Full shred thick ceramic

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Anybody ever tried a full shred with a thick ceramic? Anybody know how it is vs the custom with thick ceramic?

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I put one in an eighties ESP mirage, bolt-on, ebony fretboard and a non-recessed floating bridge. I have no reference point with that guitar, but I do have a Custom with the same magnet in a neck-through Soloist. The FS is tighter, sure, and has less low end. Both have great note separation and retain clarity even with the big magnet. Maybe the FS is a little clearer.

I swapped the Custom+ to a Black Winter the other day and I can say the BW is higher output and middier, but less clear and definitely more extreme. The Custom is just the perfect pickup :)
 
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1b4n3z said:
I put one in an eighties ESP mirage, bolt-on, ebony fretboard and a non-recessed floating bridge. I have no reference point with that guitar, but I do have a Custom with the same magnet in a neck-through Soloist. The FS is tighter, sure, and has less low end. Both have great note separation and retain clarity even with the big magnet. Maybe the FS is a little clearer.

I swapped the Custom+ to a Black Winter the other day and I can say the BW is higher output and middier, but less clear and definitely more extreme. The Custom is just the perfect pickup :)
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So you would say both having the big ceramic that the full shred is simular but brighter and tighter?

That's what I am wanting. I have a custom with big ceramic in a soloist in Drop d and E standard and I love it.
I'm thinking about a full shred big ceramic for my schecter 7 string banshee in Drop A.

How much less low-end does the full shred have with that mag? Like is it a bunch or just a little?

Is there any stick duncan you could compare the low-end too?
That's really my main concern is I don't want it to be thin. I've always been curious and scared of buying a full shred because I have heard so much about the lack of lowend.

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The nice thing with the Full Shred is that you can change two rows of screws .
If you change the row towards the bridge for fillisters medium length , you will have more crunch , a bit more bass , a more complex sound .
Because the hex screws are focusing the sound on mids , less bass and thinner highs .
( I tried it with a Screaming Demon )
 
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The ceramic should boost the low end a little compared to A5, but this thing is definitely bright and crisp. The closest guitar I have, acoustically, is an RG8670 that I have equipped with the nazgul/sentient combo. I'd say the Nazgul is not quite as clear and has less low end than the FS ceramic. I'm sure if I swapped the FS for the nazgul in *this* guitar, the difference would be larger still. Veerry tight pickup, lightning fast response
 
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I'm actually replacing all the hex screws with 3/4" regular fillisters, as I'm keeping this guitar tuned to standard and while I love the fast response, I'd like a little more body to the high notes

E: A few minutes later ... I like the change! A bit more low end and 'looseness' was just the ticket. Plus it looks great with two rows of gleaming nickel screws :)


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1b4n3z said:
The ceramic should boost the low end a little compared to A5, but this thing is definitely bright and crisp. The closest guitar I have, acoustically, is an RG8670 that I have equipped with the nazgul/sentient combo. I'd say the Nazgul is not quite as clear and has less low end than the FS ceramic. I'm sure if I swapped the FS for the nazgul in *this* guitar, the difference would be larger still. Veerry tight pickup, lightning fast response
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That's good to know. I have a nazgul now and it has enough lows to pacify me

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