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Re: Something new... to replace a Holydiver
« Reply #15 on: September 10, 2013, 11:10:10 PM »
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Re: Something new... to replace a Holydiver
« Reply #16 on: September 11, 2013, 03:19:09 AM »
just get an old ibanez or maxon GE601, or a MXR 6 band equalizer
works like a champ in front of the amp and won't compress the guitars tone like an overdrive
back when I had the holy diver and I played mostly metal, I preferred the maxon equalizer over my overdrive pedals, as it kept all the articulation and I could mold the bass and upper mids however I wanted
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Re: Something new... to replace a Holydiver
« Reply #17 on: September 17, 2013, 11:23:02 AM »
I'll chime in and recommend the Miracle Man. Owning both the MM and the Holydiver I can certainly tell you: you will keep the fat and organic saturation the HD gives you with added aggression and the little bit more you expect from the Diver sometimes. You can read Slartis review or mine as a reference:

https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=28004

https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=30291.0

Maybe that helps, cheers!

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Re: Something new... to replace a Holydiver
« Reply #18 on: September 17, 2013, 06:56:09 PM »
Sorry I missed this one before now guys but I recently had quite a significant operation so as I'm in recovery mode, getting online isn't quite as easy. Anyway, it seems to me that if you want a Holydiver with a bit more ooomph then you certainly want a Miracle Man. It is scooped but nothing like as much as it looks on the EQ chart. There's low mids there, just not so much in the way of high mids. The ceramic magnet makes it a bit tighter and a bit more aggressive and the extra power obviously helps to make it a bit more compressed. All of those low mids on top of the bass gives it a really big bottom end while it also has screaming highs. Pinched harmonics are easy. However, like the Holydiver, it's thick, warm, organic and smooth. If you like the Holydiver, you'll like the Miracle Man. Honestly, what you described in your original post is a Miracle Man without a shadow of a doubt.
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