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Originally Posted by Battousai
well. its an ESP horizon nt-II... it has the standard duncan JB/59 set, and i have the DR Tite fit..
52 44 30 17 13 10.
thing is the top 3 soubd ok .. ...
what i was thinking they sound a bit whoomfy was because they dont sit nicely in the nut.. more like on top of the nut..... would that cause it to be muffled? or the strings i chose arent bright enough?
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Okay well there's your problem bro. I'm your answer man. I had that guitar. A mahogany neck-thru guitar like that and a JB with its loose bass response is a match made in hell. If you want to use those gauges on that guitar, I'd recommend changing the bridge pickup to the Seymour Duncan SH-5 Custom model. Much tighter lows and crisper attack. The JB is really not a great match for that guitar, they sound best in brighter configurations.
If you want to keep the JB, I'd recommend going back to lighter gauges, or like Noodles & I have been talking about, go for a brighter brand like Elixir, DR, D'Addario, etc. Avoid Dean Markley, GHS, Ernie Ball, etc.
Also you mentioned you use DR Tite-Fits. Bro, those are very dark strings meant for warm/rounded tones. It even says so in their product literature. Switch to the DR Hi-Beam (or Dimebag ones), and that may fix your problem by itself. Tite-Fits + 7 string + JB in mahogany = recipe for muddiness.
PS: Guys, our opinions of heavy vs. low gauge preferences are irrelevant in this context, he's having a problem, there's a clear solution to which I and a few others alluded to, let's stick to the point and help him out.