Black Heaven® 8 Multiscale
Black Heaven® 8 Multiscale
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New for 2018, Johan Lundgren's newest recreation may be his finest yet! The Black Heaven combines the power, aggression and tight response of the legendary M6, but with more refined, organic character that lends itself to more diverse tonal applications.
The Black Heaven® bridge model boasts crisp attack, meaty growl, and punchy lows accompanied by rich harmonics and excellent dynamics. There is plenty of power here, but with less compression and more of a wide frequency response. The Neck model is both articulate and juicy, so lead players will appreciate its depth and sonic complexity. Whether you're into modern down-tuned progressive metal, old school thrash, hard rock, punk or anything in between- the Black Heaven has you covered! Neck pickup AlNiCo. Bridge pickup Ceramic. BIG AlNiCo optional. Black adjustable poles. Short legs, 4-lead cable for all switching options. Available in 6,7 and 8 stringed versions. 6 stringed versions are available in open, black nickel cover or Drop-Top/Open Black nickel cover.
I normally use high gain passive pickups, and use coil splits for clean tones. These are the first high-output humbuckers that sound beautiful clean! I don't even need the split.
The marketing language around "more output with less compression" is surprisingly on point. They drive my high gain tones well, but sound amazing clean without having to crank down the volume knob. I would describe their voice as almost boring - it just sounds like I expect my guitar to sound like, with no interesting coloring, for better or worse. But the magic came when I noticed that even on an 8 string, I had an extremely balanced tone across all 8 strings. I'm using a 10 - 90 string set, and the top and bottom string actually sound like the same guitar! These really hit the full frequency spectrum, while retaining crystal clear dynamics.
