Took my gear over to my drummer friend's house last night, and jammed for about 4 hours :) :) :) Finally, to say the least, I got to crank my amp with the Miracle Man's.
OH. MY. I was just blown away by how much better I sounded with these pups. I really got much MUCH closer to that sound I was looking for. Much more saturation, tightness, fullness, and tight thump. Also, I wasn't getting that DEADLY amount of treble out of my Quick Rod like I always got before. Not knocking the Rod, because it's the best amp out there, but I just think it can be finnicky with super bright, upper mid-heavy pups like the Suhr Aldrich's.
I liked that I'm getting about the same note definition with the MM's. It's like the sound is thicker and much tighter, but I can still hear the individual notes. It's hard to explain it, and I've never changed pick-ups in a guitar and got this drastic of results. What REALLY surprised me is that it seems like I was actually even getting better cleans. Also worth noting that, with a drummer in the mix, it seemed like I wound up having to set EVERYTHING (except volume and gain :D ) to about 12:00, and voila! I even set the presence/treble a tad higher and no ice-picky sound!!!
My negative criticisms would be that I can tell these pups won't cut as much as the Aldrich's. That's probably, in reality, a very good thing though, because I don't seem to be getting that piercing high end like I was getting with the Aldrich's.
Did I mention how much better the zebra coils look!!??
And poor Yngwie guitar... As excited as I am about it, I played it for a few songs, and it was pretty cool. Wasn't gelling with it playing with a drummer yet, but it needs more setting up to get perfect... BUT once I pulled out the Suhr with the MM's I just couldn't put it down! Maybe the YJM will have a BareKnuckle day one day
