mi_canuck
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Re: Tried a Black Winter - to replace a Distortion...
Well things come full circle, ironically. So I had plans to set up this Jackson Soloist in D-standard. So finally got around to that yesterday. Went from 9.5-44 Ernies (for E-std) to 10.5-48 (D-std). Very similar tension. Online string tension calculator came in very handy! So very little messing with trem spring tension or any of that. Cool. Plugged in and hmmm... Sounded good still with the modded Full Shred, just a bit "weak". A bit looser too, which was somewhat expected going from E to D. Just didn't have the output or cut. Had to really dig in. So... my mind got thinking...
Having had a bit of practice soldering pickups in/out last week, I figured I have nothing to lose, I'll pop the Distortion TB-6 back in (which was the original pickup in this SL3). Well I guess what I disliked about it in E tuning, sort of goes away in D tuning. Not perfect but quite good actually. Super fun honestly. The Distortion isn't super mid heavy (although more than Custom 5 or Full Shred). But it's got so much balls, and upper mid cut, that once down-tuned I think it comes in very handy.
If I were to down-tune further, probably a different guitar, may give the Black Winter another try. For now it's in its box. The Distortion is in with D-standard for now. Modded Full Shred will stay that way, just will maybe put in something else in the future.
Well things come full circle, ironically. So I had plans to set up this Jackson Soloist in D-standard. So finally got around to that yesterday. Went from 9.5-44 Ernies (for E-std) to 10.5-48 (D-std). Very similar tension. Online string tension calculator came in very handy! So very little messing with trem spring tension or any of that. Cool. Plugged in and hmmm... Sounded good still with the modded Full Shred, just a bit "weak". A bit looser too, which was somewhat expected going from E to D. Just didn't have the output or cut. Had to really dig in. So... my mind got thinking...
Having had a bit of practice soldering pickups in/out last week, I figured I have nothing to lose, I'll pop the Distortion TB-6 back in (which was the original pickup in this SL3). Well I guess what I disliked about it in E tuning, sort of goes away in D tuning. Not perfect but quite good actually. Super fun honestly. The Distortion isn't super mid heavy (although more than Custom 5 or Full Shred). But it's got so much balls, and upper mid cut, that once down-tuned I think it comes in very handy.
If I were to down-tune further, probably a different guitar, may give the Black Winter another try. For now it's in its box. The Distortion is in with D-standard for now. Modded Full Shred will stay that way, just will maybe put in something else in the future.
