I got lucky, scored one on craigslist for 1300.
I've dealt with rich before and he honestly has the best customer service out of any company I've dealt with hands down. I got my s5470 5 days after he got his namm order in, two months before it retailed. Awesome dude
I've got a D-Activator X F-Spaced in my Alexi600 and it's far from terrible IMHO.
I had to make a bunch of adjustments to my settings because it is indeed quite a bit darker, but that thing has really tight low-mids and a beautiful growl. Really smoothes out the fizzy highs of my 5150.
Clips will be posted in the next few days from some new tracks I'm working on if you're curious.
Sucks i missed your call, wish you could have stopped by last night and seen the new place. We could have jammed some sick Sepultura riffs on that sick axe! Hit me up next time your out this way though.
The theory of active pickups bugs me a little. To me, it alters the sound so much that it dosent seem like a guitar signal. Listen to an emg di compared to a passive di. Ridiculously insane difference. I like how emg's sound, but i grew up on van halen. I need the screaming high output dip your Sqwaking ass pickup in wax so it's usable sound. Haha