Bardagh
Well-known member
Korea redeemed? Quite possibly! But Seymour Duncan - shamefur dispray!
I recently bought a korean LTD Baritone from Sweetwater that was god awful and should not have made it out of the factory, arguably not even to B stock. I returned it and decided, despite really not wanting a 7 string, to give the Jackson Loomis sig a try. Also a korean made guitar, the one I have received is however light years better in terms of finish, build, and playability than the LTD had been. I really dig the blacked out finish and sandblasted ash top too.
However, as seems to be the case with many things these days, there's got to be a catch. This time though the Koreans are innocent, and instead I cast my ire towards Seymour Duncan. In the past I never liked the Blackout actives but these Loomis sig ones sound a lot better to me. However there seems to be a problem with the bridge pickup - it squeals uncontrollably and constantly with feedback. I recalled years ago when the blackouts first came out that a number of people had this problem with them and it was due to the pickup vibrating in its cover. Some had success dampening the vibrations using foam underneath it - but there's already foam underneath these.
I intend to keep the guitar since it plays so well and everything, but I guess I'm going to have to hit up my sales guy yet again and see what we can do about the pickup - it is totally unusable like this. I might prefer to swap in EMG's ultimately anyway, but goddamn I'd at least like to get what I paid for.
I recently bought a korean LTD Baritone from Sweetwater that was god awful and should not have made it out of the factory, arguably not even to B stock. I returned it and decided, despite really not wanting a 7 string, to give the Jackson Loomis sig a try. Also a korean made guitar, the one I have received is however light years better in terms of finish, build, and playability than the LTD had been. I really dig the blacked out finish and sandblasted ash top too.
However, as seems to be the case with many things these days, there's got to be a catch. This time though the Koreans are innocent, and instead I cast my ire towards Seymour Duncan. In the past I never liked the Blackout actives but these Loomis sig ones sound a lot better to me. However there seems to be a problem with the bridge pickup - it squeals uncontrollably and constantly with feedback. I recalled years ago when the blackouts first came out that a number of people had this problem with them and it was due to the pickup vibrating in its cover. Some had success dampening the vibrations using foam underneath it - but there's already foam underneath these.
I intend to keep the guitar since it plays so well and everything, but I guess I'm going to have to hit up my sales guy yet again and see what we can do about the pickup - it is totally unusable like this. I might prefer to swap in EMG's ultimately anyway, but goddamn I'd at least like to get what I paid for.
