So I recently bought a Schecter KM7 MKII. 26.5 scale, swamp ash body, ebony board. It came with a Nazgul / Sentient set. While I love the Sentient, the Nazgul is too harsh & won't sit in a mix. I don't know if it's too harsh because I use a bright amp (EVH) but it really isn't for me. I plan to replace it with a Seymour Duncan Pegasus which is in a 6 string mahogany that I have. I'm curious what you think the Pegasus will sound like in a swamp ash body in a standard 7 string tuning.
Seymour Duncan Pegasus 7 w/ Swamp Ash
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Re: Seymour Duncan Pegasus 7 w/ Swamp Ash
Sorry you're incorrect. The acoustic properties of an electric guitar are very important to the integrity and tone of the sound - including the wood. They're all summed to reach the final tone that comes out the amp via the pickups. That's why jazz players have used rosewood fretboards instead of maple for almost a century. That's why the springy trem adds to the jangles of the strat. That's why the mustang and jaguar sound more garage - their shoddy bridges. That's why a Floyd guitar sounds thinner. That's why a 335 sounds differently than an LP. The wood changes the way that the instrument conducts the sound produced by the strings and this is either read by the pickups magnetically directly from the strings or microphonically directly from the guitar or both.
Again, OP: you could easily round out your Nazgul by swapping an A5 in there for a few bucks.
Sorry you're incorrect. The acoustic properties of an electric guitar are very important to the integrity and tone of the sound - including the wood. They're all summed to reach the final tone that comes out the amp via the pickups. That's why jazz players have used rosewood fretboards instead of maple for almost a century. That's why the springy trem adds to the jangles of the strat. That's why the mustang and jaguar sound more garage - their shoddy bridges. That's why a Floyd guitar sounds thinner. That's why a 335 sounds differently than an LP. The wood changes the way that the instrument conducts the sound produced by the strings and this is either read by the pickups magnetically directly from the strings or microphonically directly from the guitar or both.
Again, OP: you could easily round out your Nazgul by swapping an A5 in there for a few bucks.
Re: Seymour Duncan Pegasus 7 w/ Swamp Ash
I have used the same pickups neck and bridge to prove my point and made the body from mahogany and aluminum and no one could tell the difference in tone.
I have used the same pickups neck and bridge to prove my point and made the body from mahogany and aluminum and no one could tell the difference in tone.
Clint 55
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Re: Seymour Duncan Pegasus 7 w/ Swamp Ash
That's irrelevant if some people can't tell the difference. Plenty of people have already proven that there is a difference.
I've also done the same thing with alder and poplar where I swapped ONLY the body and there was an ENORMOUS difference. As much as changing pickups.
That's irrelevant if some people can't tell the difference. Plenty of people have already proven that there is a difference.
I've also done the same thing with alder and poplar where I swapped ONLY the body and there was an ENORMOUS difference. As much as changing pickups.
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