Alright, so I recently got the SH-4 JB installed in my Epiphone SG G-400 guitar. First off for those who don't know, the epiphone SG is mahogany with a rosewood neck. I also got the SH-1N 59 in the neck which I love. Anyways.. If I had to best compare my playing style and tone/sound to a band it'd have to be Avenged Sevenfold. Although it's a large mix of them, Metallica, Skillet, Three Days Grace, Papa Roach, Thrice, Fight Or Flight, bands like that. It may also be worth noting I use Ernie Ball Skinny Top, Heavy Bottom strings, 10-52 gauges I believe.
Now on to why I'm posting this... I had used the Epiphone SG factory pickups for the longest time, and had found the perfect EQ between my amp and distortion pedal to have that sweet tone where there's that chunk when you palm mute, but that punchy sound when you play riffs like the intro to Unholy Confessions by Avenged, and still enough balance where you can play leads nicely. Thing is, once I got the Sh-4 JB installed, I found my power chords to be kind of muddy and somewhat dull sounding if that makes sense. I tried playing with the height of the pickup poles and the pickup itself but cant find a sweet spot. Although I don't have a ton of experience with the height of the poles and pickup since I never needed to adjust them before. I'm starting to wonder if this was a good pickup choice for my style or not...or if it's just that im not adjusting the heights right, or something else. I have no idea. Also, I did NOT install them myself, I had my local music shop do it for me.
I've been at it for 3 days straight, spending countless hours just trying to find my sweet spot again, but it seems impossible. I have no idea what to do any more, it's driving me insane and if anyone can help it'd mean a LOT! I HATE my tone sounding muddy or thin and tinny (not tiny, tinny, as in a tin can). I'm extremely picky with my sound and like it to sound great, if it doesn't I don't play as well I find. I also tried rolling back my Low end on my pedal/amp and upping the high end, and vise versa. Nothing works. I usually keep my mids at 12, but I even tried rolling them forward a bit thinking it might give a bit more clarity. Still nothing. Again, if anyone could help it'd be greatly appreciated!
Josh
Now on to why I'm posting this... I had used the Epiphone SG factory pickups for the longest time, and had found the perfect EQ between my amp and distortion pedal to have that sweet tone where there's that chunk when you palm mute, but that punchy sound when you play riffs like the intro to Unholy Confessions by Avenged, and still enough balance where you can play leads nicely. Thing is, once I got the Sh-4 JB installed, I found my power chords to be kind of muddy and somewhat dull sounding if that makes sense. I tried playing with the height of the pickup poles and the pickup itself but cant find a sweet spot. Although I don't have a ton of experience with the height of the poles and pickup since I never needed to adjust them before. I'm starting to wonder if this was a good pickup choice for my style or not...or if it's just that im not adjusting the heights right, or something else. I have no idea. Also, I did NOT install them myself, I had my local music shop do it for me.
I've been at it for 3 days straight, spending countless hours just trying to find my sweet spot again, but it seems impossible. I have no idea what to do any more, it's driving me insane and if anyone can help it'd mean a LOT! I HATE my tone sounding muddy or thin and tinny (not tiny, tinny, as in a tin can). I'm extremely picky with my sound and like it to sound great, if it doesn't I don't play as well I find. I also tried rolling back my Low end on my pedal/amp and upping the high end, and vise versa. Nothing works. I usually keep my mids at 12, but I even tried rolling them forward a bit thinking it might give a bit more clarity. Still nothing. Again, if anyone could help it'd be greatly appreciated!
Josh
