I want my LP to be able to get those incendiary pick harmonics like John Sykes, Dime, Zakk and still retain clarity/articulation/fullness. The more I play my LP over the last few days the more I think it sounds thin in the upper register and maybe not so trebly like I first thought.
believe me, I play all that stuff with this pickup and I've been playing all BKP high output models for years
this pickup really surprised me and was the first pickup to make my jaw drop straight out of the box
I still don't know what to expect from it in my les paul, but it sounds glorious in the prs mccarty
if you want a more compressed pickup without getting spikey, you better go with the holy diver or even an alnico warpig, instead of the ceramic models
do not rule out the nailbomb as well
bet it would sound great through the quickrod too
the custom raff reminds of the nailbomb voicing, but without all the compression, more organic, with a cleaner punch
a real beefed up PAF with a lot of bite
I wish I could record a video, but my camera is broken
you can ask Tim for more details
he said the pickup sounded wicked, so I guess he experimented with it
it's like a stock raff, but about 4% overwound
I think the magnet is about 30% thicker than the usual
never tried a stock riff raff, so I can't make a comparison, but Tim said the magnet would increase output and low end (I said I wanted it to be capable of driving my amp as hard as possible for a paf wound pickup)
