psychodave":1nsyy6g2 said:
Sorry Dave couldn't respond yesterday because my power was out due to the fires here. Just came back on this morning. The flames are creeping down into Pasadena, really terrible.
Anyway, you can check out the site
http://www.luxxtone.com/home.php?cat=44 for what's in stock. Blackbelt, 2nd Degree Blackbelt, Torque, Afwayu, Angel Dust, and Detroiter are in and ready to ship!
So far out of the ones I checked out my favorite is the
Detroiter. It's like a slightly hotter version of the 2nd Degree Black belts at around 9.2k, with a little bit of a mid bump that makes it sound pissed off. It drives the amp harder than you would think, and is ultra clear and pure. Can do everything from Zeppelin and Van Halen to punk rock like Ramones and Sex Pistols. I love it.
The
2nd Degree Blackbelts are lower output at about 8.8k and are super organic and raw sounding, more of a bumped up P.A.F. type tone. Very clear and articulate under distortion, but not high output....probably a little less on the sustain part compared to the other higher output pickups, but the clarity and punch is amazing. Cleans up with just a roll of the volume knob. Very solid and strong tone, pure hard rock.
The
Afwayu kills! It's high output, but it doesn't seem as high as 16k...which is why it's so great. It has some of the clearest, most pure drive of any high output pickups I've heard. It drives the amp hard, tons of sustain and sounds huge and 3d...which is usually what you lose with high output pickups. It still sounds very raw because it has this sort of "dry" sound, there's not much of that hi-fi tone to this pickup. It does not give you those crispy ultra-high treble.
The
Torque kinda picks up where the Afwayu leaves off. It's the most metal of the pickups I've tried so far. Even though it's at 15k, and the Afwayu is at 16k....it's hotter and voiced more for palm muting metal. The Afwayu does metal great, but the Torque has that crispy treble and more bass, and is more hi-fi sounding. It has more compression, which equals more chug and thump. Tons of sustain, but less single note articulation. My choice for pure metal and death metal.
The
Angel Dust is very unique. It sounds like an amazing version of an old Duncan JB, but more clear and punchy without the super mid spike. This is a high output pickup, with a definite mid spike (but not as harsh as a JB) for a really snarly, angry tone. Slightly less output than Afwayu and Torque, but with a little extra mid and a little bit of the crispy high treble of the Torque, but not as much. It has a little more note definition than the Torque. I still have to hear this pickup some more, it really surprised me how much I dug it.
I will be trying the regular Blackbelts later tonight. Thanks for reading!!
