Welcome to the big Sludge Studios/ERGNerds.com 8-String Pickup Shootout!

The idea is simple: We want to test as many 8-string pickups as we can get our hands on! Many of the obvious choices and pickups most of you are looking into for a brutal, high gain tone, but also some very special and unique ones.

All tracks are recorded with a Kemper Profiling Amp, the tone is an EVH5150 III profile by Lasse Lammert. We will add more pickups one by one in the near future, so stay tuned!

8-String Pickup Shootout

Pickup: DiMarzio D Activator 8
Guitar: Ibanez RG2228A
Tuning: F Standard

Riff I - DiMarzio D Activator 8

Pickup: Seymour Duncan Distortion 8
Guitar: Ibanez RG2228A
Tuning: F Standard

Riff I - Seymour Duncan Distortion 8

Pickup: Lundgren M8
Guitar: Ibanez RG2228A
Tuning: F Standard

Riff I - Lundgren M8 (27")

Pickup: Lundgren M8
Guitar: Ibanez M80M
Tuning: F Standard

Riff I - Lundgren M8 (30")

Pickup: Kiesel Pickups Lithium 8
Guitar: Carvin DC800
Tuning: F Standard

Riff I - Kiesel Pickups Lithium 8

Pickup: Instrumental Pickups SFTY3-8
Guitar: Ibanez RG2228A
Tuning: F Standard

Riff II - Instrumental Pickups SFTY3-8 (27")

Riff I - Instrumental Pickups SFTY3-8 (27")

Pickup: Bare Knuckle Painkiller 8
Guitar: Siggi Braun Griffin FF8
Tuning: F Standard

Riff I - Bare Knuckle Painkiller 8

Pickup: Fokin Octopus
Guitar: Ibanez RG2228A
Tuning: F Standard

Riff I - Fokin Octopus

Pickup: Fokin Faust
Guitar: Ibanez RG2228A
Tuning: F Standard

Riff I - Fokin Faust

Pickup: EMG808
Guitar: Ibanez ARZIR28
Tuning: F Standard

Riff II - EMG 808

Riff I - EMG 808

Pickup: Instrumental Pickups SFTY-8
Guitar: Ibanez M80M
Tuning: F Standard

Riff II - Instrumental Pickups SFTY3-8 (30")

Riff I - Instrumental Pickups SFTY3-8 (30")

Pickup: EMG 57-8
Guitar: Ibanez RGIR28FE
Tuning: F Standard

Riff II - EMG 57-8

Riff I - EMG 57-8

Riff II - Fishman Fluence Modern 8 (Passive Voicing)

Riff II - Fishman Fluence Modern 8 (Active Voicing)

Riff I - Fishman Fluence Modern 8 (Passive Voicing)

Riff I - Fishman Fluence Modern 8 (Active Voicing)

Sludge Studios is the next step in the evolution of Moulder Masters. Having started as a mastering only studio in 2008, we are now offering full production services, which include recording, mixing and mastering.

Our studios are digitally based, so we don't offer drum recordings at this point but will hopefully be able to in the future. We currently have two studios - one is located in Berlin, Germany, the other in Tampa, Florida. We are specializing in Metal, Hardcore/Punk and Indie/Alternative Rock music. Our most recent productions include:

War from a Harlots Mouth - Voyeur (guitar/bass recordings, editing, mastering)
The Sleeper - Aurora (guitar/bass recordings, mixing, mastering)
Science of Sleep - Exhaust (guitar/bass recordings, mixing, mastering)

Simon also plays guitar in War from a Harlots Mouth (Season of Mist Records).

Message us if you need some work done!