Trying to decide which one to get...

[DirtySteve]

Ok, the GAS is building. I'm going to have to stop trying to polish my turds and get something I really want instead.

I'm looking to get one of these in the very near future...I just can't decide which one I want. I will have to order on line or have GC order for me, I'll probably buy from GC either way so I can return it easily if it turns out to not be what I think it is.

White with Active pickup...

EC ARCTIC METAL

The LTD Arctic Metal Series takes the same design theme of our Black Metal Series and flips the color scheme from the darkest of blacks to the cold...

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Black with passive pickup...

EC BLACK METAL

The LTD Black Metal Series are guitars that are comparable in build quality to our LTD Deluxe “1000 Series” instruments, but with a dark and menaci...

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Black with passive pickup & Floyd...

EC-FR BLACK METAL

The LTD Black Metal Series is comparable in build quality to our LTD Deluxe “1000 Series” instruments, but with a dark and menacing design theme of...

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[Far Rider]

You should do a poll Steve.

 

[DirtySteve]

You should do a poll Steve.

You're right I should have. Doh! I think it's too late now, I don't find the option to edit it in.

 

[fitz]

Did you read up on the Seymour Duncan Blackened Black Winter?
They ain't A2 mags...

"Merciless high-output passive humbucker pickups created for the most frigid Black Metal, Death Metal, or any other extreme style. As brutal as the Scandinavian Winter."

Black Winter™ Pickup | Seymour Duncan

Merciless high-output passive humbucker pickups created for the most frigid Black Metal, Death Metal, or any other extreme style. As brutal as the Scandinavian Winter.

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[DirtySteve]

Both of these guitars (black or white) have negatives with the finish as far as I'm concerned.

Black Satin gets shiny where it's touched with fingers a lot, like around the knobs and switches (just a knob in this case) and below the strings. I don't like that, but I can live with it.

The reviews I've read about the white one say that the finish starts to yellow very quickly. I've seen pics where they look more yellow/cream than white. Plus the pickup and mounting ring stays white and looks...off. I don't know if I can live with that.

 

[Far Rider]

You're right I should have. Doh! I think it's too late now, I don't find the option to edit it in.

The mods might be able to edit the post and add that.

 

[DirtySteve]

Did you read up on the Seymour Duncan Blackened Black Winter?
They ain't A2 mags...

"Merciless high-output passive humbucker pickups created for the most frigid Black Metal, Death Metal, or any other extreme style. As brutal as the Scandinavian Winter."

Black Winter™ Pickup | Seymour Duncan

Merciless high-output passive humbucker pickups created for the most frigid Black Metal, Death Metal, or any other extreme style. As brutal as the Scandinavian Winter.

www.seymourduncan.com

Yes I have, I've read the reviews and listened to the demos, too. I'll try it, but I don't expect to keep it in there. It might just need a magnet swap. I've never bought a guitar that I didn't expect to swap pickups in. That's no biggie, I have this Suhr SSH+ that I recently fell in love with as well as a few more go-tos.

Even if I get the white one I'll probably swap the pickup for the Fat 55, the double black one.

 

[DirtySteve]

The mods might be able to edit the post and add that.

I wouldn't ask them to do that, it's my bad and I'll be happy to live with my mistake.