I am considering getting myself a custom made sevenstring with ash body,maple neck w/rosewood fingerboard,tune-o-matic bridge w/strings-thru-body mounting. I'd like to ask you guys of any suggestions on which pickups should I try with that kind of guitar. Oh, and the sound I want to achieve is...
On my 7-string (regular 25,5 scale) I use a set of d'addarios for baritone guitars: 14,18,26,38,48,66 and add an 11 for the high E. And that's for standard tuning BEADGBE.
I'm not a singer, but I had my voice recorded on tape once or twice and I really hated it ;P as well as I hated me appearing on a video... hmmmm But hearing my recordings I always listen closely to MY guitar line ;) yeah, a weird feeling anyway
Just from my experience (I own an alder sevenstring) in the bridge position: 1.had an EVOLUTION7 - was great for soloing but not really good for riffing- the sound there was too "thin" and artificial; 2.had a BLAZE II - soooo much better, beautiful soloing and selective sounding riffs...