Black Heaven®
Black Heaven®
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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.
Replaced my Duncan Solar in my Solar A2.6 with the Black Heaven set. I was at first skeptical if the Black Heaven would suit me, because they felt a bit undergained compared to my go-to pickup at that time, the Seymour Duncan SH5, but after a few days of getting used to them I have to say - these are the best pickups I have ever played, and I've been through a few!
They are in the lighter side gain-wise, but they are so focussed, clear and punchy, that using a high-gain amp brings exactly the right amount of push and punch!
I am in absolute love with these bad boys and will get them for my main guitar, a Solar A1.6 as well.
Communication with Johan was good, we got all things sorted out quite quickly. Originally I planned installing the Black Heavens in my A1.6 with 50mm spacing. There was a small mishap on the spacing and got sent the 52.6mm, but that was also partially my fault due to me bombarding Johan prior with questions about the 52.6mm string spacing and then changed my mind and ordered the 50mm. Johan was absolutely willing to trade in the "faulty" spacing, but as fate had it, the A2.6 had the 52.6mm spacing, so in there they went. And this guitar went from "I don't like to play it" to "this is my favorite guitar to play", due to the pickups, so a very happy accident!
Shipping took a bit, like 2 weeks or so, but absolutely fine - these things after all are partially made exact to order, and stuff just takes time.
So, anytime again, and in fact I am in the process of buying yet another set for my A1.6 to make the black heavens truly "my pickup"!
Took 25 days to arrive to the Netherlands, otherways good.
Extremely articulate but still girthy as heck. Splits and parallel wiring sound fantastic for cleans.
I was on the hunt for a new guitar and I recently bought a schecter solo 2 supreme that comes equipped with these pickups. I couldn’t be happier.
I was originally recommended a PRS guitar with SD pickups that were supposed to be good for metal, and I was so disappointed when I tried it. The output was surprisingly low and although they were extremely clear, the treble was so overpowering, they sounded terrible to me and no amp or pickup settings seemed to correct it. The sound felt like hollow cold CNC steel. Not my vibe at all, I want hot hammer forged iron!
By happenstance I came across the schecter with these lundgren pickups and I was in love. They have meaty, tight lows, powerful attack, and can still do the creamy clean trebles and mids, and the clarity is awesome. They definitely are top performing metal pickups, but I love that they are still versatile. Great sustain too. I just love how these sound. I even tried them with my little headphone practice amp and they even make that sound good. You don’t have to fuss with settings to get them to sound just right, it’s more like you can spend hours playing with the sound because they are really so wonderful at any setting. How do you choose only one setting when everything sounds good?
I’m definitely a lundgren fangirl now, thanks for making these gems!
All the sound samples I found really sounded like just what I wanted but I was still a bit nervous. I have bad experience with ceramics by other manufacturers. They just sound too hot and one dimensional. It turns out I didn't have to worry because there's clearly some black magic at work in Jönköping. The Black Heavens of course sound fantastically clear and punchy in high gain but what surprised me is how versatile and sophisticated they sound clean. This is not just a metal pickup but they can also be made to sound both sweet and warm enough for anything else. I'm impressed and my favorite guitar is now perfect.
