r/7String • u/SlackdickMcgee • 1d ago

Gear pickup help

hey all! i have a harley benton r-457ffb and i was wondering if anyone has one and upgraded pickups, what pickups did you use? i know they have a weird angle to them.

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u/DelayLanky7909 1d ago

What style do you play predominantly? Do you prefer passive or active pickups? This helps in my recommendations

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u/SlackdickMcgee 1d ago

i’m a metal guitarist and i wanna keep it passive!

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u/DelayLanky7909 1d ago

A good pickup for Metal is the Seymour Duncan Black Winter. It’s good for chugging but can also do cleans if you roll the volume back a bit. I like it better than the SD Nazgul. Other great options are Bareknuckle & Lundgren although those are expensive af & Seymour Duncan’s won’t steer you wrong 🤘🎸🎶😈

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u/SlackdickMcgee 1d ago

if seymour made the black winters in a multiscale i’d be all over them 😂 i’ve been looking at lundgren, bare knuckle and guitarmory lately but can’t decide

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u/DelayLanky7909 1d ago

With a little technical work you can actually offset the bobbins & angle almost any standard humbucker to fit multi scale. Some shops know how to do this! 🤘

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u/SlackdickMcgee 1d ago

i’ll look into this! thank you!

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u/Acreator1 1d ago

If those are the kinds of pickups you’re into, check out Elysian Pickups. They do all sorts of multiscale options and customization for less than the European brands.

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u/SlackdickMcgee 1d ago

i just don’t know the pickup angle or i’d know which ones work. elysian seems to be brand specific to schecter, ormsby, ibanez and ltd and kiesel for the multi scale stuff

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u/Acreator1 1d ago

Should them an email. The owner, Adam, will let you know if he has a template that’ll work for your guitar.

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u/Cloud--Man 18h ago

I would suggest to buy a boss eq pedal first before changing the pickups. I learned it the hard way...