Tell me about the Motor City Garuda

[nigelpkay]

I haven't seen any specs or descriptions of this for this other than it's in the JB territory but tighter. Any comparisons to a BKP Holydiver? (what I use now). Looking for something similar to the BKP but a bit more aggressive and forceful.
Can't find any description on the MCP site either unless I'm blind.

 

[the4thlast1]

I had a Garuda for a while, tried it in several guitars. I hate to say it because I do like some of Wades pickups but in this case I like my plain old JB better. Maybe I got a bum Garuda or didnt have the right guitar for it but it was kinda stiff and a little harsh for me. The JB is smoother , more vocal , more saturated and not as crunchy in the mids as the Garuda. If the Garuda is tighter on the low end its not by much. The main guitar I wanted to put it in was a Charvel San Dimas, the JB sounds great in there but the Garuda fell a bit short.

 

[metalmaniac93]

I had a Garuda for a while, tried it in several guitars. I hate to say it because I do like some of Wades pickups but in this case I like my plain old JB better. Maybe I got a bum Garuda or didnt have the right guitar for it but it was kinda stiff and a little harsh for me. The JB is smoother , more vocal , more saturated and not as crunchy in the mids as the Garuda. If the Garuda is tighter on the low end its not by much. The main guitar I wanted to put it in was a Charvel San Dimas, the JB sounds great in there but the Garuda fell a bit short.

The JB was any thing but smoother in my Charvel CS. Actually thin and crappy sounding in this guitar. I do admit it was more vocal/open sounding than the Garuda, but that was about it. From what I was told, the Garuda was not made to be an exact recreation of the JB, but a tighter/beefier/non-annoying mid-spike version. I prefer it over the JB anyday.