Motor City Afwayu, (Video ADDED)

[Mailman1971]

I didnt realize that Dallas was such a good Dancer as well as guitar player.

 

[Mailman1971]

I didnt realize that Dallas was such a good Dancer as well as guitar player.

but he's with someone

Its a front.
He really is a player.....

 

[Dallas Marlow]

Haha hey all I'm at a gig reply later

 

[Mailman1971]

Haha hey all I'm at a gig reply later

Make us Proud!!

 

[jhale667]

Cool clip...
I wanna check it out again when I get home, can't crank it in the office...

 

[Dallas Marlow]

So I put the same pups into the same guitar that you have, as well as the 2nd degree blackbelts. Do you hear a "hifi" type quality to them? The 2nd degree blackbelts went back right away, though I have stuck with the Afwayus for the moment.

I think the 498/500s in that guitar are pure shit, so anything is an improvement. I had a Rio BBQ in there before - I really liked it except the bottom end was a tad too loose. Not a problem on the Afwayu, but it doesn't clean up as nicely and the mid range and high end is a bit hifi sounding to my ears. The neck is "airy" as you put it, defined, but again a bit "hifi" to my ears, and just a tad sterile sounding - I want something just a tad "sweeter". Note: I think I am really picky and anal when it comes to this stuff and have pretty sensitive ears. I think I want to try an Aldrich in the bridge next, though others complaints on the neck have me concerned about that neck PUP.

There is a little bit of the "Hi-fi" quality in there, but it's really really really awesome for clean tones, and kind of goes away during the more high gain stuff to my ears. These things have amazing pretty cleans for how and full they are! It's not the annoying type of clean like you get with the "pearly gates" where it almost doesn't sound real, or like the tone is covered up or something.

Yea man those pickups really aren't very good. The Afwayu really does help tighten up the les paul for sure. I wouldn't call these pickups sterile at all, I did have to toy around with my EQ a little bit because the amount of treble I was able to use was greatly improved. I've heard a LOT of pickups and these are about the sweetest I've heard with out sounding plastic like for lack of a better term.

I personally am not a big fan of Suhr pickups in general, the FL's are really cool single coils but still sound a little thin for Suhr guitars at least to my ears, I bet they kill in strats. I replaced my neck with an anderson SF2 and it really filled up the sound a lot better from my Suhr. I've also got WCR Darkbursts in my Stinnett custom. They are great pickups, VERY direct and chimey with a lot of note separation and clarity, to me for that "old school" sound they absolutely NAIL it. If your really looking for PURE tone WCR's are great, and when I mean pure I mean no real coloration or sound, they are very transparent in that respect, and well balanced as well. I wouldn't call them very modern pickups though and SOMETIMES I feel they are a little hard to get a thick tone out of, which is why I'm considering swapping the MCP's into my Stinnett and the WCR's in my Paul, I think it may work out incredibly well.

 

[Dallas Marlow]

Haha hey all I'm at a gig reply later

Make us Proud!!

Haha, I got some goofy sunglasses and rocked out, got some good compliments wish my fingers weren't so raw today!

 

[Dallas Marlow]

Cool clip...
I wanna check it out again when I get home, can't crank it in the office...

Haha I hear you I don't even really know how it sounds, I'm on a mac book pro and haven't heard it on my monitors yet haha.

 

[jkdsteve]

Sounds great....that little amp does too...neck pickup has me even more intrigued now...

 

[jhale667]

Sounds great....that little amp does too...neck pickup has me even more intrigued now...

Actually, I kind of liked the neck pickup better...

 

[Dallas Marlow]

Sounds great....that little amp does too...neck pickup has me even more intrigued now...

The more you play these pickups man the more you realize how unique their character is, they sound incredible clean, and I mean it, just unreal clean, but still sound smooth over driven.

 

[Dallas Marlow]

Sounds great....that little amp does too...neck pickup has me even more intrigued now...

Actually, I kind of liked the neck pickup better...

Yea the neck pickup smokes for lead stuff and cleans, I haven't even turned this thing on through the ENGL yet, I'm probably going to try that later today at some point... but the bridge with my little vibro champ while practicing earlier I put on some high gain stuff, still sounded really nice and it didn't flub out at all.

I know this sounds weird, but after a pickups get funk and grime on them they seem to sound a bit different to me anyways, just from lots of use and sweaty hands, beer, smoke etc., I think these are going to sound insane after the funk in period.

 

[jaybird]

So I put the same pups into the same guitar that you have, as well as the 2nd degree blackbelts. Do you hear a "hifi" type quality to them? The 2nd degree blackbelts went back right away, though I have stuck with the Afwayus for the moment.

I think the 498/500s in that guitar are pure shit, so anything is an improvement. I had a Rio BBQ in there before - I really liked it except the bottom end was a tad too loose. Not a problem on the Afwayu, but it doesn't clean up as nicely and the mid range and high end is a bit hifi sounding to my ears. The neck is "airy" as you put it, defined, but again a bit "hifi" to my ears, and just a tad sterile sounding - I want something just a tad "sweeter". Note: I think I am really picky and anal when it comes to this stuff and have pretty sensitive ears. I think I want to try an Aldrich in the bridge next, though others complaints on the neck have me concerned about that neck PUP.

There is a little bit of the "Hi-fi" quality in there, but it's really really really awesome for clean tones, and kind of goes away during the more high gain stuff to my ears. These things have amazing pretty cleans for how and full they are! It's not the annoying type of clean like you get with the "pearly gates" where it almost doesn't sound real, or like the tone is covered up or something.

Yea man those pickups really aren't very good. The Afwayu really does help tighten up the les paul for sure. I wouldn't call these pickups sterile at all, I did have to toy around with my EQ a little bit because the amount of treble I was able to use was greatly improved. I've heard a LOT of pickups and these are about the sweetest I've heard with out sounding plastic like for lack of a better term.

I personally am not a big fan of Suhr pickups in general, the FL's are really cool single coils but still sound a little thin for Suhr guitars at least to my ears, I bet they kill in strats. I replaced my neck with an anderson SF2 and it really filled up the sound a lot better from my Suhr. I've also got WCR Darkbursts in my Stinnett custom. They are great pickups, VERY direct and chimey with a lot of note separation and clarity, to me for that "old school" sound they absolutely NAIL it. If your really looking for PURE tone WCR's are great, and when I mean pure I mean no real coloration or sound, they are very transparent in that respect, and well balanced as well. I wouldn't call them very modern pickups though and SOMETIMES I feel they are a little hard to get a thick tone out of, which is why I'm considering swapping the MCP's into my Stinnett and the WCR's in my Paul, I think it may work out incredibly well.

Interesting on the WCR's. I actually was considering ordering the WCR Godwoods, but ended up with the MCP's. I still may try the Godwood set.

 

[Dallas Marlow]

Yea the WCR's are great pickups, but to me are MUCH MUCH more vintage period correct sounding if that makes sense. Like I hear the same sounds out of the WCR's that I hear on a lot of classic albums, I've made up my mind to swap the motor cities and the WCR's in the different guitars I think it's going to be a perfect fit.

Either will sound great in both guitars... both are great in their own right, Motor City's are just more modern and much more unique, where WCR is trying to go after that old school sound with the Darkbursts obviously since thats what they are modeled after.