7-string version
Took over from my decade long Dual Rec profile favorite that I made from my rackmount rev G.
Pretty much all work great for metal rhythm guitar. 
Short video:
Thanks for checking it out guys! The midrange on mine is focused on the low mids, around 400-600Hz, where the EMG is around 1.2khz. I wouldn't call the EMG thin, just that these are very thick in comparison. :d
They all sound good to me, I like the first and last ones best. Nice riffage.
Thanks! It would be great to find someone to demo some faster stuff with these, I can only go for mid tempo swedish melodeath. 
Completely unscientific full mix comparison:
I've been working on some active pickup models for the past year, almost done now.
Just looking for some feedback on the tone. These are geared for heavier styles with high output and low noise.
Supermassive Black Hole (Alnico 5)
Dark Matter Halo (lower wound, ceramic)
Tidal Disruption (alnico 5, blade pickup)
EMG 81
Differences are not huge, since it's the same guitar and amp settings for all.
Edit: Full mix:
AndySchick V7 wasn't the mic I sold. It was a tbone ribbon mic.
I already have a great Lynx interface. I just don't want to get a mic pre box on my desk. *If* I get one it'll be a Great River, money really isn't the issue here.
Because I'm cheap, and don't want more boxes on my desk. Originally I tested this to check that a mic I was selling works before mailing it.
YMMV, my chain: sE V7 mic -> alt. input -> loop effect on D slot on the Kemper -> mic pre profile (exchange has Neve, API, Great River profiles) -> spdif out.
So far I've only tried low volume "singing" at home, but sound seems to be clear and nice. Enough for death metal vocs.
One more with slugs this time. Sounds pretty bold and punchy.
Another prototype, smoother less aggressive tone than the SMBH.
Handwound 15k DC resistance coils, alnico 5 magnet. Steel bar blades.
Thanks man! Any criticism? Now's the time, before I start making these to sell.
Here's a blind shootout between some prototypes.
I've been working for a while now on some handwound active pickups. First couple prototypes are done.
Here are some clips through a Recto profile:
I'd say straight 8th notes too.
Build #14. Black limba neckthrough, padauk fretboard, ss frets, Schaller trem, EMG 81.
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One more for the road. Same pickup as previously, just swapped the magnet for alnico 5. Ceramic has more 100Hz, and the mid peaks are slightly lower than on the A5.
Made another new pickup, everything else the same as the previous one but 42AWG wire, 6.4k DC. Maybe not so surprisingly this one has a tighter low end and less low mids.
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The 44AWG 13.4kDC pickup has more lows and low mids.
The more I listen to it the second one seems to work really well in a mix. I'll need to do a couple more test pickups to see how a lower wound pickup works, and a really overwound.
It's a possibility, but more of a bandaid fix. Better to have the source tone right first.
What I've learned so far it's the pickup itself that makes 99% of the sound. The op amp is very clean, just gives it that active pickup feel and output.
So the rest of the work mostly just making a good balanced pickup to pair with it.
