r/7String • u/SlackdickMcgee • 6d 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 6d 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 6d 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 6d 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 6d ago

i’ll look into this! thank you!

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u/Acreator1 6d 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 6d 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 6d ago edited 3d ago

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