I just got a Humbucker from Hell and Tone zone installed in my PGM301. A lot of people have posted their reviews on the Tone Zone so I won't bother posting mine. However, the Humbucker from Hell is not a pickup a lot of people use so I will discuss that.
For those not familiar with the guitar I mounted the HFH in, it's got a basswood body, hard tail (strings through body) bridge,
maple fingerboard and a Jem SC in the middle. I'm running the guitar through a Boss GT8, RadTone Harmonic Converger and M-Audio Studio Pro 3 monitors.
CLEAN TONES
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On clean sounds, this pickup sounds like a really bright humbucker. It sounds somewhere between a Gibson P90 and a traditional Strat single coil. If you've researched this pickup at all, that shouldn't surprise you. It's a cool funky sound. It's not as bright in the neck position as some folks might think.
When split with the Jem SC, it gives a great, shimmery sound.
DISTORTED TONES
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With distortion, this pickups is pretty wild. It allows decent pinched harmonics on the lower strings and, as expected, is incredibly clear sounding. The single coil attributes of this pickup are definitely more evident when using this pickup with distortion. I think it's a good neck pickup for overdriven SRV-like tones or shredder tones. It be a nice choice if you're looking for something a little different than the standard issue Air Norton (I've got one of those in my RG2720).
THE BOTTOM LINE
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I'm glad I bought it. It's a cool and somewhat unique pickup. I'd buy it again, that's for sure.
