Pickup suggestion for Charvel?

[darkbluemurder]

By the way - when you said you picked up a HD - did you buy from BKP or a dealer or used?

[metalmaniac93]

I have the HD in a Carvin Bolt-T+ (Alder Body/Maple Neck/Ebony Fingerboard) and it is not bright at all.  I have had a few other PUs in it including the junk Carvins and they always had this bright tone, but not with the HD.  I was having problems getting the HD to sound bright, but once I got it figured out for the rhythm tones, it sounded really good!!! I still wish it was a little bit more open/a little less mids for rhythm, but it sounds amazing for leads!!! The best lead pickup I have every heard!!!

[retrojet]

Yea, I'm going to have to say there's something wrong with this pickup...it reads about 15.9k between red and black/ground, which is what it's supposed to read, but I spent some more time with it yesterday, comparing it with other guitars/pickups, and it just really sounds like a single coil pup...it's crazy. I'll try it in another guitar before I give up on it completely, but I'm just stumped right now.

P.S. - I bought it online from an authorized dealer on the east coast.

[darkbluemurder]

Yea, I'm going to have to say there's something wrong with this pickup...it reads about 15.9k between red and black/ground,

Reading is OK.
You still have not answered my question on whether it does hum more than your other guitars.

 and it just really sounds like a single coil pup...it's crazy. I'll try it in another guitar before I give up on it completely, but I'm just stumped right now.

P.S. - I bought it online from an authorized dealer on the east coast.

Well then your best bet is to return the pickup for an exchange or a refund.

Cheers Stephan