I posted a picture of my "modded" Jackson Rhoads JRR-94 a few months ago. I have been struggling to get the sound and tone that I like. I set the truss rod/neck, set the action and inotation to begin with and took a scotchbrite to the back of the neck (to make it nice and slick). The guitar played awesome but the tone left a lot to be desired. I started by yanking the Jackson double coil out and installing a BLUSA pick up that was given to me. It still sounded like the guitar was muddy and muffled. I decided to make the guitar "authentic" and use a DP-100 Dimarzio like Randy used in his Sandavol V. I could not be happier with the result. I guess I got caught up in thinking of the Super Distortion DP-100 as a "vintage" pickup........but it's not. Excellent crunch, searing highs and ringing harmonics. I could not be any happier. If your looking for a hot pickup with equal amounts of low/mid/high I highly recommend this one. (I have also used the Duncan JB but prefer the sound of the DP-100 as it seems brighter).
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