question about HD

[Alex]

guess the guitar makes a lot of difference

This! I think that explains the differences people hear about the HD.

[Madsakre]

Buy a set of painkillers. Never look back

[darkbluemurder]

guess the guitar makes a lot of difference

This! I think that explains the differences people hear about the HD.

Same experience here. In the PRS Custom it just kills whereas in the alder bodied strat it was a tad too warm. The only direct comparisons with BKPs would be:

- to the A-Bomb: HD is slightly fatter with more center and high mids which makes it appear to have less bass
- to the Miracle Man: MiM has a bit more output, more bass and more bite
- to the Abraxas: AB sounds more open, with more highs, a bit less low mids, which makes it appear to have more bass.

Cheers Stephan

[Sir_Palomid]

Same experience here. In the PRS Custom it just kills whereas in the alder bodied strat it was a tad too warm. The only direct comparisons with BKPs would be:

- to the A-Bomb: HD is slightly fatter with more center and high mids which makes it appear to have less bass
- to the Miracle Man: MiM has a bit more output, more bass and more bite
- to the Abraxas: AB sounds more open, with more highs, a bit less low mids, which makes it appear to have more bass.

Cheers Stephan

Strange, but I've found A-Bomb much fatter in my PRS Custom, than HD. HD was cleanest/thinnest of the three high-gain BKPs I owned - A-Bomb, Cold Sweat, HD. CS sounds most crunchy and huge of all three, my favorite :)

[darkbluemurder]

Strange, but I've found A-Bomb much fatter in my PRS Custom, than HD. HD was cleanest/thinnest of the three high-gain BKPs I owned - A-Bomb, Cold Sweat, HD. CS sounds most crunchy and huge of all three, my favorite :)

Another proof that it is the guitar- pickup combination.

I also think the CS kills - it turned a rather tame sounding guitar into a screaming bitch.

Cheers Stephan

[Petrucci]

What about CS bridge in an alder body/maple neck/rosewood fingerboard/FR?
Will it be bright sounding?
Regards!

[darkbluemurder]

The CS bridge is a bright pickup but in the guitar I have it in it is far from being harsh. It is just very crunchy, bitey and articulate.

Whether it will sound right or too bright in your particular guitar is difficult to answer as this wood combination can produce very different results from one guitar to another. I have an alder bodied strat w/ maple/rw neck and vintage tremolo. Contrary to popular belief that this combination produces a bright guitar, this guitar is rather dark sounding. I have replaced the Holydiver with a Miracle Man in this guitar because the HD was too dark and soft in it. I am sure the CS bridge would sound awesome in this guitar.

What pickup do you have in this guitar and what are you trying to change?

Cheers Stephan

[Petrucci]

You are so f.....ing right...
The Guitar is an ESP MII. The Pup's: JB->HD->???
The HD is clear, articulate, fluid...but I want punch, bite, tight...
Regards  @darkbluemurder

[Sancho]

Yep, it sounds like a CS may be the solution for both of us, Petrucci :)

[darkbluemurder]

Punch, bite, tight = Cold Sweat.

If I had to characterize the Holydiver with three words they would be warm, articulate and singing, so the CS would be quite different.

I won't make the three word classification for the JB as everyone on this Forum knows that I dislike it.

Cheers Stephan

[Petrucci]

So another shot in the dark...
Regards Sancho :drink:

P.S.I hope our topics here help @Dragoneti

P.S. 2 Thank you Stephan

[metalmaniac93]

Same experience here. In the PRS Custom it just kills whereas in the alder bodied strat it was a tad too warm. The only direct comparisons with BKPs would be:

- to the A-Bomb: HD is slightly fatter with more center and high mids which makes it appear to have less bass
- to the Miracle Man: MiM has a bit more output, more bass and more bite
- to the Abraxas: AB sounds more open, with more highs, a bit less low mids, which makes it appear to have more bass.

Cheers Stephan
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I also found the HDs in an Alder bodies/Maple neck Strat a little too warm and not aggressive enough especially when play rhythms.  The lead sound it too die for though.  One of the best lead pickups I have ever played through.  Very smooth!!!I took my HDs out and replaced them with some MCPs.  I do have a a A-bomb bridge/CS neck still awaiting my ESP Horizon NTII and have the RY for my old Alder Kramer Baretta.  We will see how the RY work out in that guitar.

[Petrucci]

I took my HDs out and replaced them with some MCPs. 

Sorry for the lame question, but what is ''MCPs''?

[metalmaniac93]

MCP=Motor City Pickups.   I decided to try something different in the high end pickup market.

[Dragoneti]

@Petrucci, yes of course it helps, and i'm looking for some spare time to make some experiments with HD and the washburn, i will report back my findings! :)

@metalmaniac93 which MCP? and how was it, compared with the HD?