esp – slothic

matthew April 3, 2016January 26, 2020 4 Comments 81, active, emg, esp, gold, guitar, hetfield, james, metallica, solderless

EMG Het Set Pickups

After obtaining a beautiful guitar through a Craigslist trade I was immediately disappointed with the overall sound of the pickups. The Seymour Duncan “Blackouts” it was equipped with produced an extremely overdriven and distorted tone that was not at all what I was looking for, so I thought I’d try something new.

guitars

matthew March 10, 2015January 26, 2020 0 Comments active, emg, esp, fretboard, guitar, old boy, project, Sabbath, sg, viper

Iommi Guitar Project

The following images will show how I transformed a cheap, crappy craigslist guitar into something I actually enjoy, inspired by Tony Iommi’s custom SG “Old Boy.”