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Just had another go with the tubescreamer and although it tightens it up a little its still too hairy, the lows could be tighter and lacks that "upper mid spank" that the JB gives me in the Strat. I also feel it doesn't cut through enough.
Been looking at the Seymour Duncan Nazgul as well, I prefer that over the Black Winter anyway but just want something that will have that upper mid cut.
I have a modded Squire Baritone (Jazzmaster) with a Mastery bridge, Duesenberg Tremola, Sustainiac pickup in the neck and and a humbucker from Fletcher Guitars. For low end/heavier stuff it holds together wonderfully.
Your issue with a lack of a tight bottom end is probably down to such extreme detuning. Because the lower strings in particular are so loose there would be a total lack of definition as to what note the string was even playing at a given time.
I don't play it lower than B most of the time so it depends if its classed as "extreme" enough. Mind you the Strat has 10's and isn't a drop tuned guitar, I was only giving it a go with the JB humbucker to see what it sounded like. I actually tuned to drop d on the guitar and used the Digitech drop tune to lower the pitch. So it could have been the effect of the pedal making it flubby.
I am am willing to give other pickup choices a go first before considering a baritone.
You just want me to get a new guitar don’t you haha.
I have a positive feeling I will though.
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions, at least I have a few other options should the original plan not work out.
Yes, but it's hardly a "tight"/aggressive sound - different application. You can hear that the string is looser than it would be on a longer scale, and that's part of the sound. Ditto Amon Amarth.
I'm basing my decision and choice due to the fact it did what I want before, also the guitarist in A Day To Remember uses it in his signature ESP's, same playing style and tunings. If it works well for him why can't it work for me!
The TS9 is crucial to both our setups in tightening up that flubby low end you can get with tube amps.
Haven't had too long to really play it but already there's a significant improvement. Highs aren't as shrilly or "ice-picky" and lows are tighter. Much tighter. Those chunky "chocks" on palm mutes are back and single note riffs/chords sound clear.
Less fizz, more tightness and more of a generic saturated metalcore tone!
Only amp I've tried it through at the moment is the DSL5 and sometimes I have the deep switch pushed in, but anything lower than drop c and I don't push it in as it gets rather flubby. The TS9 does a great job of tightening it up though. Lowest I went down to was drop A# and it holds clarity pretty well.
Next to try is my 6505+ and some digital amps (my friend has a Kemper) to really test what this pickup is like.
So on the whole its BETTER than what I had with the Nailbomb, a whole lot better.
Other factors like hardware/pot changes could enhance the sound, or possibly an EQ pedal.
I just hope I haven't pushed away the option to get a Juggernaut in there although they would probably sound in the same ballpark.
I will go with it for a bit and try it through different amps, but early indications are I like it!