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Originally Posted by SHREDTOKILL  cool guitar, had the same one, minus the trem.
just sold it a couple of months ago.
they play pretty good with a set up, sucks about the V, why would they say they could do something if they couldnt?
pure stupidity. |
Yeah, when I first got it, I didn't know the difference between a guitar that has been set up, or one that hasn't. And I started to hate the guitar over time when I gradually got better cause it hasn't been set up since 2002 (I would think). I learned how to intonate the strings, set up the action, and what not. And since then I fell in love with it. The only thing I dislike about the guitar, is the tremelo (I like stop tails... A lot) and I just hate the passive HZ- 4's with a passion. They sound so horrible, and you can't even tell the difference between them when you move the pickup away from the strings, or higher up on them.
I guess they told me they could do it cause they thought they could take advantage of me, cause at the time, I was only 13 and only been playing for a year (This was 2 years ago). So I wasn't very guitar smart, and when they where done, it looked nice, and you couldn't tell that they glued the posts in. So when I got home, I was playing around with the guitar, and I went to go pull on the tremelo, and it just caved in. And when I brought the guitar back in, they already knew what was wrong with it without me having to tell them anything specific. I didn't even have to take the tremelo out to show them the posts how they just glued them in. But in the long run, I lost out on a $300 JS30 King V that I got for $100 on Ebay, and I got away with a much nicer Jackson DKMG Dinky (Not quite sure how much it's worth, I see very similar ones for $800 at Guitar Center). Overall, I'm satisfied.
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Originally Posted by D-EJ915 Sucks about your other guitar, but congrats on getting a better one  I think I'd get the blackouts instead of EMGs because they are bassier. I don't really know how the metal would sound in alder, be aware it has more mids than any pickup your have ever used before by about 500% seriously, it's insane.
Oh and the blackout metal isn't available yet, they said it should be like april-may over on the seymour duncan forum if I remember. So you can order one it'll just be a while until you get it. |
Yeah, I hear they have a lot of Mid to them. I am wanting to get a nice thick edgy Death Metal tone, but be able to play stuff like Tool still. Overall I want a very versatile pickup, that can go from the heaviest of metal, to more progressive stuff like Tool. I play a Peavey 6505+ Half Stack, and it has a lot of low end cause of my 5150 Straight Cabinet, and the fact I have no casters on it, so it's right on the ground. So I'm not worried about a more bassier sound. I'll probably wait till the Metal ones come out, and see what they say about those. Before I get pickups, I'm getting a seven string guitar, so I can wait a little while for the Blackouts Metal. Thanks for your info.