I actually find the neck to be okay on distortion but its very muddy on the bridge since i use the bridge mainly for crunchy rhythm and neck for some creamy solos. I just realized i have bass all the way down all my amp's clean settingsBig Willie Style said:I found the neck too muddy in mine too so I replaced them with a set of LeoSounds Growldogs. Check them out online. They sound great and are probably around the same price for a set of handwound pickups as the SD Slash.
Ive listened to couple demos on the Growldogs and the Creamgem models and found them sound quite the same to my ears? I liked their bridge tone very much but i wouldnt get one for the neck. I think i will stick with my SD slash pickup plans for now
I actually find them very bright on the neck. Bright and muddy? :-? Id say the ES actually balanced out the muddyness and gave it a good blend of trebles, or the other way around.Big Willie Style said:Funny about pickups and personal tastes - the same MKII's came in my '02 ES-120, my '05 LS-150 and my '07 SG-155. I found them to be muddy in my LS, shrill in the SG, but perfect in the ES.
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I wont be doing tail wrap any time soon as for now and i doubt the Tokai's bridge would be too soft. Like marcus said i dont use 12's, only 10's. But i am planning to swap in a aluminium tail piece when the store has it in stock. Other than that and the pickups, i think i will leave the hardwares alone now.messer said:If it's a new Tokai, don't wrap strings dude. Tailpiece and it's screws are bad quality in low Tokai models, they are too soft. Screws bend and strings dig into the edges of tailpiece.
IME it's not worth it. But I would try to screw all the way down tailpiece's screws to prevent their bending.
Buy a better tailpiece and locking kit if you want to wrap.
Marcus, took me awhile to understand what youre trying to say but now i get it. Ill definitely keep that in mind if i do ever want to try some tail wrapping business :wink: