Just gave my Carvin Bolt a face lift. The Dimarzio AT-1 and Air Norton were just not doing it for me. Bottom line: if low quality guitar wood is not exuding tone, then put in higher output pickups to make up for it. So, I put in Dimarzio Breed's in the Bridge and Neck, and went black. They are fat sounding, high output, and with the high end rolled off so I thought they would be a good match for the Carvin's alder body and maple top. How do they sound? Bridge sounds great, especially in coil tap mode. The neck pickup is ok but a tad mellow. But the Breed neck was made for Steve Vai's 24 fret guitar, so putting it in a 22 fret guitar will naturally mellow it out.
Custom 5 way wiring:
Bridge humbucker / Bridge coil tap / Bridge + Neck / Neck coil tap / Neck humbucker
1 Master Volume + 1 Master Tone
DPDT switch in the Volume #2 hole does nothing.















