Just got my RTM...

LP82

LP82

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...and all I can say is "Wow!" Killer pickup! It's everything I hoped it would be. I installed it in my new Charvel Pro Mod, and it screams, it sings, it growls, it does everything I want. Now I just have to get two more for my Jackson Soloist and a custom superstrat...sigh, my wallet will not like me much anymore, lol.
 
Re: Just got my RTM...

LP82 said:
...and all I can say is "Wow!" Killer pickup! It's everything I hoped it would be. I installed it in my new Charvel Pro Mod, and it screams, it sings, it growls, it does everything I want. Now I just have to get two more for my Jackson Soloist and a custom superstrat...sigh, my wallet will not like me much anymore, lol.
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Does this match your experience so far? I'd be interesed to know.

“What Seymour Duncan Custom Shop pickup is similar to the JB in output, but will give me a tighter low-end, more mid-range bite, and sweeter highs than the JB?” the RTM
from a review
 
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HALENisking said:
Does this match your experience so far? I'd be interesed to know.

“What Seymour Duncan Custom Shop pickup is similar to the JB in output, but will give me a tighter low-end, more mid-range bite, and sweeter highs than the JB?” the RTM
from a review
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I would too, because I wrote that review. :) It was certainly my experience with the pickup - I love the RTM.
 
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Yes, the bottom end is tighter, no upper-mid spike but better low mids (it does have more bite), and the highs are smoother. There is a little compression overall but it's an all-around beefier tone. Mine spec'ed out at 17.59k. The notes bloom very well. I know it's just my opinion, but it's what the JB should have been all along.
 
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LP82, congrats on finding one that really speaks to you; I love my RTM's as well. One of the best pickups for a super strat!

As far as cutting through: the JB has lots of cut from the upper mids. I wouldn't say the RTM cuts more....but just as much in a different manner. It does so with bigger and broader mids overall.
 
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I will also add here that just throwing an A2 magnet in to a JB doesn't give you the RTM. You just end up with an A2 JB.
Cool in its own right.....but not an RTM.
 
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I instantly was impressed with the RTM TB after I got it installed in a Kramer Super Strat and played it for pretty much the same sonic/tonality described above. Same when I picked up an Evenly Voiced Harmonics TB and had it installed in a Jackson Soloist. I'm currently holding into a Super V TB in anticipation that it will be another welcome addition to a future project.
 
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