Yep like others have already stated, the Invader seems to really be dependant on what guitar it's in and isn't as much of a "all around go to" pickup, at least in my experience. I have it in an exceptionally bright sounding LTD and the Invader really helped to add some bottom end and full bodied tone that the guitar really needed. One thing that made a big difference though was that I set the pickup height a bit lower than I normally would, and that seemed to do the trick, it's tight on the bottom end but packs a punch. So yeah it's a pickup that I would recommend but only in certain situations.