Mixing 2 different blackouts pickups together
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Rex_Rocker
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Re: Mixing 2 different blackouts pickups together
Yes. That's doable. I used to have an original Blackout bridge mixed with an EMG 81 in the neck. Pretty cool combo.
Yes. That's doable. I used to have an original Blackout bridge mixed with an EMG 81 in the neck. Pretty cool combo.
Phantasmagoria
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Re: Mixing 2 different blackouts pickups together
Be a bit mindful of the potential output mismatch though. I've got an AHB-2b Blackouts metal pickup in the bridge & regular Blackouts neck PU in my Cort superstrat & the AHB-2b is a whole lot louder than the neck pickup even though it's lowered a whole lot. I keep thinking I should get a Blackouts bridge PU & stick it in the neck position to level things out a bit...
Be a bit mindful of the potential output mismatch though. I've got an AHB-2b Blackouts metal pickup in the bridge & regular Blackouts neck PU in my Cort superstrat & the AHB-2b is a whole lot louder than the neck pickup even though it's lowered a whole lot. I keep thinking I should get a Blackouts bridge PU & stick it in the neck position to level things out a bit...
Phantasmagoria
watch where you point that sabre
Re: Mixing 2 different blackouts pickups together
No problem..wish I'd thought about it myself before lol :bigthumb:
No problem..wish I'd thought about it myself before lol :bigthumb:
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Phantasmagoria
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Re: Mixing 2 different blackouts pickups together
..not if a Blackouts Metal is involved. It won't balance with a Blackouts neck no matter what you do with their respective pickup heights (within reason...) . The AHB-2b is just too loud/hot. I even changed the pickup rings to those really low profile metal ones so I could get the Metal pup practically level with the surface of the guitar. It was STILL too hot for the neck (at stage volume..). If SD ever came out with a neck version of the AHB-2b I'd be all over it although I've heard a Blackouts bridge in the neck does match its output & sounds pretty good too.
..not if a Blackouts Metal is involved. It won't balance with a Blackouts neck no matter what you do with their respective pickup heights (within reason...) . The AHB-2b is just too loud/hot. I even changed the pickup rings to those really low profile metal ones so I could get the Metal pup practically level with the surface of the guitar. It was STILL too hot for the neck (at stage volume..). If SD ever came out with a neck version of the AHB-2b I'd be all over it although I've heard a Blackouts bridge in the neck does match its output & sounds pretty good too.