A new ESP eclipse was waiting for me when I got home from work yesterday, and now I have sore fingers .
I've wanted one of these since long before I started playing and one came up at a really nice price. It's been played a lot but not abused and feels lovely. Pickups would have been EMG 81 60's stock but they have been changed out for I think a SD Phat Cat and JB. There really is a massive difference in tone between the two (as you would expect) the Phat Cat is a very full warm sound, great for chords and creamy rhythm sounds. The JB is sharp, individual notes sound great clean or distorted but chords do get a bit muddy with distortion. They sound great, but I do have a set of EMG's coming to try out in there as well, I've never had active pickups before so it'll be good to compare them. Right now I am happy though.
I'm not sold on the EMG's by any means, but this seems like the guitar to try them out in since it was supposed to come with them. I can always go back to these pickups if I like them better, and I do like them. The Phat Cat is lovely and I like that the JB is so different, it give two very different but usable tones.
The BBQ table is fucked haha, I rent and it came with the house. We do still use it though, and the season for eating outside is almost upon us down here. Looking forward to it!
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