Galius
Mentally Guitarded
As Jeff was finalizing the passive pickups he was messaging me about doing a special build with them for me. I went back and forth between a tasty new finish color (trans-white, lizardburst) on flamed or quilted maple but really wanted to try out the new zebrawood board he had just unveiled. In my head something just seemed right about black limba with a zebrawood board so I dropped the other finishes in favor of this. Jeff had it done in about 4-5 weeks. So here she is!
As always absolutely top notch craftsmanship. Actually I think this is the best of the 5 I have purchased so far. The most lacking aspect of the DC800s was the active pickups (though pretty usable) but these new passives.....where do I begin? I guess of all the pickups i've played I would put these closest to a Lundgren M8. Moderate output, plenty of clarity, punchy, articulated. I had this guitar for a few days before Carvin posted the pickup comparison and I had already formed this opinion, but having a side by side comparison was nice to hear how spot on I felt I was. I know most people around here are pickup snobs that have been waiting for the passive route option with plans to just replace the stock passives with whatever trendy 8 string pickup they are a fan of, but i'm telling you you would be flushing your money down the toilet. These will perform equal to or better than any $200-400 pickup sets out there! So now the DC800 is an EVEN BIGGER bang for your buck.
As always absolutely top notch craftsmanship. Actually I think this is the best of the 5 I have purchased so far. The most lacking aspect of the DC800s was the active pickups (though pretty usable) but these new passives.....where do I begin? I guess of all the pickups i've played I would put these closest to a Lundgren M8. Moderate output, plenty of clarity, punchy, articulated. I had this guitar for a few days before Carvin posted the pickup comparison and I had already formed this opinion, but having a side by side comparison was nice to hear how spot on I felt I was. I know most people around here are pickup snobs that have been waiting for the passive route option with plans to just replace the stock passives with whatever trendy 8 string pickup they are a fan of, but i'm telling you you would be flushing your money down the toilet. These will perform equal to or better than any $200-400 pickup sets out there! So now the DC800 is an EVEN BIGGER bang for your buck.
Beautiful guitar nonetheless and I'm glad to see the passive 8 string pickups coming out finally. 
