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User Comments Neill [Seraphims] Well I fitted the pickups and all is well. The tapped Charlie Christian has the broadest sound spectrum I've ever heard on an electric guitar, its fabulous bordering on acoustic. You can have thick tele twang and a great rhythm from the neck pickup. In contrast, the full pickup can range from single coil lightness to real untamed grunt. I don't no how you managed to get so much out of single coils, hugely impressed, I will be back. [Vampire-Chimera-Kraken] Your pickups have transformed my mild-mannered Yamaha Pacifica into a bit of a beast! Picked it up earlier this evening so haven't played it much but already I can hear a big change. I'm really pleased because I was all prepared to pay for a new guitar but have got back my favourite guitar with real attitude. Many thanks for your advice (the Chimera works great with the Kraken) and for the excellent service. I'll recommend you with absolutely no hesitation. Andy [Mountain Thunder & Rolling Thunder] John RichHi Mike, the pickups hare now on my SG !
Tried them out on my friends ENGL and they sounded
great....but not as good as through my Laney ! The Laney has only got 3 gain
stages whereas the bigger Laney's have 5 gain stages.....but any lack of gain I
can counteract by kicking in my Blackstar valve driven overdrive
pedal.
The bridge pickup through my Laney without the
Blackstar pedal really sounds great for rock...and for Tony Iommi type rhythms,
the lead sound is a bit weak ( the amps fault - not the pickup's fault ! ), so
kicking in the pedal makes the lead lines sound great.
Using the pedal - which I always do - just gives
that little bit more oomph - makes your pickups on my guitar sound just awesome
!
I bought this guitar especially for playing Tony
Iommi style riffs at a whole step down tuning, after your help in deciding to
buy the Mountain Queens to achieve this sound.........I've got to say that these
pickups do exactly what it says on the tin !!!
You should have seen the smile I had got on my face
when playing my guitar with your Mountain Queens on it......they fit the bill
just perfectly ! The front pickup on it's own has a real nice chimey sound, and the two pickups on together have a sound that is very usable ( with lower levels of gain ! ) Hey Mike, the werewolf and the wraith are fantastic! Thanks again! Olivier I installed the Nightwolf and it is truly a
masterpiece !!!
the sounds are so alive and responsive , never
experienced this with humbuckers ever before !!! Andy [Mountain Queen] I have to say that the two Mini HB's sounded absolutely great on tour. That's one great sounding pickup. I was able to A/B it with an identical guitar with a stock gibbo mini hb and a Les Paul with a JB in it. And your beast seems to be right in between those two soundwise. Really defined. But more meaty than a stock mini hb. But brighter somehow too. Which I wasn't expecting. But I was happy to find. Mark [Cherubims] I've got the pickups installed. The full sound isn't very different to the originals (so I guess the Gibson's weren't too bad) but much better balanced. The tapped sound is great and I've used push-pull pots on the volume controls which take the volume and tone pots out of the circuit giving a little more drive and brightness for those Tele-like ice pick moments. Nick [Mountain Queen] I finally managed to pick up my guitar from the techs. I love it. Took it for a spin with band rehearsal, it rocks good and proper, hot enough to grunt but mini enough to cut through. For some reason it has also given my Schecter a lot more quack when the bridge is combined with middle, it always had a bit of a strat thing going in position 2 but now it really does the finger pickin country thing. Mark [Manticores] It's some time ago now but the pickups arrived ok and installed are very nice. I put them in an Epiphone Wilshire Reissue and even though the pickups cost more than half the price of the guitar it's still an amazing guitar for £330. Gary [Manticore in short scale bass] The bass is a short scale, and it was the McCartney type sound that I was looking for, so with that in mind, I would say the pickup does a sterling job. It's not too muddy, and there is even a hint of growl in there on the higher notes; James [Barghests] Just thought I’d drop you a note to say thanks for the pickups! They arrived before the weekend, but I only got round to wiring them up Sat evening. They’re absolutely superb!!! The neck one is massive sounding but clear, and the bridge has a lovely bite to it rather than muddy which the stock 57 Classics in my SG 61RI tend to be! Howie Finally found time late last night to fit the Cherubim's,and what a difference! The 'jangly' setting is exactly what I was looking for,and the hot p90 setting has given it real grunt, making the guitar very versatile. Thank you very much,I must admit I didn't expect such a huge improvement,the Wildkat now sounds as good as it looks and plays :) Malcolm [Kraken bridge + 2 x Valkyrie] I have now spent some time using them both in the studio and at gigs. All I can say is wow! Sadly I no longer have any friends as they all move away from me just in case I start raving about them and the wife is getting jealous about the time I spend with them, but they are simply amazing. I found you site by a lucky accident and as soon as our new site is up and running I will be putting a link to yours. I have attached something I was working on today as just for the hell of it I used every pickup position on the guitar. You really should get the recordings on you site to show just how good your work is. If you ever decide to have your name printed on the pickup covers please let me know as I would be proud to have have some. Good luck with everything you do, and I will be back as soon as I buy another guitar. Wynn [Vampire bridge + Vampire Lord neck] I just wanted to email you to let you know how fantastic these pickups are. The reason it's taken so long to get round to this is that they've been on my second guitar, I usually use a PRS which i was happy with the pickups on. Well because they were on the backup guitar I didn't really get to use them properly till recently when I fancied a change on a gig. I now can't believe how good these things are, they're in a hollow telecaster type guitar which I made and are just awesome, I particularly love the coil tap, as you say on your site normal humbuckers sound weak coil tapped but these are just fabulous. James Just a quick note to say the Mountain Queen pickup was superb!! Martyn Received pickups and installed them yesterday. Excellent, the Quilin exactly what I was looking for and two Manticores compliment it very well. Andrew [Manticores] The pickups sound fabulous!! - I love the neck one especially. Rich [Vampire Lord neck] Its a very versatile neck pickup. The tone control makes a massive difference. When I turn it down to 3 or 4, its gets the sound Ive been hoping for. Brilliant stuff. When I whack it up to 10 it sounds brighter, almost bridge like. Ive never had a pickup like this one. Im looking forward to experimenting with it for along time to come. Cheers for everything Mike. Kev We think you've done a wonderful job :0) There are great similarities between the two sets with many of the same type of nuances - but we think your set has more 'width' to the tone, has a slightly 'creamier' feel but also with more 'crispness' at the top end. The clarity IS there. Martyn I've received and installed the Manticore; just what I was looking for and the slight overwind just fattens it enough without losing the detail. I'll probably order two neck pickups some time soon Any plans to do a Les Paul Delux style mini? |
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