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@guitarfishbay it's probably a mixture of struggling with dialing in the Fractal at the moment, pickups, guitar and ear fatigue. But from demos I've heard, Suhr seems brighter. I've also compared a lot of demos with a few PRS demos and theres a midrange that seems inherent...that's no bad thing but it's putting me off at the moment. Custom 24 demos, I'll add, obviously.
Ive got Bare Knuckle Cold Sweats in there at the moment. 85/15s were stock, but way too loose and vintage for me.
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Have you checked out Rocco Pezzin's YT channel? He does a bunch of Hair metal covers with an Axe FX and superstrats, pretty killer player, singer he works with is pretty good too (and plays).
The SSH's in the Suhrs are the same as a SD JB with a bit more top and gain.
I've had JB in my PRS Custom 24 and it sounded pretty much the same.
It didn't feel the same though- that is the main difference between the two.
A PRS is a blend of a LP and a strat.
A Suhr Modern is a posh Ibanez, but awesome.
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Thats interesting. Do you still have the PRS and which of the two do you prefer?
@guitarfishbay I'll have to check my Fractal settings tomorrow and will let you know, be good to get your advice on that. Thanks for the videos, I will definitely check them out, awesome.
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I don't have that PRS anymore.
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Suhr are the most shreddy out of the guitars I own.
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Right now I have EMG 81/60 in my CU22. Super tight but probably not the kind of sound you're after - more modern metal than hair metal. I think you'll get on better with a passive for the crunchiness that's such a part of hair metal tone.
If I wanted hair metal I would be looking at Duncan Distortion, Duncan JB, possibly a Dimarzio Evo. If you want tight and bright treble I'd look at the Distortion or Evo first, leaning more towards the Distortion for most crunchy. The Evo is actualy quite an underrated pickup IMO, it sounds pretty good but is very picky with heights I found - has a very specific searing quality to it on the plain strings but isn't as outright bright and aggressive as the distortion - still tight though.
The JB is also a classic hair metal and thrash pickup, if you wanted less of an aggressive sound but still something hot and crunchy the JB would be a good choice, and they're very easy to find being one of the most popular and common pickups around.
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Superb advice, thank you. My only concern with a JB is that it's super generic, but regardless, I'm after tight, crunchy and defined for palm mutes, I think it'll nail the tone in my head.
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