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So, since Soloist Jr. is such loose-sounding guitar, I decided to try yet another ceramic pickup in it. Enter the Wolfetone Blisterbucker, which is Wolfe's only standard ceramic model. At 16k, it's in the neighborhood of a Duncan Distortion though not with an oversized magnet like the DD has.
Since Wolfetone generally seems to compare to Duncan (idealized versions, really), I assumed the Blisterbucker would be sort of like a better DD or SH-5 Custom. Nope. It's more like a Gibson 500T but without all the weird sonic gunk that seems to dog every modern Gibson pickup. Superchunk with a bright but clearly defined high end.
Like the 500T and the Dimarzio Super Distortion, the mids are voiced lower than on Duncan's ceramics. As a result, you get massive amounts of palm-muting chunk rather than the messier mids of the DD, and you also don't get much of nasty harsh top-end of the DD and SH-5. If anything, the chunky low mids are a little over the top, but the clearer top end rescues things.
To warm up the top end a little, I reinstalled the Schaller Floyd it came with, since the Schallers aren't as bright as OFRs. It's a good combination. I could just play around with crazy palm mutes for hours, and it absolutely screams for leads. It's not an all-arounder, but this is definitely the setup this guitar was made for. It's not a subtle beast.
Since Wolfetone generally seems to compare to Duncan (idealized versions, really), I assumed the Blisterbucker would be sort of like a better DD or SH-5 Custom. Nope. It's more like a Gibson 500T but without all the weird sonic gunk that seems to dog every modern Gibson pickup. Superchunk with a bright but clearly defined high end.
Like the 500T and the Dimarzio Super Distortion, the mids are voiced lower than on Duncan's ceramics. As a result, you get massive amounts of palm-muting chunk rather than the messier mids of the DD, and you also don't get much of nasty harsh top-end of the DD and SH-5. If anything, the chunky low mids are a little over the top, but the clearer top end rescues things.
To warm up the top end a little, I reinstalled the Schaller Floyd it came with, since the Schallers aren't as bright as OFRs. It's a good combination. I could just play around with crazy palm mutes for hours, and it absolutely screams for leads. It's not an all-arounder, but this is definitely the setup this guitar was made for. It's not a subtle beast.
