Product: Carvin H22
Price Paid: USD 60
Submitted
06/03/2009
at
09:32am
by
Ultramog
Features
:
Passive Humbucker
7.3k ohms
Instrument
:
Guitar: Custom solid body guitar - mahogany/maple, maple neck
Position: Neck
Replacing: DiMarzio, not sure what but it was *loud*. Probably ceramic.
Other Pickup: H22T
Motivation: Guitar has great mojo, custom made for Charles Smith of Kool & The Gang, but I hated the tone. Went for biggest bang for the buck upgrade, a $60 pickup.
Sound
:
9
Medium low, PAF output. Used with a Mesa/Boogie Mark 1 Reissue. Tone is clear and sweet. Bass is very defined. I had been playing a SD '59 into a Class A amp, always looking for more bass, but the low end just farted out. This works great; warm low mids, great definition from a smooth and present high end, absolutely none of the upper mid skronk I had with the '59, not to mention the chalk-board fingers from the DiMarzio this replaced. And nice string definition that I rarely hear from a humbucker. Perfect for the warm jazz-to-loud blues path I'm working. I think it'd be great in a Tele; the lows are tight, the highs are warm but clean and open sounding, good output match for a single coil too.
Overall Rating
:
9
Would absolutely buy again. As a matter of fact its got me GAS-ing for the Holdsworth guitar now; if its as good as the pickup, oh my. Played bass for 20 years, Jazz BFA, toured, recorded, etc. Playing guitar as serious hobbyist for 3 years. I played a Schecter Blackjack C-7 and this pickup seduced me away from the 7-string.
The only neck HBs that I have loved are on (other people's) 3 older McCartys, a Trini Lopez and a Tokai Love Rock. This guy is as good or better than the best of them.
Not sure why I don't give 10s. They don't seem credible somehow. But this is a perfect pickup for me.
