mustaine used to have a handwound duncan distortion "juarez" in his classic black jackson kv1, which is less tight than a lot of ALNICO pickups, and no near as tight as a cold sweat
then he swapped it for a JB, that is not tight at all
then his active model, that is not really tight neither
I think he's looking for alder tone on mahogany and that will (happily) never happen :lol:
Not sure to really get what is said here....
As far as I know, Mustaine's favorite KV1 is fitted with a L-500 L Neck and a SH-5 bridge. Maybe he had an handwound SH6, but he prefered the SH5 for its clarity over the standard SH6 so that the US KV models were the only one Jackson to come with a SH5. At that time the KV1, was made with poplar, that Mustaine used a lot, as well as Korina and of course Mahogany.
Then Jackson stopped dealing with B. Lawrence, and stopped using so different pickups and woods for their guitars as soon as Fender put his hands on the brand. :(
The SH4 / SH2 combo became the new Jackson standard as well as alder wood, which is now used on almost every model from the Soloist right down to the Rhoads...Even if since that the King V Mustaine signature model was sold with thoses features, it's quite a shortcut to say you need Alder and a muddy SH4 in your life to sound like Mustaine, imho... :lol:
For instance, if the SH4 was THE Mustaine pickup, then Tim would advise the holydiver (which is the BKP most similar to the SH4) to ALL customers who want Deth tones....But everybody knows this would be a VERY poor choice...
Indeed BKP highly recommend the PK for Megadeth, (or the MM, or the CS or even sometimes the (C-)NB depending on guitar designs, rigs, etc), so what is the explanation here ? :wallbash:
To me all this has more things to do with money agrements and endorsements than anything else.
There are so many example around, and we have the same story here with Broderick leaving BKP for Di Marzio... Of course he will keep some BKP's in his personal guitars. And even if Di Marzio is his endorser now, I'm not sure he will say one day that he prefers Di Marzio over Bare Knuckle's.... :roll:
Anyway....BACK TO TOPIC :shock:
Im also hoping to get a MXR 10 band eq to see what it can do with both the CS and Painkillers.... I've come to the conclusion that as great as BKP are, I shouldn't expect them to do EVERYTHING!
If you are positive the C-NB cannot be an option for you, then Yes the 10 band EQ
should work with the PK.
