Alternatives to Holy Diver set for a Thinline T style guitar

[andrewt]

Hi all,

I am engaged in getting a guitar built. It was originally going to be a dinky Strat style body with 2 point term and using the Holy Diver set to be a rock guitar.

Due to some unforeseen circumstances it has become a thinline T style guitar with hardtail bridge and with 24 3/4" scale neck. Body is mahogany with maple cap, and neck is mahogany with rosewood board.

I am still interested in having a set of pickups that are less bright and towards the rock end of the spectrum. Just wondering whether I should change the Holy Diver set to something else?

[timmy_b]

So, I'm assuming that the original design was a 25.5" scale?

The Holydiver certainly still works nicely in a shorter scale length guitar, but it is going to shift you a little bit darker than your original combination would have been.

If you like that darker vibe, then there's no huge reason to not stick with the Holydiver, but, if you wanted to make a small shift brighter in the pickups, to adjust for the warmer instrument, the Black Dog or Peacemaker would both be worth a look.