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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Vilches3 on April 04, 2009, 11:57:17 PM

Title: Holy diver for downtuning
Post by: Vilches3 on April 04, 2009, 11:57:17 PM

I was wondering how well the Holy Diver would retain tightness and clarity when tuned as low as like Drop C or even lower sometimes. Im very close to getting a holy diver for my warmoth which will be either alder/maple/maple.......alder/maple/rosewood or alder/maple pau ferro........and i use 10 and 11 gauge strings and it will have a flush mount trem. and  a maple top.

thanks!
Rob

Title: Re: Holy diver for downtuning
Post by: DimeZakk on April 05, 2009, 01:22:20 AM

Yes it will with that bodywoods!

Title: Re: Holy diver for downtuning
Post by: Vilches3 on April 05, 2009, 06:37:47 AM

thanks!  :D

and how does it sound for tapping? i mean coil tapping that is

Title: Re: Holy diver for downtuning
Post by: Antag on April 05, 2009, 08:29:03 AM

If it helps, I recorded a few drop-C# clips with the HD a while back:
here (http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6460.0) & here (http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=9744.0) (actually, the remix (http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=9744.msg124744#msg124744) on Pg2 is better...)

Never tried it lower tuned.

As for coil-splitting, I don't the neck sounds particularly good split, but IMO you don't need to split it as it already has one of the best clean (http://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=6459.0) tones on the planet :)  I have no use for a split bridge so I've never tried it...

Title: Re: Holy diver for downtuning
Post by: Vilches3 on April 05, 2009, 05:16:24 PM

WOW!!! I hope i could get tones like that! though I probably wont since my guitars gonna be dominantly Alder and Maple and have the floyd. And youve got a Engl.....and those are magic lol

Title: Re: Holy diver for downtuning
Post by: ericsabbath on April 06, 2009, 06:58:39 AM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=T1RafxMYU5w

that's drop C on a les paul