So.. as some of you guys had noticed, Im still in the Honey moon phase with my newly acquired Ran Crusher 6 that came with the Blackouts.
The Blackouts sounds massive, and deliver too much output and mid scoopes for my taste. The plan was to run a pair of D Activator in the Crusher. But I came over a nice deal for a used set of Lundgren The One neck and M6 bridge and went for it.
First of all, this is the 4th guitar where I switch from active to passive, and the grounding wire is always an issue. Except for the ESP Eclipse II, which had the wires ready even though it was sold stock with EMGs.
All serious manufacturers should drill the hole and mount a grounding wire stock, regarding of pickup options - anything Else is lazyness IMO.
The second thing is that the Blackouts had long leg baseplate, same with the Lundgren with max pickup high, not possible to regulate to lower. For direct mount in the Crusher, I see that short leg would be prefered.
So, back to the story.. I went with Volume + Tone with push/pull for coil split.
Lundgren The One (neck) : it has higher output than my other neck pickups. It sounds smooth, warm and slightly compressed. Splits very well and does nice leads with lots of gains. More balanced EQ than the M6.
Lundgren M6 (bridge) :
I've heard its mid heavy, tight and clear - and thats completely true. It has a very narrow boosted low frequency responce which makes it very tight. It seems like it has a simular boosted but also very narrow spike in the mids, and medium highs. It sounds very clinic and unforgiving. But tight with a nice clear sound with lots of gains on the amp.
It does't sound thick or bass heavy at all because of the narrow lows boost. Great pickup if you like to dig in to the single notes with or without palm mutings. What surprised me is how clear it sounds. It's by far the clearest pickup I've ever tried. I played some Gojira stuff and sounds so great for the heavy digging and open chords combination. It doesnt chug as much as my C-Bomb. But I would say its more clear, glassy and lower output feeling.
Overall a fantastic pickup. I didnt notice any compression - but its just a little sterile sounding, which I like. A little bit too bright when split. Far more controllable than the Blackouts.
I'm a fan of Lundgrens now! Great match to the warm sound of mahogny. If your guitar is very bright, the M6 might not be your best choise. Would love to try the M7.
The Blackouts sounds massive, and deliver too much output and mid scoopes for my taste. The plan was to run a pair of D Activator in the Crusher. But I came over a nice deal for a used set of Lundgren The One neck and M6 bridge and went for it.
First of all, this is the 4th guitar where I switch from active to passive, and the grounding wire is always an issue. Except for the ESP Eclipse II, which had the wires ready even though it was sold stock with EMGs.
All serious manufacturers should drill the hole and mount a grounding wire stock, regarding of pickup options - anything Else is lazyness IMO.
The second thing is that the Blackouts had long leg baseplate, same with the Lundgren with max pickup high, not possible to regulate to lower. For direct mount in the Crusher, I see that short leg would be prefered.
So, back to the story.. I went with Volume + Tone with push/pull for coil split.
Lundgren The One (neck) : it has higher output than my other neck pickups. It sounds smooth, warm and slightly compressed. Splits very well and does nice leads with lots of gains. More balanced EQ than the M6.
Lundgren M6 (bridge) :
I've heard its mid heavy, tight and clear - and thats completely true. It has a very narrow boosted low frequency responce which makes it very tight. It seems like it has a simular boosted but also very narrow spike in the mids, and medium highs. It sounds very clinic and unforgiving. But tight with a nice clear sound with lots of gains on the amp.
It does't sound thick or bass heavy at all because of the narrow lows boost. Great pickup if you like to dig in to the single notes with or without palm mutings. What surprised me is how clear it sounds. It's by far the clearest pickup I've ever tried. I played some Gojira stuff and sounds so great for the heavy digging and open chords combination. It doesnt chug as much as my C-Bomb. But I would say its more clear, glassy and lower output feeling.
Overall a fantastic pickup. I didnt notice any compression - but its just a little sterile sounding, which I like. A little bit too bright when split. Far more controllable than the Blackouts.
I'm a fan of Lundgrens now! Great match to the warm sound of mahogny. If your guitar is very bright, the M6 might not be your best choise. Would love to try the M7.
