I don't think it's stock. You can see what I think is the original screw hole in the body for the middle claw. I think the only Charvel that came with anything like that is the Guthrie Govan sig but I could be wrong.
Called it
Yup, that's a Tremsetter.
Awesome! I know you have had quite the adventure getting to that place.
My buddy put a set of those in his fiddle and felt they were a little too bright on the bridge
side and it scared me off. I am going to get a set eventually (because Page!) and put them
in something. Seems like they may beg for a big spanking slab of mahogany to sound their
best.
Much prefer the Floyd Rose TremEndus ... AKA the ESP Arming Adjuster!
I was thinking these also. I had an Aldrich bridge in a guitar before and I really liked it. I sent a message to Suhr support asking them about these as I know they will deliver with the high gain but want to know how well they will split and clean up. They are def in my top 3.Suhr Doug Aldrich. Don't look further
I had the Thornbucker but I found it too neutral, too flat. The Aldrich has a special punch at the mids that I never get tired of playing with them. I've lost the account of how many pickups I've tried at my RG550LTD bridge position, but including the Thornbucker there have been Fred, Gravity Storm, The Breed, Evo2, PAF Joe, Tone Zone... The Aldrich are the final winners
thanks for the tip. After reading about some of the issues and I don't want to fidget around with my trem decided against. I am strongly considering ordering a Wilkinson bridge though. They have a drop in replacement designed for charvel dinky guitars. Tad pricey but this way I'll just get the whole locking system already fit with their own bridge design. I could hold out til when the saddles become avail but who knows when that will be and this bridge is ready to go and avail.
Well I've moved past the thornbuckers. As good as they are I have a feeling they're going to be too vintagey/low output for this guitar. I realized I got this guitar to be a shredder. It needs to scream. I was really close to ordering suhr aldrich set but I don;t want to drop $400 on pickups right now. Putting money instead on the Graphtec Ratio staggered tuners and the Wilkinson locking bridge that I just ordered today. Pickups can wait or by then who knows...i may end up really bonding with the Full Shred. I was playing some cleaner amps /edge of break up last night and they coil split really nicely actually. I understand why Charvel put them in these guitars.Oh, and I'll pay you $20 just to get something other than a Thornbucker.
I tend to move to those when I need
yeah that's what made me pause. They'd be great in a LP but the Charvel with Alder and maple already a bright guitar. I'll continue to ride that tone knob in the meantimeYup. 2 and 4 do a very respectable job.
anything remotely clean or vintagey. Certainly not full on Strat, but close enough
in a pinch.
I bet the Aldrich's could potentially be too bright, anyways. He uses those in his Les
Pauls, and I know others maybe have put them in a Superstrat, but they are definitely
designed and voiced to work with a big, fat slab of Mahogany.
Agreed I was quite enjoying positions 2 and 4. It's only the plexi style amps I'll have to modify my presets to balance off all the high end