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Forum Ringside => Pickups => Topic started by: Antag on December 05, 2006, 10:04:18 PM

Title: A good swap...
Post by: Antag on December 05, 2006, 10:04:18 PM
Installed a Holy Diver set into my vintage burst Les Paul on Monday night - they were in my Goldtop but that has Nailbombs now.

Turned out to be a good swap - the vintage burst is my favourite of my three Les Pauls, & with HDs it sounds absolutely huge :)  Was noodling around with a slightly menacing calm-before-the-storm kinda clean riff when the Mrs comes up & says "Stop it, you're making the house shake!" :lol:

With dropped D tuning it sounds INSANE :twisted:
Title: A good swap...
Post by: steve on December 05, 2006, 10:31:52 PM
Any chance of some recordings of them?
Title: A good swap...
Post by: Antag on December 05, 2006, 10:44:46 PM
Yeah, some clips would definitely be worth doing - may be able to have a go this weekend...

I used the goldtop to record my first three Holy Diver clips, but it was badly in need of a new nut, refret & full setup (had this slightly dead sound, especially on the 3rd string, even with new strings). Also the 50mm spaced bridge was really too narrow.

The HDs are a much better fit on the VB which seems to have the slots in the bridge saddles cut slightly narrower.
Title: Re: A good swap...
Post by: Eric on December 06, 2006, 03:13:31 AM
Quote from: Antag
Mrs comes up & says "Stop it, you're making the house shake!" :lol:

With dropped D tuning it sounds INSANE :twisted:


Can there be a better endorsement of a pickup than this? I think not.  :twisted: