Black Dogs in my ESP Eclipse II Crazy bright and thin?

[richard]

Alex (or anyone) , can you explain in a little more detail about guitars darkening tonally over time ?

[Kiichi]

I am only guessing here, but I would assume that further drying out of the wood and the vibrations of use slowly changing things could be a factor, which most likely would make the sound mellower as it adjusts to the vibrational input. I know the feel that older, more played guitars sound more mellow and complex than new ones which still have more fresh snap. Really wonder about how this comes about though.

[darkandrew]

Alex (or anyone) , can you explain in a little more detail about guitars darkening tonally over time ?

This is a question that I asked on the Tech forum a few months ago after noticing that my three Eclipses appeared to vary in their resonance according to their respective ages;

https://bareknucklepickups.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=32560.0

[kmanick]

Intersting to hear what a Holy Diver will sound in a LP type guitar.

Sounds pretty good but believe it or not I may still need a 250K pot for the bridge pickup.
It sounds much better than the black dog did but this guitar apparently is very bright.
(doesn't say much to me about the quality of mahogany ESP uses)
I can roll down the tone pot a bit and it sounds great but I like the tone pot
wide open for the neck pickup, so instead of jumping the tone pot up and down everytime I switch pickups
I think I need to just handle the bridge pick on it's own

I have the same guitar (with the 4-knob layout), it should darken tonally over time.

I hope so , because I'm just loving the way this thing plays.