I wanted to try out a few pickups to see what I like best for certain applications...
So here's 4!
Video (sorry!!! I have NO idea how to make texts in my stupid video editing program!!! I will release this video anyway because I have no patience to wait)
00:00 Starstruck Custom
00:16 Dimarzio Super Distortion
00:30 Dimarzio EVO
00:45 Irongear Steam Hammer
GUITAR ONLY!!!
01:02 Starstruck Custom
01:18 Dimarzio Super Distortion
01:32 Dimarzio EVO
01:47 Irongear Steam Hammer
Full mix (same order as above of course);
Guitars only (same here too)
MY PERSONAL THOUGHTS!
The Starstruck Custom was possibly the worst sounding of these for rhythm guitar.
It's just mushy and has no bite in the pick attack.
However I have had it for a while and I know I like it for leads so it's not a big deal.
Dimarzio Super Distortion and EVO sounding surprisingly similar even tho of course, the Super Distortion is a bit darker.
But the difference is not huge.
However! The Irongear Steam Hammer absolutely annihilated all three previous pickups in rhythm!
It's much tighter, and has a great pick attack, really making the "hammer" in the name fulfill it's promise.
And the Irongear costs almost half the price of the others (the Starstruck, since being a custom made, is even in the $110 range...)
Sure, this was a rhytm comparison only, but the Irongear HAMMERED the others! Glad to find a new favorite pickup!