Hi, thanks guys. Well i'm pleased to say it's panic over and i'll keep the MM for now. After tweaking my amp settings to accomodate the new pickup (i shoulda known it would need some EQ changing) the pickup sounds great. I've broken in the new strings and dropped them half a step. I don't think the new heavier guage strings were helping matters much but now they're dropped it's sounding way cooler. I spend a good amount of time tweaking and tweaking and tweaking the pickup height whilst dialling in some new settings and it's sounding pretty awesome. I A/B'd my SG with a stock Tokai Les Paul and the SG now sounds way beefer than the Les Paul, now that's impressive. I was however expecting a little more output/power.
It took a good hour or two to get used to how clear and defined the notes were and exactly how tight this pickup is. After 5 years of playing Gibson Alnicos in the SG, it definately takes some time to get used to something so different. Back to the tightness and note clarity...I think this pickup will only show how great is it when I get to band practice and paly in a full band situation. The extra clarity and tightness is gonna slice like a motherf*cker right thru the mix (or so I think/hope!). I think this is where it will shine most.
One last queation before I get back to pissing off the neighbours, would adjusting the individual pole piece screws be of any benefit? I was thinking of taking them a little higher, would this actually do much?
Cheers guys, back to beer and riffs...
