I'd get warmer speakers, though
I'm thinking about one day getting the Scumback M75-LHDC / H75-LHDC 100w combo. They'reeeee pricey though. My friend who inspired me to get the Splawn plays the same speakers as me, but he uses different cabs. So far with the guitars and such I have bought I have not gotten close to his monster 80's tone, so I want to try to do that with this guitar. I'm thinking about also maybe getting Eminence Splawn Small Blocks (similar to Greenbacks) if the Scumback thing doesn't work out.
I spoke to Nick at The Axe Palace and he highly recommended Rebel Yells. They were Tim's 2nd or 3rd pick for me. Nick said the Holy Divers would be very dark in my guitar, and Tim seemed not to recommend the HD's for me. Tim's 1st pick was the Crawler... but everything I've read or heard about them seems to conflict with what I want.
My cab shipped out today :) :) :) As soon as I get it and test the water's with the current SD pups and the cab I'm going to order the Gold Ray Gun RY's :) :) :)
I have a pair of scumback H75's in my 1960A
they are not that much better than current production chinese G12H's, just a bit middier and fuller
I paid $160 for the pair, so was definitely worth it, but I wouldn't pay $180 a piece
the M75's seem to have some extra juice, though, but I didn't try those
weber silver bells could be interesting for your setup
my lp is quite dark sounding and still sounded fairly bright with the holy diver, which was just a bit darker than the aftermath, and brighter than the nailbomb, that had a stronger high end, but isn't brighter
it is not a dark sounding pickup at all, and you play a splawn, which is quite bright and focused
unless you're using some heavy downtuning, I'll keep the diver advice over the rebel yell
it's easier to make a big tone sound lean and tight than thickening it up and rounding the edges without getting overly compressed
