cary chilton wrote:cool guitar man. What is the radius on your neck? 12-16?
Swamp ash is brighter than northern ash isn't it? Plus the floyd would that guitar quite bright.
It seems to me the Franky pu has oodles more sustain and compresses the notes more, not as raw sounding ? But easier to play? Is that accurate?
Which do you favor?
According to plexified, the SD custom custom sounds killer with a floyd. Maybe someone who has one would be willing to lend you one for a test? While I am at it, the second degree black belt is a must for you to add to your test, recall Stan's clips!
I am happy that your clip accurately portrays the SD 78.
I believe the radius on this neck is 10-16, its pretty flat. The guitar I'm getting ready to put together will have a northern ash body so, I guess we'll know if swamp ash is brighter. I've never had a northern ash body so, I couldn't comment.
To me, the '78 is a little easier to play although when I first put the frank in, I couldn't tell too much of a difference
I had to play for a while and listen and the frank definately has a more focused bass response and more sustain. I think it also has more mids 'cause I can hear a noticeable "honk" with some notes, which I like. Due to the higher output, I was hoping it would be easier to coax some zakk wylde type of pick squeals out of the lower notes on the low E but so far that's not the case. I may need to tweak the set up a little.
So far, I don't prefer one over the other. I knew I wanted to try this pickup and I knew that I didn't want to ditch the '78, so that's why I am building another guitar specifically for the frankenstein pick up.
I would love to try some other pickups to find the "one", especially the MCPs. This stuff is so subjective. Back when I was gigging alot, I used to load all my guitars with Gibson 500Ts. I absolutely love that pick up and to me they sound great in everything, but that's me. Although, I love everything EVH, I've never tried to completely nail his tone. My goal is that certain "things" sound evh inspired since I can't really play like him
The jury is still out for me since I haven't had a chance to play it with the volume cranked. They both sound great but the Frankenstein has a tighter bottom end, a tad more hair and sustain.
