I use this mic in the bridge position for more than three months on my washburn st-pro with a peavey amp vk212 (original lamps), and I playing metal. For the negatives, I would say that Seymour Duncan is a liar: having compared to a EMG81, I can say that "it does not provide 12 to 14dB less noise, but rather more ... If the microphone is a real killing: the bass is round (although drier than a dimebucker, but fatter than EMG81), the mediums more than creuss EMG81, sharp and treble (equivalent EMG81, and more than dimebucker on), but where it really makes the difference is in the precision and dynamics, to be comparable to the one as the other. I think the report is justified qualitprix . To the question: "With the exprience, you do again this choice ?..." I would say yes because the difference in sound with the EMG81 and gain precision and dynamics with the dimebucker are final ...
As a "general" I think it is much better than a micro EMG81 to play metal, I would do this choice but hesitant when even with a dimebucker ... but this choice I would do ... but even with a hesitant when dimebucker ... but this choice I would do ... etc ...