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About a week ago I finally got around to doing a pickup swap that I'd been procrastinating. The guitar was my USA Hamer Diablo. It had a JB Trembucker in the bridge and a JB in the neck. It was a nice playing guitar, but the tone just really wasn't there. It was thin sounding and didn't really have a whole lot of sustain or general balls to it. I had a pair of Distortions just waiting to be thrown in there.
Well, after getting them in there, performing all of the adjustments and set-ups, it was over. Can I possibly tell you the difference in tone of this guitar? It was a whole other animal. Sustain, power, harmonics, low mids, tight bass, even treble, total articulation in both the neck and the bridge. Plus it's got a 5 way switch so I can split both pickups and run them as singles. Holy crap does this thing clean up nice! Crystal, bell like cleans that will rival any Strat I've heard.
I've been preaching the greatness of the Distortion for a while here. This swap just might have proven me to be too conservative. Not only is the Distortion the best metal riffing pickup ever. It is also an incredible neck shredding lead pickup, an amazing split clean pickup, and an amazing pure rock pickup. It'll even work up some blues for you as well. I always knew the Distortions were more versatile than people generally thought. They are more versatile than I thought. And I've had one for over 10 years.
After this rant, all I can say is that I'll be preaching the Distortion for the rest of my life. Hopefully I can convert some of you non-believers to the church of the SH-6.
Well, after getting them in there, performing all of the adjustments and set-ups, it was over. Can I possibly tell you the difference in tone of this guitar? It was a whole other animal. Sustain, power, harmonics, low mids, tight bass, even treble, total articulation in both the neck and the bridge. Plus it's got a 5 way switch so I can split both pickups and run them as singles. Holy crap does this thing clean up nice! Crystal, bell like cleans that will rival any Strat I've heard.
I've been preaching the greatness of the Distortion for a while here. This swap just might have proven me to be too conservative. Not only is the Distortion the best metal riffing pickup ever. It is also an incredible neck shredding lead pickup, an amazing split clean pickup, and an amazing pure rock pickup. It'll even work up some blues for you as well. I always knew the Distortions were more versatile than people generally thought. They are more versatile than I thought. And I've had one for over 10 years.
After this rant, all I can say is that I'll be preaching the Distortion for the rest of my life. Hopefully I can convert some of you non-believers to the church of the SH-6.
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