It's a good metal pickup and I'm okay with the result ... the plus point is this pickup is very prominent in mix ... the low b string is super strong and never lost which is a rare quality of a metal pickup especially for a 7 string metal pickup. I haven't tried it in live situation but I hope it will be killer in live situation as well. I need to do the 18v mod to check the outcome. Overall I'm happy with this purchase, it fixes one of my 7 string guitars view less