Charvel Rick Graham DK24

[alexwong0702]

Anyone else got one of these?

As I understand, this has a Ragnarok and two 63 Veneers in it.

That's quite an extreme range of output for HB vs SC.

It has a 500k tone with a 0.047uF cap. I cant make out the vol pot.

My first impression was the low end I'm used to with Alnico 2 and 5 humbuckers was just absent, it had a tonne of highs, and the single coils were woefully underpowered.

I've since come to really appreciate the Rag though. The mids are beautiful and it actually jangles and chimes at low gain settings. I dont Djent or chug but it's actually a great pickup for soaring leads and low gain rhythm, which really surprised me

The 63 Veneers were hard to love in the DK though but I tried in my Strat and they're glorious in that. Full big Stratty tone.
I dont think it's just the pots (I tried a 250k tone in the DK and they still sounded thin)

Is it just a characteristic of that guitar to tighten up the lows so much?

I've done a lot of tonechasing with this guitar and it's got the Rag with two trilogy Suites now a 250k tone with 0.015uF cap. I've also switch the pickup selection a bit. It's now
1 HB series
2 Auto split northcoil humbucker with middle (Strat Pos'n 2)
3 South coil humbucker with neck (like Tele pos'n 2)
4 Middle only
5 Neck only

I'm beginning to really love this guitar!

[timmy_pix]

That the bridge doesn't chug might be a clue to you that it's not a Ragnarok, and the singles aren't 63 Veneers; the HSS set in that guitar are custom Rick Graham pickups specifically for that model and not available anywhere else. Bare Knuckle also do proprietary pickups for Aristides, Mayones, the Fender Jonny Marr model etc.

[alexwong0702]

I have it on extremely good authority that that's what they actually are. :)

I have little doubt they can chug. The bottom end is very defined and tight as you'd expect from a ceramic.