Well as you can read in my other thread, I suspect there may be something wrong with the wiring. Or else, it's just not as tight or ballsy as I imagined. Don't get me wrong though, you'll see why:
The pickup is warmer than the FullShred it replaced. WAY warmer. The bass are less present, and it's not as good for chugging, I find.
However it's AMAZINGLY clear. More than the FullShred. It'd be perfect for Thrash for instance: not too much gain on the amp, but a lot of fast riffing.
The tightness didn't make me want to say 'OMFG' (yeah, in geek talk like this) as the FullShred did. On the contrary, I feel it's less tight than the FS, but way smoother (whereas the SeymourDuncan was very crunchy. That's not a bad thing at all :D)
It's not much hotter than the FullShred, but I can feel it has a little more strength to it. I thought it'd be tighter and with more output personally.
I feel the Harmonics are clear and pronounced, but harder to get than on the FullShred. I feel there are just less than on the FS overall. It's what caused my suspicions since it's supposed to be pretty strong in this level.
At first I had reversed the red and black wires (thinking black was hot...) but I rewired it correctly and well, I didn't notice a huge difference in sound. What should I have noticed?
Also, the pickup is 3.5 away from the strings on the low E screw piece. I arranged those screws to be in a zig zag pattern (if anyone experimented with this and can tell me tips or good positions for these, I'm all open :))
Overall, even though I expected something 'more', I can tell why Bareknuckle pickups get such a good reputation. The degree of clarity is AMAZING, especially for such a high output pickup. Thanks Tim for a great product, and if anyone can tell me if what I noticed is normal, I'd be glad :P
Oh I forgot to add, the strings are brand new too... Maybe this could influence the sound in a negative way?
