TonyFlyingSquirrel
Cherokee Warrior
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There's a nice Black Winter vs Fluence voice 2 demo on youtube. They sound not that far off.
Anyone seen reviews for the Open Core Classics that just came out? I'm considering a set of these or the Adlers...or just the regular Classics.
No, and I can't find it, can you share a link?
Kinda curious about these. I bought a Modern set for my Flying V in drop C (solely a br00tz guitar), but I want something more versatile for my PRS Tremonti in Eb standard, which I play a mix of br00tz and rock with. I have a PAF pickup set in there ATM, but the lack of output can be pretty hard to deal with.
Right now I'm considering any of the sig sets or the Classics. From the descriptions, the Devin set sounds like the Moderns with less high end on voice 1, and the Tosins are supposed to sound like the Moderns with more mids on voice 1. Voice 2 sound like they'd both be similar; kind of a chimey PAF deal. The KsEs seem like they're very close to an EMG 81 with a super-tight sound and slightly reduced low end, and a medium-high passive pickup sound with more low end/low mids on voice 2.
I'm also checking out the classics because they have a PAF thing going on with Voice 1, and a "better" JB sound with voice 2. I'm curious to see how well it can handle metal with voice 2.
But yeah, anyone here actually tried any of the sig Fishmans? Kinda curious if all these descriptions are correct.
TL;DR: Recommend me a Fluence pickup that can go from tight metal br00tz with high gain to chimey passive PAF clarity with cleans and low gain/crunch.
The moderns not so much. They're very... modern.
The Classics did that. Voice 1 is very bright like a PAF, and voice 2 reminds me of something like a Suhr Aldrich with a beefier low end and not as much of a honky midrange.
Did you ever try the Abasi set? That kind of sounds like it's got a bit of V1 from the modern, and V2 from the classic.
Just butting in. V1 on the Abasi is not as identical sounding to the V1 of the modern. V1 Abasi has moreand looser lows and got some low mids going on. So it doesnt sound as tight as v1 modern. I found that the KSE v1 is closer sounding to modern v1.
V2 Abasi is fatter and has lesser gain than v2 classic. Think Gibson 57 pups.
I got both abasi and modern 6 string pups. Still prefer the modern for live work.
Butt in all you want. Don't see many of these pups out in the wild. This info is very valuable.
From the demos I've heard (YouTube) of the KSE set, V2 didn't sound that dynamic. Though V1 sounds ridiculous.
Ha. Interesting. Were you able to get a tight metal thing going on with the classics?
I'm surprised that they didn't work. Ben Eller posted that video where he rocked some sweet 80's riffs with the moderns. Or were you looking for more "vintage" than that?