My Pickup & Tuning Shootout Video

[Brandon Breeze]

I tune almost all my guitars different and have different pickups for a wide variety of tones/sounds, so I figured I might as well throw together a quick video with some of them. I didn't include any guitars with single coils.

I have EMG81, Seymour Duncan AHB3 Seven Mick Thompson Signature Blackout, Carvin M22 6/7 string, Switch, Ibanez V8, DeArmond, &'SD Live Wire Metal in Drop Q tuning!

Obviously it's not meant to be a direct comparison, just to give a general idea of the tones/sounds for these pickups with different tunings.

1. Switch Vibracell E standard oem pickup
2. Ibanez RG D V8 oem pickup
3. B.C. Rich Bich C#Carvin M22
4. Jackson COW Drop C SD AHB3
5. Carvin DC727 B Carvin M22 passive/active
6. Ibanez RG Drop A# EMG 81
7. DeArmond S-67 A# oem pickup
8. Home Made Guitar Drop Q SD Live Wire Metal

 

[Oblivion DC]

That is a whole lot o' metal.

 

[Brandon Breeze]

That is a whole lot o' metal.

Is there anything else? Lol, I'm definitely not the typical Van Halen aficionado that seems to be all over this sight. Nothing wrong with EVH or his style, just not my thing.