar to the C5 with perhaps a bit more sparkle.
I was wrong.
The half-hex, half-fillister Full Shred is substantially tighter, brighter, and has a ton more grind than the C5 it replaced without giving up much in the low end. It's tighter, but about as big. The FS is a lot louder than the singles and is much more aggressive in the highs. I may leave it as is, because it IS a fun sound, or I may consider swapping in 6 more fillisters or even mag swapping to get it to be more tonally balanced across the 5 positions.
As it is, though, it's a screamer. Is it as tight and sparkly as the Demon? Not really. It also doesn't have as much of a "thunk" as the Demon when palm muting power chords and low string riffs, but a lot of the aggressive, crunchy character is there, along with some more muscle, which is nice.
I recently purchased a Full Shred Trembucker, and, being a big fan of the Screamin' Demon, I replaced the hex screws closest to the bridge and installed it in a floyded Godin SD (24 frets, rosewood fingerboard, solverleaf maple body).
The generic, alnico V, ~5.5k single coils in the neck and middle sound pretty thick, even with the 500k pots in this guitar. I attribute this to the Gibson scale that this guitar sports. The FS is replacing a C5, that, to me, sounded kind of flat and dull. It was a generic humbucker sound without much push or crunch to it. I thought that the FS would be similar to the C5 with perhaps a bit more sparkle.
I was wrong.
The half-hex, half-fillister Full Shred is substantially tighter, brighter, and has a ton more grind than the C5 it replaced without giving up much in the low end. It's tighter, but about as big. The FS is a lot louder than the singles and is much more aggressive in the highs. I may leave it as is, because it IS a fun sound, or I may consider swapping in 6 more fillisters or even mag swapping to get it to be more tonally balanced across the 5 positions.
As it is, though, it's a screamer. Is it as tight and sparkly as the Demon? Not really. It also doesn't have as much of a "thunk" as the Demon when palm muting power chords and low string riffs, but a lot of the aggressive, crunchy character is there, along with some more muscle, which is nice.
