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    Hey all - not sure which area of the board to post this.. so, if it needs to move, please do so...
    I recently scored a killer ESP Strat style H/S (my fave layout)...Alder body, maple top, one piece maple neck. I have 3 other guitars with this config - one is a Holy Diver/HS-3 (old schecter w/ swimming pool rout) , one is Duncan Distortion/Hotrails (ESP M-II Dlx), and the other is a Seymour Duncan EVH/Duncan SST (GMW).

    This one has a JBjr in the neck, and currently sports a Screamin' Demon.. not a fan of the demon.Wondering what a good bridge p'up choice would be... I do like the Duncan Custom (have one in my LP), and Aldrich sounds OK to me (though I like the aldrich neck more than the bridge)

    Trying to not have the same exact sound in each guitar - a little flavor, ya know? I liked the sound of my old EBMM EVH.. I called DiMarzio and was told that their Tone Zone was the closest pickup currently produced that would get that tone. Did not like the Tone Zone in my old ESP M-II... was too "quacky" or cocked wah sounding to me. That is all alder, BTW.

    My typical rig is an ENGL Savage 120 through a mix of cabs... all different celestions, or a Genz Benz 2x12

    Thoughts? Feedback? Thanks

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    i used to play (i really want another one..BAD) ESP MII deluxe guitars in the mid-late 90's. they had alder bodies. i always used either a JB or a dimarizo PAF Pro in the bridge and an SSL4 with the JB or an HS-3 with the PAF Pro. gave me great sounds.
    GEAR:

    some guitars...WITH STRINGS!!!! most of them have those sticks like on guitar hero....AWESOME!!!!

    some amps...they have some glowing bottle like things in them...i think my amps do that modelling thing....COOL, huh?!?!?!

    and finally....

    i have those little plastic "chips" used to hit the strings...WHOA!!!!

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      Dimarzio Evolutions and SD SH-6's are not working out for me and my Boss GT-10. I'm waiting on a pair of EMG 81's to put in one WR1 and possibly a pair of Jackson CVR2's in the other WR1. I'm even considering going back to a Boss GT-6 because the amp models changed between different Boss GT units. I may even consider getting an old JS-1 again...
      Fuck ebay, fuck paypal

      "Finger on the trigger, back against the wall. Counting rounds and voices, not enough to kill them all" (Ihsahn).

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