Re: NPD - Zhangbucker Content!
Alrighty! I'm going to add some notes to my previous review (sorry for my tardiness). If I didn't mention it before, they are installed In a Jackson JS32-7Q Dinky. It's a basswood body w/quilt maple veneer, 3 piece bolt-on maple neck, rosewood fretboard. and a fixed bridge. The guitar has always had a slight twanginess and nasal character. It was their with the stock pickups and on these a bit too.
The bridge pickup has a wonderful three-dimensional quality. Very full sounding. The A4 gives it a vintage tone and chimey character. The EQ is flatter than an A5 or A2. It doesn't sound flat as that has a negative, dead connotation. I would say it sounds
even. Which is nice because unlike some pickups the individual strings never sound louder than any other. Makes the response very balanced. It also allows the low B to have good volume, bass-like tone, and wonderful clarity. No mud or woffiness. Really sounds good clean and also sounds nice when distorted. It sounds more classic-rock tone than most 7-string pickups which is refreshing. The uneven coils give it a little more treble and single-coil like tone without being thin or overly-trebley. Great liveliness to it. As a final thought, you can hit pinch-harmonics easily, but the pickup does not create ones on accident. You get what you want, when you want.
The neck is a very unique pickup. It has more clarity and chime than
any other A2-based neck humbucker I have ever heard! It's still smooth and warm but the highs, while rounded, never sound like they are being cut-off like some A2 pickups sound. It's not as flutey as I would like, but I think has more to do with the fact that it's in a 24-fret guitar that lends itself to being less sweet sounding in the neck. In short, not the fault of the pickup. When used together (as mentioned with the character of this guitar) it's a little nasal on the G-B-E strings. But again, very clear and chimey while still remaining warm.
If you guys are looking for a set of pickups that are like vintage-style with a little pepper and great clarity, while warm, call Zhangbucker. You won't be disappointed.
