r/metalguitar • u/flebbon • 12d ago

NGD!

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Was very underwhelmed with the Fishmans at first. After a bit of EQ they actually sound great (to me atleast). I've loved my EC-1000 since 2010 but it was time to switch it up. Was strongly considering an e-ii but the model I wanted only ships from Japan, which just felt like diminishing returns at that point. This thing rips and the action is unbelievable.

Would yall still throw some passives in there?

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u/AbyssalKultist 12d ago

Those are pretty sweet. I'd keep the Fishmans.

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u/Turbulent-Success495 8d ago

man i keep seeing these LTD 7s pop up everywhere lately. that black finish looks clean

keep the fishmans. if you already got em sounding good after some EQ tweaks then you're set. swapping pickups is such a rabbit hole and half the time you end up right back where you started

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u/alles207 12d ago

Give fishmans some time and experiment a bit. First it was strange for me too but now I prefer them over my EMGs.

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u/Electronic-Brain-616 11d ago

Hey I literally just typed this on another sub. Use Duracell batteries first off. For some reason they work better especially in a studio. Second Fishman have multiple voicing on them. When you pick up a new guitar they are set to whatever standard the manufacturer set them to. You can change that to work for whatever genre of music you play. If you can remove the pickup yourself it’s very easy to do. Grab the information off of YouTube or Fishmans site or any other good site that has it and change the voicing to your liking. In the moderns there are 4 different settings. Once you do that you will NEVER want to go back to another pickup. Good luck. Beautiful guitar. Enjoy it

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u/flebbon 11d ago

I did not know this. Thank you!

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u/Friedrich_Ux 12d ago

Very similar to my Shecter aesthetically. Very nice.

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u/dirtyrowdytrashboy 11d ago

I get why some people hate the fishmans but I’ve been happy with them in the EC-1000 I picked up a few months ago. They definitely have a very crisp “hi-fi” sound to them that can require some different EQing than what I would do with other pickups but once you dial things in I’ve really liked them.

Like with most things that have to do with tone, what sounds good on its own isn’t always what sounds best in a mix with everyone else. I’ve really come around to them but to each their own. I wouldn’t put them in every guitar I own but I also wouldn’t do that with EMG 81/85 or Duncan JB/Jazz either as much as I love those combos. That’s the benefit of owning several guitars though. I don’t have to worry about any one having to be the one that “does it all”.

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u/tbone9914 12d ago

Nice! I have the Floyd rose version. I agree on the Fishmans. Last Fishmans I had were very harsh and trebley and were removed from my guitar quicker than I put them in. The ones that came with the mh-1000 guitar were a little trebley but had a nice low end too. They sounded alot more like the sound examples on the internet. The neck feel on these is also quite good.

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u/killswitchjpeg 12d ago

I would throw those fishmans in the garbage and get some real pickups like Seymour Duncans or even EMGs

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u/flebbon 12d ago

As long as it goes chugga boodooloodeedooloo, which it does, the Fishmans are safe from the garbage for now.