Black Heaven®

Awesome pick ups

The attack is fast and responsive enough that I can feel the difference between a light and a hard nail strike — the pickup doesn’t smooth over that nuance, it translates it. That dynamic range carries all the way from near-whisper fingerpicked passages to full-force playing, without ever feeling compressed or flattened.

What surprised me most is how well it holds up under distortion. Even with long, saturated lead tones, the strings never blur into a muddy wall of sound — you can still hear each string’s individual voice, even in chords and comping. That’s unusual for a pickup with this much power on tap.

Compared to what I’ve read about Lundgren’s M6/M7 models, the Black Heaven feels more relaxed and versatile rather than purely aggressive — and my experience confirms that, though from an angle I suspect most reviewers haven’t approached it from: fingerstyle playing rather than straight metal.

Overall, this is a pickup that doesn’t force you to choose between sensitivity and power. For anyone moving between genres the way I do, that combination is rare.

The guitar is custom made, one-of-a-kind so far, a headless JanJax by Erik Holmberg. These pickups are a perfect match with the guitar, which has low action, super high precision and clarity and "woody character".. The closest comparison I have is a Strandberg Prog with Fishman Fluence active pickups, but the JanJax with Black Heavens more clarity and more attack and works better for me. I own many guitars but this the one I play for everything now!

Wanted to upgrade my LTD M-201 Baritone (just one Bridge Humbucker), long search with a couple of options, glad my decision was made with Lundgren, needed an F-Spaced/Trembucker Version, was not on the page to choose, i contacted Johan (what a great guy), no problem, quick response and shipment, installation super easy, and i'm blown away by the sound, very clear, not muddy, even in Drop G, cleans are also great, was the right decison to choose the Black Heaven, very versatile Pickup, i can highly recommend it, thanks a lot Johan, you rock!

I decided to put a Black Heaven in Bridge Position into my 25,5'' in Drop C Tuning and what I got is this beautiful bite that works great for the heavy distortion i crave!

I was dealing with an articulation issue on the low E1 string on a 29" baritone guitar. The string sounded overly bass-heavy, lacked attack, and felt like it had less gain compared to the rest of the strings, even after testing different string gauges and adjusting pickup height and EQ.
Based on recommendations for low tunings, I chose the Lundgren Black Heaven because of its tighter low-end response and stronger upper-mid articulation, which are generally better suited for extended range and baritone setups.
The pickup definitely helped — the low end became more controlled, the attack improved, and overall clarity was better. However, the improvement was only partial. At such a low tuning (E1) with a heavy string gauge, I am still running into physical limitations of the string itself (dominance of the fundamental frequency and lack of harmonic content), which no pickup can fully compensate for.
In summary, the Lundgren Black Heaven is a clear upgrade in terms of clarity and control, but in this extreme tuning range, the final result is still significantly influenced by string physics rather than just pickup choice.