Just picked up a 2001 Singlecut in basic black - it's a good one, but I have an interesting decision to make regarding the pickups. When looking at pictures I noticed the uncovered pickups, so I asked the owner if they were stock - he said yes, so I just assumed that the covers were removed at some point. The guitar showed up today - played great and sounded good, but....different. I had test driven a few other Singlecuts before, but it had been a long time ago so I wondered if my memory was playing tricks on me.
Curiosity got the better of me- so I dug under the hood, so to speak. Sure enough, there weren't the stock #7's in there - but Dragon 1's instead! Spent some more quality time with it, and now I'm torn - they really do sound good, though in a different way than I was expecting.
The Dragon Bass might stay no matter what - it's a clear, articulate pickup that's warm without being muddy. I'm going back and forth on the Dragon Treble - it's pretty mid-honky clean, but add some gain and BWAAAAAAAAAAAA. Big, meaty, present distorted tone without being harsh - it really is kind of a 1-trick pony, but man, it's one hell of a trick.....................
I've already got the 'vintage PAF' thing covered with another guitar, so that's not the kind of thing I'm looking for - the appeal of the #7's were that they were more modern sounding, but still versatile.
So - what am I missing without having the #7's in there?
Oh yeah - quick pic:
Curiosity got the better of me- so I dug under the hood, so to speak. Sure enough, there weren't the stock #7's in there - but Dragon 1's instead! Spent some more quality time with it, and now I'm torn - they really do sound good, though in a different way than I was expecting.
The Dragon Bass might stay no matter what - it's a clear, articulate pickup that's warm without being muddy. I'm going back and forth on the Dragon Treble - it's pretty mid-honky clean, but add some gain and BWAAAAAAAAAAAA. Big, meaty, present distorted tone without being harsh - it really is kind of a 1-trick pony, but man, it's one hell of a trick.....................
I've already got the 'vintage PAF' thing covered with another guitar, so that's not the kind of thing I'm looking for - the appeal of the #7's were that they were more modern sounding, but still versatile.
So - what am I missing without having the #7's in there?
Oh yeah - quick pic:
