Ok,
Spent a good few hours playing through my Cornford Roadhouse and also through my Cakewalk VS-20
Bridge pickup sounds absolutely great, so clear, open cords ring out nicely even with gain. Great classic rock tone, great with more drive. Stunning. Not as thin as the Mccarty bridge but not too fat either. Love it. :D
Neck pickup took some getting used to, nice cleans and mild gain sounds and very FAT, but through the Cornford it gets far too Flutey? (I think that's how to describe it, sounds more like a Kazoo) when gain is applied. More so than the Mccarty bass pickup did, it also has lost a bit of Chime that I liked about the Mccarty pickup. The VHii neck has got rid of all the muddiness that was there with the old pick up and has a lovely crisp attack, quite amazing how these humbuckers are so well defined.
Through the VS-20 amp modeller though I could get some good tones out of the neck, after plugging back into the Cornford I think the boost channel seems to be the culprit, on the normal channel which is by no means high gain there was a lot less flute going on.
Where this neck pickup really shines though, for me is the coil split tone, it's outstanding, same great tone but just cuts some of the fat. Both clean and mild gain is where I normally play and this split neck tone is awsome.
Mid position split, clean almost sounds like an acoustic guitar when strumming open cords, it's weird but amazing.
So verdict, VHii's are great in the Mccarty, they do pretty much cover anything, including great blues tones. Its not really advertised for blues but covers it very nicely.
I think if I could choose again, I would love to hear the Riff Raff set or the Abraxus set, I think they would cover my style slightly better, however if I just picked up this guitar as it is now and not known about the choice and quality of BKP's I would not change a thing, it's just I think I've got the bug now.
I will try and get a few clips up here soon.
One quick technical question. I think there may be a slight problem with the wiring, as when bridge pickup is selected (full bucking) there is a little hum, not a lot but not had that with other humbucking guitars, when change to the neck it's gone. Can anyone let me know where to be looking for this? I am not clued up with electrics.
Also checking your still reeding.
Thanks
