Most people haven't even heard an X2N set properly. On most superstats you need a flat/neck ring at the bridge and the pickup needs set down almost flush with the ring, depending on the strings and action of course. You have to set it by fretting each string individually at the very highest fret...
Why did they stop the Lynchbacks? Did he get another deal and Celestion lost rights?
I've never read anyone who has played them say anything other than great things. Still wish I would have got a new pair when they were fresh and cheap.
What about the original vfe focus?
It's IMO a better standout because you can set the lows/hpf to roll-off steeply, and the highs to slope shallow, which to my ears always sounds better even if you use little filtering anyways. Having the mix control is great for these.
I use the carbon-fiber jazz3 max-grips. Doing a fair amount of fast alt-picking the bevel starts getting slanted a bit after a couple hours of play time. So I only get a few hours out of each pick since I really do prefer the stock "even" bevel of the brand new pick.
The JP-trinity picks, which...
Never minded it on the Invader (my favorite SD) because it is much smaller, and the blacked-out models are fine too.
IIRC they do a blacked Distortion and Black Winter along with Nazgul/Sentient/Pegasus.
They're all good speakers IMO. Which version you like best will depend on the ohms and cab they are in just as much as the year of manufacture, not to mention every individual speaker has some variance.
They still sell their own tubes, but since all the global stupidity they have been hoarding those in shorter supply, so availability has been off and on.
Always check with Humbucker Music supply out of Georgia because they still don't charge tax last I knew. No tax no shipping
They don't need to be quad-matched for rectifiers. You can even have all three pairs in a triple be of different color codes, as long as the inners match each other, and of course same goes for outers and tweeners.
Furthermore they don't even need to be of the same tube model, only within the...